Quote Originally Posted by squid_ward22 View Post
I question how people find these...
Free given by the artist, old remix contests (for the non RB part-mixed stems), some 70s and early 80s full multitracks were given to students in some audio class and now leak out, some other are available in too many studios that they easily leaked (Madonna, Michael Jackson, etc) and the rest sold illegally by someone with access.

In the past (2-3 years ago) all the traders/sellers hold the same stuff so it was a very good chance that someone will post it. After the last big leak (Michael Jackson, Chic, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, Wham, etc) they learned and they don't post anymore the names of the better stuff that they have and they are very careful who they are talking with. The result is that many full multitracks that people/traders/sells have not leaked anymore. The only big leak in the last year was the Janet Jackson multis. Even Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy (24 tracks) not been leaked in the 2 years that it's available for sell/trade (It's not a secret that people have it) and too many have it already.