I was digging through Scott Davey’s cassettes to digitize and had to do a double-take when I saw this. The tape’s J-card just said “R/A Slick W.” so I pulled it and sure enough, it was from Sacramento. THE FIRST recording found from the legendary Slick Willy’s nightclub. They were around for about 5 years, hosting shows by the Ramones, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Ozzie and many more. The only documentation we had previous to this were Greg Savalin’s photos.

On to the show. The band seems to get heckled to start, but by the end the crowd was cheering for an encore. The tape was very heavy on drums and vocals, so I did my best to rebalance some instruments back in.

The photo is where I think SW’s used to be, cobbling together addresses from old flyers and checking google street view.

Recorded by: Scott Davey (probably)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card