I am pretty excited about this project. Tour Manager Doug- the source of MANY (most?) of the early bay area thrash metal audio recordings sent me a box of about 80 tapes last week. There are so many of his early metal recordings in there that have never circulated, it’s mind-blowing. Historic box of tapes.
I have digitized the first 10 tapes so far. You can expect a couple of these and a couple KALX tapes in the upcoming weekdays. Wayne V’s stuff will make a comeback in a bit- thanks Wayne! Wayne introduced us and helped get this project started. Thanks to Doug for trusting me with this goldmine of stuff.
I figured that I would post the tape that I enjoyed the most so far. A secret show by the band Kill ‘Em All, which was code for Metallica. Killer drunken show, complete with Ness Aquino yelling at the crowd to get off the speakers! The image for this recording also came from Doug’s collection- he has the original sign that was on the Mab’s door that night.
I EQ’d the hell out of this one to drop some of the highs and boost bass. The extreme bass boost caused some low end noise- I might try to Izotope that out. Sounds good enough for me.

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 (EQ settings in fb comments)