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