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Redrum- Rehearsal Demo 1984 Audio Only Sentinel Beast

Man, thanks to Mike Parisi for bringing this one over. This is the earliest known recording of Redrum: Members: Carlos Yniguez- Vocals Greg Williams- Guitar Mike Caboy- Bass Scott Capizzano- Drums This was recorded because Greg was leaving Redrum to join a band named Sentinel Beast. They were trying to recruit Mike Farrell to take Greg’s place on guitar, so they made these recordings to influence him to join. These are quite a bit different than the thrash redrum songs we know. More street metal than thrash, and they are GREAT. Tracks: 1. Do or Die 2. Fight for Your Life (later performed by Sentinel Beast) 3. Tonight (later performed by Sentinel Beast) 4. Death in Disneyland (later performed by the new Redrum) 5. Unknown (use it or lose it?) 6. Money Talks 7. Heart Attack Woman 8. Unknown

Recorded by: Mike Parisi

 

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The Gynecologists- A Goat… You Geek Demo 1984 Indianapolis Punk Gravelvoice Records GVR-003

Alright, who wants to be offended today? This demo’s cover was so offensive that I decided against using it as the image. I think it would draw a facebook ban and nobody’s got time for that. Track list also offensive- go check discogs for all that if you are curious. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
This one was already on youtube, but I think this version sounds way better.

From Tony Philputt’s collection, generously gifted by Phil Go. There are mostly videos in this collection and the audio tapes have a ton of widely circulated, unknown gen stuff… but every once in a while you come across something like this. Or the KGSR performances at the bottom of the pic…

Recorded by: The band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Barry Ward and Jonas Reinhardt- Family Shenanigans early 1980’s xfer from band archive tape RKL

Here is a late but fun one from the collections today. After I digitized Barry Ward’s MDC Zeleste tape, I noticed that there was some stuff at the end- a kid singing with acoustic guitar. Well the background is better than I could have imagined- from Barry:

That’s me and my little bro. I had an acoustic I ripped the frets off with pliers.
And the piano was me making fun of DRI songs. He says the song titles are
Ronald Reagan wants to blow up the world, cockroaches are cute, home on the range, I’m just a drunk punk ain’t no spunk.

Barry’s younger brother on this is well-known Krautrock artist Jonas Reinhardt (they have the same mother). Barry is about 20 years old, Jonas is about 7 at the time. Classic! Barry says there is more of this at the end of other tapes…

Recorded by: Barry Ward
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Metallica- KUSF Appearances, 1980s xfer f/unknown gen cassette Tour Manager Doug archive Station ID

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! The only TM Doug thing that I had youtube ready is this. It was on the B-side of one of his tapes. It sounds a bit sped up so I assume it is not a master.
It starts with a station ID, then a bunch of demos, live clips, etc. Then Lars chimes in at about 23min, then more Metallica hodgepodge. I have no idea if there is anything rare/unique in the music section, please let me know if you know. I am a Metallica fan but I don’t have every live song ever performed catalogged in my brain.
Lars give Mr Quintana a shout out as well.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Slayer- Haunting the Chapel Demo EP 1984 xfer from low gen cassette Thrash Metal

It’s shaping up to be Slayer week over here. It’s like shark week but faster and more evil.
This is another one from Tour Manager Doug’s collection of amazing cassettes. He thinks that this came from the band. I did not do an A/B comparison with the official release, but these sound like multiple mixes of the same session. Also, there seems to be a few dropouts between 2-3 minutes. Let me listen to the source transfer and the cassette again- I might need to repost this when I get time.

Recorded by: The band in the studio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakaimichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Metallica- KUSF Rampage Radio 1984 Andy Andersen interviews Lars, who is impersonating Kerry King

Whew, that was a mouthful of a title, but the description is exactly what this is. It one comes from the Wayne Vanderkuil archive and is cringeworthy but hilarious. “Why do you wear so many nails- are you in construction or something?” I miss Andy’s one-liners.
There is a second segment where Lars impersonates Appolonia- this one was kinda lost on me since I don’t know the reference. I assume it is Apollonia Kotero?
Anyway, listen to this one quick- I would not be surprised if Andy, Harald, Ron or any of the other KUSF regulars want this pulled down. I personally think this is AWESOME. One of the best parodies of Slayer that I have ever heard.

Recorded by: ?. From Wayne Vanderkuil’s archive.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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KPFA Maximumrocknroll broadcast from 1980s

Thanks to Chris Macias for uploading this one!

Growing up in #Sacramento during the 1980s, if the conditions were just right, you could get KPFA 94.1 from Berkeley on your radio.

The signal might be kind of janky, but it doesn’t matter. You hit “record” on the cassette player and let it roll on the Maximumrocknroll show.

All these years later, it’s a blast of NorCal punk/hardcore that still hits like the Reagan Years all over again

 

Recorded by: Chris Macias

Fun fact: When I was helping Radley (original Gilman soundman & MRR Radio assistant) sell some stuff on ebay, he gave me 2 really cool things: The original P.A. from gilman, from the 80s, and the Ampex tape box that held MRR Radio show #1 on cassette. It would be recorded locally, then sent to a tape duplicator, then cassettes were sent to the radio stations for syndication.

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