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Slayer- Wellington’s, Winnipeg Canada 10/23/84 xfer f/ master audio cassette rebalanced Thrash Metal

Another Doug tape today- a Slayer show to honor Jeff on the date of his passing. Hard to believe it has been 11 years already. I think that Jeff even yells to Doug for a drink at about the 13:30 mark on this recording. It’s one of the band asking…
The Verbal Abuse Welington’s opening set was well-circulated in trading circles in the 80s, but I was not aware that they were opening for Slayer. These recordings are so clean that the Verbal Abuse was misrepresented as a board tape back then. Hopefully the EQ and rebalance will help these recordings out a bit- I like how it sounds.

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
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +5, Bass +2.

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Trouble- The Stone, San Francisco Ca 10/16/84 xfer from master Audio Cassette Doom Stoner Rock Metal

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! Since Brian Walsby was talking about the band a few days ago, let’s go with this.
Man, this sounds fantastic for an old recording. The stone had really great sound.
I mentioned that it is probably time to start posting from all of the collections I have here, including my own. Well, I just did a quick inventory and there are EIGHTEEN collections here! So, I plan to start doing this- probably starting in early December. Expect a post from each collection about every 3 weeks .. unless I can do this full-time and post multiple things a day. lol.

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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Slayer- Stone, San Francisco Ca 10/16/84 xfer from master audio cassette Thrash Metal Kerry King

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! Aaand it’s another 1st album Slayer show that he taped himself. What a time to be alive! Look at that lineup as well- 1st album Trouble with 1st album Slayer. Unfortunately, it looks like only the Slayer set was in the TMD box. Thanks Doug!

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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Slayer- Keystone, Palo Alto Ca 10/15/84 xfer from master audio cassette thrash metal

It’s Wednesday and there have been no Doug posts yet this week- let’s fix that. This Slayer show goes to prove that even the greats play to an empty room sometimes. I am sure that it being a Monday night in Palo Alto didn’t help things much. Sounds like there are less than 100 people there. They still mowed through the set as usual, but damn. Tough crowd.
Thanks to Wayne Vanderkuil for finding this pink sheets listing for the show, no flyer seems to exist. Maybe THAT’s why nobody showed up…

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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Slayer- Hell Awaits Rough Mixes 1984 xfer from band audio cassette copy Thrash Metal

More awesome stuff from Doug. The one thing that pops to mind about this one is when we talked to Tom about the recording of this album while hanging backstage in 1985-86 time frame. He was poking fun at the low-budget recording techniques and he mentioned that he recorded the vocals for this album in a bathroom. Listening to the vocals here (which sound pretty different to me) reminds me of that conversation.

Recorded by: The Studio, cassette copy courtesy of Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakaimichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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