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Heathen-Rock on Broadway, San Francisco Ca 5/16/86 xfer from master cassette tape thrash metal MITFR

Mediocre Monday is back! I wanted to remind everyone that MM is for mediocre quality recordings. The actual recorded content may (or may not) kick ass.
This is another one from Wayne Vanderkuil’s killer collection of tapes. One of the things that I enjoy while listening to these tapes is the banter between him and friends (John Scharpen, Chris Dodge, Chris Wilder etc) before the show starts. I edited some out, but you may hear some banter.
I never understood why Heathen never achieved the popularity of bands like Exodus or Testament. They were in the scene at the very beginning, they were incredibly talented, and the songs were strong. Just unlucky I suppose.
Here they are, opening for the newly metalized English Dogs on their “Forward into Battle” tour. Not sure how I missed this show, that ED album was a huge favorite of mine at the time.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Adrenalin O.D. / White Flag- WFMU Live in Studio, E Orange NJ 5/15/86 xfer f/ band archive cassette

Here’s a nice surprise for On This Date in History. I knew I had posted the White Flag portion of this before so I was checking the archived spindles for tape #314, since it had to be digitized already… but it wasn’t there. Some searches of the 2 RAIDs led me to it- I hadn’t digitized my tape, I had digitized Bruce Wingate’s better quality tape!

So enjoy this better quality version of White Flag plus the (main) AOD portion. This was one of my all time favorite tapes that I traded for, so big thanks to George Norton of sending it my way back in 1986! And of course thanks to Bruce for trusting me with his stuff a couple years ago.

I can’t remember the details, but White Flag was in studio and hopped on AOD’s gear and then had to hurry to catch a flight.. that they barely made? Missed? Can’t remember.

As I was writing this up, I realized that Paul’s vocals were buried. In fact, the mix was super heavy on guitar.. so I rebalanced it and reuploaded it. Enjoy!

Recorded by: WFMU
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +4, Bass +6, Drums +5.

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White Flag- WFMU, E. Orange NJ 5/15/86 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette Adrenalin O.D.

I wore this recording out when I got it from George Norton back in 1986. This and the AOD set from this broadcast were both great. Bruce and Dave, what is the background on this one? Did White Flag just jump in on your guys’ equipment and play before heading to the airport to go to Europe. This definitely has a similar guitar tone to the AOD set.

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

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Gravelgut- Jones Hall, Roseville Ca. 5/3/86 R.I.P. Chris White

First of all, please don’t expect much with the quality of this recording. This was before we bought the pro walkmen and DAT recorders… but it is one of the only Gravelgut recordings I am aware of. This show is so awesome. 13 minute set! The band that went on right before (or after, can’t remember) taunted the crowd, and you can hear Chris politely thanking Stew Katz for allowing local bands on shows like this. Troy Tausch’s drum sound is huge on this show. I hope you enjoy despite the quality. For Troy, Ken Legee, and all of the rest of the rocklin/roseville gang. Recorded by Mark Martin with a panasonic cassette recorder.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

 

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Exodus- Jones Hall, Roseville Ca. 5/3/86 xfer from master audio cassette

This was a memorable show. Anthrax cancelled and Exodus played an extra-long set as the headliner, which was awesome! When they played these long sets in early 86, they sometimes whip out some of the pre-LP stuff (like Hell’s Breath). I was managing one of the opening bands at the time- Rigor Mortis. Matt Polish went up and started to taunt the audience, and I remember a huge wave of people running up to the stage wanting a piece of Matt.

Recorded by: Mark Martin

Equipment Used: Consumer Panasonic Recorder

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Mock- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 5/31/86 xfer f/low gen audio cassette Santa Cruz Punk BL’AST!

This one comes from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection.

After some discussion, we think that this is the Mock from Santa Cruz that released a 7″ and a full length album in 1995- NINE years after this show! Way to keep at it. It makes sense, as Mock were friends with B’LAST! and they headlined the show.

This is likely to be a first gen cassette since Wayne and Chris were friends, but it is not confirmed. Wayne thinks this came from Chris Dodge, which means that the master might be sitting with Dan Hague/Distort Oakland. Sounds like a boom box recording- not bad.

Wayne also provided the flyer

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
equipment used: nakamichi dragon and m-audio audiophile 2496 card

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Legion of Doom- Ruthies Inn, Berkeley Ca 5/31/86 xfer f/Low Gen Audio Cassette w/Chris Dodge Spazz

Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection continues to bring the awesome stuff.

Legion of Doom were a metal (discogs calls them punk, but they sound metal to me) band from San Jose, Ca. Members were Chris Dodge (Stikky, Spazz, etc etc), Greg Lynch, Jason McNair, Matt Hubbard, and Mike Allport.

They had 2 releases- one demo tape and 2 songs on the Bay Mud comp, self-released by David Hayes. Wayne told me that they used to cover Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”, but I don’t hear it here.

This is likely to be a first gen cassette since Wayne and Chris were friends, but it is not confirmed. The master might be sitting with Dan Hague/Distort Oakland. Sounds like a boom box recording- not bad.

Wayne also provided the flyer

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
equipment used: nakamichi dragon and m-audio audiophile 2496 card

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