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Wasted Youth- Fender’s Ballroom, Long Beach Ca 4/10/87 xfer from 1st gen audio tape

For today’s on this date in history, you get to hear another sad story of tapes being thrown away.
My good friend Anonymous taped a lot of shows in southern california before moving up to the Sacramento area in 1987. This was one of the last ones before he moved here in the June/July time frame.
We had been friends for years and I was storing his cassettes in the garage of my house back in 2003. It was time to move and I called him one night and asked him what he wanted done with the tapes, and he said to go ahead and throw them away… nothing good is in there.
Well, that wasn’t true. There were many master tapes in there and while many of them sounded like this, that’s a lot of history tossed right into the trash. Sorry Anonymous. I should have kept them.
I got this from Anonymous in a trade in the 1987/88 time frame, so at least it can still me heard. Wasted Youth in their metal years!

Recorded by: Anonymous
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Photo courtesy of Todd Nakamine

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Billy Joel- Market Square Arena, Indianapolis In 4/2/87 xfer f/master or 1st gen tape Incomplete

This one was on the Tony Philputt/Phil Go tape along with the Let’s Active show that I posted a couple weeks back. This one is for my friend Steve Kirsch since he is a huge Billy Joel fan! It’s only 35 minutes of the show.

I have to admit, I am not a big fan of arena videos, and even less of a fan of Billy Joel. In fact, I will share an anecdote about Billy. Since I am constantly dealing with old gear, I need to have a test tape- a tape that I do not give a sh*t if it gets eaten in case a deck is malfunctioning. That VHS tape is currently Billy Joel in concert. Lol, sorry BJ fans. Hope you enjoy the video…

Recorded by: Tony Philputt I think
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- KABC-AM Talk Radio int w/Michael Jackson, Los Angeles Ca 4/2/87 PMRC Obscenity Trial

Here is a MUST LISTEN for today’s On This Date in History. This is an interview with a remarkably well-prepared talk radio host shortly after the PMRC Senate hearings. One of the right wing/religious people trying to take action against the music calls in, and Jello is remarkable in his off-the-cuff debate with this person. Unfortunately, when you hear Jello talk about the state of politics and the country, it seems that not much has changed in the 38 years since this took place.
This is AM radio, so adjust quality expectations accordingly.

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

Audio Live Performance