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Accept- San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose Ca. 4/18/84 Xfer from master cassette

Out of Doug’s entire box of tapes, this one has the most sentimental value for me, by far. I turned 16 in late August of 1983 and had bought my own car (and paid my insurance).. but my parents would not allow me to drive out of the Sacramento area, especially on a school night. This was the first time that I was able to go out of town for a concert. I packed the car full of friends- I remember my cousin Kim being there, and classmate Todd Heldt.. can’t remember who else went.
At the time, Accept was one of the heaviest and fastest metal bands out there. Their prior album, Restless and Wild’s kickoff track was the fastest thing we had ever heard at the time (well, them and Motorhead). We were also big fans of Saxon, but I was not too keen on the Crusader album… So, to say I was jacked up about the show was an understatement.
I still remember clearly them coming out and starting the show with Fast as a Shark, with Udo pacing the stage with those fingerless gloves. Core memory, I suppose. Is 16 years old too old to have a core memory? Listening to this gives me chills. Thank you so much, Doug.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ is Sony Sound Forge 10

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Megadeth- The Stone, San Francisco Ca 4/18/84 xfer f/ master audio cassette rebalanced Thrash Metal

Another awesome quality recording from Doug for you today. It was so good that while spot-checking it, I thought it was a soundboard tape. Nope, the crowd noise between songs must make it an audience tape… but since the recording was so clean, I was able to put it into Izotope and do a rebalance, vs. the standard EQ job. Dave’s vocals and the guitar were buried, and Izotope pulled them right up front. Gotta love that software.
Oh, one last thing. The Izotope rebalance pushed the levels up a bit- the songs are fine, but the between song banter/crowd peaked/saturated a bit.
Now that I listen again, it sounds like a board tape.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +5, Bass +2, Guitar +3.5

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Saxon- Warfield, San Francisco Ca 4/17/84 xfer from master tape NWOBHM Metal

One more from Doug to close out the audio posts for the week- Saxon’s headlining set at the Warfield on their first headlining tour of the US. Like I mentioned before- I saw the San Jose show from this tour and I was a huge fan… until Crusader came out. It was still a great show and the start of set with Power and the Glory/Princess of the Night was awesome (even if they screwed up the end of PotN). It still blows me away that he got such great results in that room- all of my recordings sound like an echo chamber there.
Speaking of Doug, look at this absolutely INSANE run of shows for this week. You know it’s a good one when you need to bail on Saxon’s set in San Jose to make one of Megadeth’s first shows ever:
4-14-84 Berkeley Ruthies Megadeth Blizzard
4-15-84 San Francisco The Stone Megadeth Razors Edge Empire
4-16-84 Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Saxon Accept
4-17-84 San Francisco Warfield Theater Saxon Accept
4-18-84 San Jose Civic Accept (I left before Saxon)
4-18-84 San Francisco The Stone Megadeth Steele +1

Then he went to work the morning after- that’s dedication!

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Accept- Warfield, San Francisco Ca 4/17/84 xfer from master cassette tape U.D.O. Heavy Metal

Another one from Tour Manager Doug today. This is the other show that was related to a great personal memory. I saw this tour the next night (in San Jose)- it was the first time that we ever went out of town for a concert. I was so excited to see Accept- they were one of my favorite bands and this was my first time seeing them. I went nuts, annoying the hell out of everyone around me during their set. I was also a big Saxon fan, but Accept were #1 in my book.
This one is unfortunately incomplete. Doug mentioned that he went to the San Jose show (for Accept only, then over to the Stone for Megadeth– what a time to be alive) AND the Santa Rosa show, so we might see those posts in the future. I still have vivid memories of Udo up there with those fingerless gloves on. Haha.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10

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Megadeth- Keystone, Berkeley 4/15/84 xfer from master audio cassette Thrash Metal Dave Mustaine TMDT

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! Here is the last Megadeth recording that I digitized for him, and it was the first show of a 3 night run in the bay area. these shows take place just 2 months after they played their first shows ever up in the bay.
This one is probably the best quality out of all the 1984 shows. The Stone and this one sound pretty nice.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Megadeth- Keystone, Berkeley Ca 4/15/84 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette w/Kerry King from Slayer

This one is from Tour Manager Doug’s collection, but it seems that someone else named Mike taped it. Check my photo of the cassette on facebook for a pic of the actual tape. Doug knew how to spell “Megadeth” as well. Regardless, glad that Mike captured it!

Recorded by: Mike
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10

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