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Tank- Woolich, London England 5/21/81 xfer from unknown gen cassette rebalanced R.I.P. Algy Ward

I woke up today to awful news, making this an even more mediocre Monday than usual. Algy Ward from one of my all time favorite bands, Tank, passed away. I have loved their albums (especially those first 4) for about 40 years. I never got to see the band perfoem- I had recently said that I would fly anywhere in the world to see a set by them… well, that’s not happening. Damn.
Algy had an amazing early career- starting with The Saints, then moving over to The Damned when they were at the top of their game, then starting Tank. They then put out 4 great albums, broke up after the 5th, and then he seemed to lose momentum. I bought all the box sets and later releases but no US tours. I do have the one video from Boston on my website/channel, so check it out if you are interested.
This appears to be a live FM broadcast- especially since the MC appears to call the crowd a bunch of c*nts after Tank’s performance (!).
I did everything I could to fix the quality- I took to Izotope Rx8 and de-fluttered it(it had some nasty high end flutter), then rebalanced it and boosted guitar and bass. It’s still kind of a mess, but I enjoyed it.

Recorded by: ? (I got it in trade from Jim Utz)
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Deflutter and rebalance (Bass +4, Guitar +8) in Izotope Rx8

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Rad Conspiracy (formerly the RC Boys), Private Toy – Kins Coloma, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, CA, 5/9/81, Flyer

Submitted by: Lee Osh

Promoter: Jerry Perry Presents

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Dennis Yudt (member of Rad Conspiracy) shares:

The flyer: That was when our band, RC Boys – because we’re all from Rancho Cordova and in high school – decided to change our name. We only played 3-4 shows under that name. Charles Albright put out three songs of ours last year [2018] that were found from an old live show in ’81. Phono Select had them. Jerry Perry was the RC Boys “manager.”

Kin’s Coloma was a Chinese restaurant that us high school kids conned into putting on all-ages shows. They were very awesome people that fed us and gave us beer – at 15/16 years old – which sadly was eventually their demise. I played the show – with 7Seconds – when we were raided by the police for underaged drinking. Basically if you had $3 you could get a pitcher of beer, age didn’t matter. 1981. Crazy times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Riot- Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY 5/2/81 xfer from unknown gen audio cassette Hard Rock Metal Band

This one is not good quality. I did my best to EQ the distortion out while making it somewhat listenable, but any time I have a chance to post a “not on youtube” Riot set with Guy Speranza on vocals, I’m gonna do it. And I’ll spend way too much time trying to make it sound decent.

I got this one in a tape trade with Ron Quintana back in the 80s. I think he had more Riot w/ Speranza that I never got before he quit trading. I wish those would pop up online someday…

This show takes place after Fire Down Under is recorded, but the guy introducing the band makes it sound like it hasn’t been released yet. Wikipedia shows February 1981 release. The set is heavy on the first 2 albums. I did hear “Don’t Hold Back”

And while doing research on all that above, I discovered that a Japanese pop artist covered “Warrior” with Japanese lyrics. Awesome and bizarre!

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Thanks to Howie Abrams for the flyer image

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