I made a mistake on the post today- the tape was not marked at all, so I listened and made a guess- with the shout-outs to Voi Vod, I assumed it was the show that they played with them at The Ritz on 4/5/86. Doug just emailed me and told me that it was not the Ritz show, and that it might be Montreal. I went back and listened to the tape closely and Cronos does mention Montreal after Black Metal. A quick check of setlist.fm shows that the set matches the Spectrum show from 3/25/85. So, there you go. I totally whiffed on the ol’ detective work on this one.

here’s my original post for reference:

Since there are not one but two pieces of news about Venom in today’s news cycle, I figured I would post the last Tour Manager Doug master recording of Venom. About those news items- Tom talked about Cronos “hitting” him when we were all backstage at the Crest show in 85, and I think the black eye was still visible. Odd to see that story get some legs all these years later.
Regarding the Venom Inc article about Abaddon’s departure from the band, I’ll keep my opinions (mostly) to myself… but I know how well Antony treats his fans and he was battling cancer as well (not mentioned in the article). He’s a good guy who seems to have gotten a raw deal.
Anyway, this one is definitely a Doug master. You can hear him clowning with friends during breaks in the music- he clearly prefers Voi Vod over Venom “Voigod! haha). Classic!

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