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Suicidal Tendencies- Oasis Ballroom, Sacramento Ca 10/13/85 xfer f/ 1st gen audio cassette complete

This one comes from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. Wayne deserves a big thanks for keeping all of his tapes throughout the years.

I have mentioned this before, but I’ll say it again. I got started in the tape trading hobby back in 1986 or 1987 and I got a big boost when Mark Martin let me buy his live tape collection at that time, for the price of the blank tapes. He did keep some of his master recordings, which is why some legendary Sacramento shows have not made their way onto the archive yet. This was one of those shows- I did not have a copy and Mark didn’t have it anymore either. In comes Wayne (hero music plays).

All that being said, this tape doesn’t sound great. A lot of tapes recorded with that Panasonic consumer deck had this blurry sounding rumbling low end. I did learn today that most of that bad stuff is at the 56hz band of the EQ, so I can start pulling that out completely (like I did here) to make them listenable. Cool.

Recorded by: Mark Martin
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Beowulf- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 10/12/85 xfer from master tape Suicidal Records Thrash Metal

Alright, more historically significant master tapes from Wayne Vanderkuil. This is from the legendary show at Ruthie’s where the entire Venice/Suicidal scene seemed to have converged on berkeley to play a show. This sounds pretty damned good for an early audio recording.
I also learned that Beowulf is back together and they seem to have a million active mambers.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
sounds like I might have EQ’d this one, but I didn’t keep my notes

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Suicidal Tendencies- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 10/12/85 xfer from master audio cassette

Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection delivers the goods again! This one sounds pretty decent for a non-pro recording from 1985. I EQ’d it do bring the mids down and bass up, but it was clean enough to make sound ok. Wow!
I’ve got the Beowulf tape on my desk, so I’ll get that one done soonish

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sount Soundforge 10

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No Mercy- New Varsity, Palo Alto Ca 10/11/85 xfer f/Master audio tape Welcome to Venice Punk

Today’s audio collections post is from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. I posted Beowulf a couple weeks back from this show. Here is No Mercy. This show was like a Welcome to Venice comp LP showcase!

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Beowulf- New Varsity, Palo Alto Ca 10/11/85 xfer f/master audio cassette Crossover Welcome to Venice

Slowly starting to get back on top of things around here. This is from Wayne Vanderkuil’s amazing collection of tapes. He taped so many shows in the mid to late 80s it is kinda mind boggling. A good amount of his tapes have him and friends (John Scharpen, Andy Andersen, and tons more) goofing off before the bands starts… on tape! I edit most of them out because I am pretty sure that Wayne and friends would be mortified to have them posted, but this one is benign enough to post. lol.

One of the nice things about posting collections at a faster rate is the ability to share more- there is so much to work through. Wayne has hundreds of tapes, and I have shared maye 20 so far.

This one is from one of Suicidal’s early runs up to Northern Cal, and they brought their Welcome to Venice mates Beowulf and No Mercy.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Herbicide- Pus Cavern, Sacramento Rehearsal 1985 with original vocalist!

One of the fun things about this hobby/website is that people reach out to me randomly about things. That is how Jim Edwards got his Guns n Roses/Crest tape to me, and a bunch of other folks have given tapes/offered support/etc. It’s nice to hear from folks, so keep the cards and letters coming! One word of caution- if you are looking to trade, my hobby time is 100% dedicated to digitizing collections that have been sent to me. I can add you to a waiting list if you are cool with that. Sorry.
Herbicide were friends (frenemies?) of ours in the late 80s. Our band (CCR) and Herbicide would practice at the same time at Pus Cavern. I thought that Rob D (the Kyle from Dr Know sounding vocalist) was their first vocalist, but this tape has Steve Graham on vocals who apparently preceded Rob. Also on this recording are my friend and former bandmate Scott Oakes (R.I.P.), Scott Campbell, and Jim Woo on bass. This tape comes from Tyla Biale- thanks for reaching out!
First few minutes of the tape is pretty messed up with nothing in one channel. It gets better after a couple min.

Recorded by: Rob at Pus Cavers(too many Rob/Roberts)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Desecration (Az)- Damaged by Decibels Demo 10/85 xfer from master cassette Black Sabbath

Here is a homework assignment for tomorrow- study up on this absolutely ripping demo from Arizona’s Desecration. There might be a super rare video coming up…
This demo is already on Youtube, but the quality of this transfer sounds a lot better to my ears. Fun fact- Desecration was the first show I ever attended at Gilman St.
The fastest version of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid I have ever heard.

Recorded by: Randy Walker
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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