Adrenalin O.D. – City Gardens, Trenton NJ 11/30/86 xfer f/low gen audio cassette AOD A.O.D. Hardcore

Let’s take another swing at the On This Date in History post for today! I am pretty confident that this one isn’t out there- I am almost certain that George Norton taped this one and I got it from him. It took a lot of tweaking to make it this listenable. Well, I think it’s listenable- you can judge for yourself, haha.
AOD was opening for 7 Seconds on this night. Here is an excerpt from the No Stage Diving, Slam Dancing, Spikes book from DiWulf Publishing:

“Bruce George Wingate (Adrenalin OD): I remember this show clearly because it was the largest crowd of people I ever puked in front of. We had played in Philly the night before and had to be in Trenton by noon, since it was an all-ages matinee. We had been up all night drinking beer with our buddies in Flag of Democracy. Right before we left Philly, I bought a forty-ouncer for the ride, on the theory that maintaining my buzz would keep a hangover at bay. When we got to City Gardens, I kept up a slow and steady intake all afternoon until it was our turn to play. The place was packed with kids, we went over well, and I still felt okay. The last song of our set was a cover of “Down in Flames” by the Dead Boys. It was my job to scream the three lines right before the song ended. As soon as I did, I felt all the color leave my face and my vision started flickering like a strobe light. I hit the last chord, took off my guitar, leaned over my amp, and puked my guts out. Then I managed to compose myself enough to walk across the stage, where I leaned over the side and promptly puked on a drum set belonging to our friends in the band Dirge.

Recorded by: George Norton (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ’d (hard) in Sony Sound Forge 10
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3, Drums +2, Guitar +2

Audio Live Concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Hoosier Ballroom Indianapolis In 11/29/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS rebalanced audio

This video has been around a long time. Well circulated.. but I think this one might be the best version available. This comes from a lossless transfer of the VHS copy straight from Tony Philputt’s master tape. I pulled the audio track off the tape and rebalanced it- I boosted the bass way up plus touched up the guitar and vocals a little. Also brightened and adjusted contrast, degrained in adobe/neat video, then popped the new audio track in and processed it. Not bad.

It’s pretty wild that the band has 2 full shows documented 5 days apart, when they were at the top of the game. Thanks Tony.

Recorded by: Tony Philputt
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +10, vocals and guitar +2/+4 range
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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T.S.O.L. – Hoosier Ballroom, Indianapolis In 11/29/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Soundboard Audio

I had another video post planned for today and then I realized that I was overdue for one from Tony P/Phil Go’s collection, so I scrambled one together here.

This one is pretty nice, and all that exists on this tape from TSOL’s opening set for Red Hot Chili Peppers. The board mix is a bit high on vocals. I think I might do extra work on the RHCP and rebalance the board mix before posting that one.

Recorded by: Tony Philputt
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Live Concert Video

Bad Brains- The Farm, San Francisco Ca 11/28/86 xfer f/master audio cassette Vanderkuil version

Back in 2020, I posted a recording of this Bad Brains set at the Farm, recorded by Eric Mcintire. It wasn’t until this past week while digging through Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection that I realized that there is a second recording of this show, recorded by Wayne himself!

This show must have sounded fantastic because both Eric and Wayne had consumer recorders (no pro walkman types) and they both sound great!

This one is 6 minutes longer.

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

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Bad Brains- The Farm, San Francisco Ca. 11/28/86 Audio Only xfer from Master audiotape Live

Here’s a show that many people still talk about, even now. We don’t know who recorded this, but it was obviously done with a pro walkman. Sounds pretty decent for a 1986 punk audience recording.
Photo courtesy of James Edmonds
Recorded by: Eric McIntire
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Soul Asylum- Texas Records, Santa Monica 11/22/86 xfer f/unknown gen audio cassette Acoustic instore

Today’s On This date in History comes from the old days of 1980s tape trading. I think I got this from Katie Dee in Buffalo, she was a big SA fan and I think she even turned me onto the band.

This one is clearly done with a cheap consumer recorder, but since it is an acoustic set it is still enjoyable. Not many acoustic sets from the band this early on. In fact, this is the earliest acoustic performance that I have out of the 177 Soul Asylum recordings I have. Maybe Mike Wilson (owner of the cool “littletooclean” youtube channel and tons of SA tapes) can chime in to confirm.

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

Audio Live Performance