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Capitol Punishment- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 1/2/87 xfer from low gen audio cassette Fresno Punk

Collections post, from Wayne Vanderkuil’s boxes of tapes. We can’t figure out who taped this, it might have come from Chris Dodge.. but this was from Gilman’s opening weekend and it sounds really good. Like, pro walkman or quality boombox recording. I wonder if Radley brought some mics to record.

The first 4 months of Gilman had no flyers or calendar. Tim’s vision was that the place would be a place to be, and there would be no need to advertise. I don’t think many people showed up because I have a tape of Condemned Attitude/Attitude where Andy makes fun of the concept. Hence the opening weekend generic flyer here.

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

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Jet Red- A Matter of Time Demo 1987 w/Willie Hines Brad Lang (from Y&T) Sacramento Hard Rock Glam Tesla

One of the reasons why I enjoy putting the work in to all of this (waves arms) is because it is a constant music history education. I had never heard of Jet Red, but they came from Sacramento and were signed to Relativity Records for a self-titled album, released in 1989.

Guitarist/Vocalist Willie Hines looks like he now lives in Mississippi and is still performing. Bassist Brad Lang played with Y&T for a stretch along with Bulletboys and a bunch of others.
EDIT: Thanks to Troy and David, we now know that “Fro” the drummer is Steve Brown, current Tesla drummer

None of these songs seem to be released except for I Surrender, which was on a 2010 CD release.

from Laura Martinez’ collection

Recorded by: Kenny Nicholson at Harbor Studios in Sacramento
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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W.T.G.- Rehearsal and other insanity 1987 transfer f/master VHS-C Tape Whoppers Taste Good St. Louis

Don’t ask me why this was the Voter’s Choice for the week before last. Maybe they thought the band name was funny. Maybe the band has a massive following that I am unaware of.

The first 10 minutes of this is the band not performing music- screwing around, going to Burger King, and partying. There is a quick image of the infamous Spanky’s Sacramento flyer from 1987 which never happened because the booking agent at Spanky’s quit or was fired, and the new guy would not honor the booking. I printed thousands of flyers for that one.

from Mark Deniszczuk’s collection

Recorded by: The band and friends
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S 9xxx VCR, Canopus ADVC300 firewire into Dell Workstation

Live Performance Video
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Flame- The S3xual Kind Demo 1987 xfer f/master audio cassette San Francisco Hard Rock/Glam band

This one is from a NEW audio collection from Laura Martinez. I have never seen so many Sacramento/Bay Area Hard Rock/Glam demos in one place before!

Flame were from San Francisco and they put out a couple of LP’s in the late 80s/early 90s. The self released one is going for $375 on discogs, so they must still have a following. Laura has multiple demos of the band, so more to come!

This is a demo recorded a couple years before they released that self-titled LP.

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

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Junkyard- Demo 1987 Los Angeles Hard Rock Band Brian Baker

This one is from Anonymous 3’s collection and it is one of those mystery tapes. I tried Shazam’ing a bunch of tracks and they all ID’d, but to one of 3 different releases including their self titled debut, but that can’t be right. The most likely release that these versions are from is the “Put It On Ten And Pull The Knobs Off!” band self-released CDR in 2008… but 5 of the songs here are not on there. So, ¯_(ツ)_/¯

From Anonymous 3’s collection
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

Audio Demo
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Sam Mann and thee Apes- Refused Demo 1987 xfer f/master demo tape Hollywood Glam Hard Rock Metal

Alright, I need to get psyched up for this one and NOT make fun of it. Here is a legendary glam band who never released an album. They had a couple songs on the “Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebels & The Sunset Strip Boxset – Volume 1” and that was about it. I think most of you know that I am not a big fan of this type of music, but it is well done. You’ll like it if you like that kind of thing.

From Anonymous 3’s collection
Recorded by: The band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ’d some of the highs away using Sony Soundforge 10

Audio Demo