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Necropolis- Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach Ca 11/8/86 Transfer f/? Gen VHS tape Laguna Beach Thrash

Here’s a band I have never heard of, and it seems that a bunch of people have also never heard of them. When you look a band up on discogs and they are an old metal band, any demo tape that is released usually has a ton of demand. This one? Zero. Damn.

Necropolis were a thrash/Death Metal band from Laguna Beach, California. They released one demo and were on a comp with a bunch of bands including Bloodcum. Members were Andrew Prietto, Paul Chorbi, Robert Verns, Steve Resnick.

from Chris Eng’s collection

Recorded by: ?
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

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Jello Biafra- Laundry Works, San Jose 11/7/86 xfer from master tape Spoken Word Dead Kennedys

Here’s a long one for you, so it’s good to get it posted early so you have plenty of time to listen today.
One of the most fun things about digging through Wayne’s box of tapes is stumbling upon stuff like this, which was clearly taped by him (he lived in the south bay) and never circulated. The quality on this is decent, there is a bit of noise in the room I could not mix out… but it is listenable. It’s Jello in a laundromat nightclub- how can you beat that?

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

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Slayer- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento Ca. 11/5/86 xfer from 1st gen audio tape Remixed Main Set

Thanks to Ken Doose for posting this flyer yesterday and starting some conversation around this show.
As I have talked about before, my friend Matt Polish was friends with the band. He toured with them in 1985 and by this time, he had gone to L.A. to hang with Jeff multiple times. So we got there early and went right back onto the NEW tour bus supplied by Def American. We step in there, and here are the guys in Slayer partying hard, and listening to… rap music? We were totally dumbfounded- what the fuck is this? It turned out that they had an advance tape of Beastie Boys’ License to Ill and they were BLASTING it as they partied on the bus. They were reciting every lyric. This was months before the Beasties were well known, and before Anthrax’ rap collaborations. Rap and metal at the time did NOT mix. It was one of the most hilariously jarring moments I have ever experienced. After an hour or so of goofing off, they got dressed and played this show. So funny.
No encores were recorded. I don’t know why.

Recorded by: Ricky (RIP)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio audiophile 2496 card
Remix by Shayne Stacy in Sony Sound Forge (EQ settings in FB comments- the original tape sounds like hot garbage)

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Fishbone- Mississippi Nights, St. Louis Mo. 11/5/86 xfer from master VHS off studio Umatic

There are still a LOT of VHS tapes to be digitized (over 1,000) over here. I have done some as people have asked for things, but I have not started to do them all yet. Someone posted a link of the well-circulated Fishbone show from St. Louis 1986 and I noticed that the quality of the show on youtube is not very good, and the show is incomplete. So, I guess I’ll need to get to posting some of these.
This is the 1 hour version of the show that includes interview clips with the band. This came from KDHX directly- this is a VHS tape right off of their 1/4″ master tape. Huge thanks to Jim Utz & Dede Schofield for giving these to me 20ish(30?) years ago.

Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911 w/TBD– Canopus ADVC300– Sony Vegas Pro 10.

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The Freeze- The Rat, Boston Ma 11/2/86 Transfer from Audio cassette Punk Hardcore R.I.P. Clif Croce

This one is a bit better quality than the 1989 set that I posted earlier. It’s clearly not the complete show at only 18min, but that is all of the set that I have ever seen circulate. Release show for Rabid Reaction. Pretty much an even split of songs from Land of the Lost and Rabid Reaction.

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

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Frightwig- Hoosier Ballroom, Indianapolis In 11/86 Transfer from master VHS tape Soundboard Audio

I waited until a lot of the election results were in before posting- I hope people will find time to check this out because it is amazing! This was the other Patreon Voter’s Choice that serves as Julie’s collections post this time around.
The board mix is pretty good- better than some of the others. It still might be worth a rebalance sometime in the future.

Recorded by: Julie Huffaker @TheJulester
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

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