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Motorhead- California Theatre, San Diego Ca 11/29/85 xfer f/1st or 2nd gen VHS tape Complete Show

You get an early video collections post and a late audio one today. I think this one is pretty rare- Megadeth (opener) is on YT but I don’t see this one.

I am still having some issues with the lossless VHS transfer setup- I think I will set up a 2nd one and start using that, then wipe/reinstall everything for this one. The big issue is with stutters- it will hang up and then speed up for a half second. Let me know if you see any. I did see a blast of diginoise at the 14 min mark. I will end up re-doing this one anyway to see if I can make adjustments in virtualdub to help with the brightness/over exposure. When it is like this, it is usually impossible to fix.

This is from Chris Eng’s collection. I think I remember him telling me that even though taper Cliff Cunningham did not trade, he met with him and copied from his tape. There are some signs of generation loss so I can’t tell if this is a 1st gen or a copy from Cliff’s safety copy. Anyway, new old Motorhead!

This one is sentimental to me since Motorhead came to Sacramento a couple days later and destroyed my hearing at Oasis Ballroom. Imagine all of those cabinets in the Oasis. Insanity.

Recorded by: Cliff Cunningham
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Motorhead- Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica Ca 11/27/85 xfer from 1st or 2nd gen VHS enhanced

Happy Friday before the holiday weekend! Here is another one from Chris Eng’s collection. This was on a tape that he received from Cliff Cunningham. I am not sure if Cliff taped this, but it does look a bit like some of the other videos he filmed back then. This one looks WAY better than the generated version that is currently on YT.
This took place a few days before Motorhead played the smallest show in their history- a 2/3 full show at the 300ish capacity Oasis Ballroom in sac. That oasis show was 1 of 2 reasons why my hearing is shot now.

Recorded by: ? (if Cliff Cunningham, this is a 1st gen)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)

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Stone Vengeance- Rehearsal Demo 1985 xfer from official release(?) Speed Thrash Metal Bay Area MITFR

I have been having some trouble with the On This Day in History content this week, so it is coming later today.
Here is one that I was planning on posting yesterday, but Wayne got Metallingus for his birthday instead (what a sentence!).
Stone Vengeance was one of those really great bands that were in that early east bay thrash scene, but never enjoyed the success of some of their peers. Formed in 1978, they were one of the first (possibly THE first) African American trash metal bands. They came back and played a few shows and released a 2x-CD retrospective about 15 years ago and it looks like they just played a show a couple months ago. Nice to see.
It looks like some of the recordings here might have been released later on- either through the Double CD thing I mentioned, or on early demos… but I don’t see the last 2 versions released on anything else. You should listen regardless- the band absolutely rips and huge thanks to Chris Eng for preserving these tapes for us to hear.

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

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Raw Power- Jockey Club, Newport Ky 11/16/85 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape soundboard audio hardcore

I was planning to post a Mudhoney audio from KCSB, only to find out that it was officially released (except 1 song) on the Superfuzz Bigmuff expanded reissue. D’oh! So I started poking around the tape lists and found this. I had actually posted an incomplete version of this one off of Wayne Vanderkuil’s unknown (but low) gen VHS tape, not realizing I had already digitized it from Jason Ross’ 1st gen tape. Derp. This is the last time I will post this one, promise.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S (9800 or 9911U) and Canopus ADVC300

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Raw Power- Jockey Club, Newport Ky 11/16/85 xfer from VHS Enhanced different lineup

Here’s one that I see was posted by my friend Mike Pritchard about a year ago, but this version appears to be slightly better quality… but it is incomplete. This was at the end of Wayne Vanderkuil’s MDC/Hallows Eve VHS and I figured I would post this anyway.
This was a unique tour for the band. Some of the band needed to come home early, so the lineup here is Fausto Donato second Guitar, Chris Bianco Vocals & Bass, Fabiano Bianco ( Master) on drums, DAVIDE DEVOTI lead guitar

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (brightness/contrast/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video

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Attitude Adjustment- New Method, Emeryville Ca 11/2/85 full show xfer from master cassette tape

OK, I lied about it being Ruthie’s week. I thought this tape was from Ruthie’s, but it is from the next day at New Method. Man, look at those killer lineups at that punk house. Yet another one taped by Wayne Vanderkuil, and another one that sounds pretty good for the time and equipment used. No shortage of Ruthie’s stuff to post in the future though, so stay tuned.
This must have been one of Kevin Reed’s last shows with the band before Andy joined.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge (boost bass, drop 3.6khz)

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Watchtower- San Antonio, Tx 11/85 xfer f/VHS tape Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal Dangerous Toys

I pulled the wrong disc for today’s On This Date in History, so let’s do a collections post first. I posted a Watchtower video last month from Chris Eng’s collection, and here is the other one that was on the tape. This band was one of those bands who became legendary and more well-known after they broke up. They reunited in the 2010’s and released a CD. This has an early lineup with Jason Mcmaster(I think), who went on to Dangerous Toys later in the 80s.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Part Time Christians- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 11/1/85 xfer from master audio tape

It looks like I inadvertently made this Ruthie’s week. Here’s another show that Wayne taped from Ruthie’s. Part Time Christians released one LP on Alternative Tentacles in 1984 and then disappeared. Checking youtube, there is not much out there beside the LP. Recording is good quality for the time frame and equipment used. I left the post show clowning around on there- it’s short but ridiculous.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ (Bass boost, high end drop) in Sony Soundforge

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