 Butthole Surfers released "Double Live" in response to widespread, for-profit bootlegging of their live performances.It boasted mildly better sound quality than that available on true bootlegs.Ric Wallace, the band's sound engineer used a portable DAT recorder and a stereo microphone at the "Front of House" mix position to tape the songs during concerts in the winter of 1988 while touring to support their "Hairway to Steven" studio album.