Here’s the last band on that Russ Gibb Dearborn high School tape. It sounds like they announce the band as “Bombardier”, but once again it is hard to tell. If anyone can help me ID or confirm, I would appreciate it.
Unfortunately, none of the other bands who played that night are on this tape.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
Here’s the next band from that Russ Gibb Dearborn high School tape. It sounds like they announce the band as “Mercury Crib”. If anyone can help me ID or confirm, I would appreciate it. The Mercury is clear, the second word of the name not so much. Nothing on the google or discogs.
UPDATE: Thanks to former band member Matt Borden, we have confirmed the band name and some members:
“The singer and front man in video is Matt Allen (at the time, of Dearborn).
The “original” Mercury Crib band was formed in 1974 with members from Dearborn High and fell apart in late 1975 or early 1976. I was the drummer. Another member was Harvy Irla, on lead guitar, Paul Schmitt on keyboards and a few bass players rotating in and out.”– Thanks Matt!
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
OK everyone, I am hoping for your help in identifying this band. This is from Russ Gibb’s archive and the tape says “Rock Band Concert Oct 1979 D.H.S.” If anyone knows who this band is, or if any of these band members went on to any other bands, I would appreciate it. I tried googling some song titles and nothing.
The band kicks ass and the soundboard audio, while a little distorted, is pretty sweet for a 1979 show.
After super beta machine #1 died transferring another tape, I bought another one and transferred this tape… and then it dies as well. I bought a third one (from japan) that seems to be dead on arrival as well. My garage is starting to fill up with dead super beta machines.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
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