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Operation Ivy- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 5/17/87 xfer from master VHS Tape

Rainy day today. I hope everyone can still enjoy the Punk in the Park show- I had a ticket but had to sell it due to kids sports obligations… which were then canceled and covid came.
Here’s another one from Chris Eng’s box of VHS masters. Like the MDC, I don’t see a board tape for this one on my list so I will keep watch to see if one turns up.
This one looked so clean that I opted not to enhance/degrain, but after seeing it on the bigger screen, it might benefit from a very little enhancement. Maybe later.
Anyway, here is Operation Ivy’s first proper, non-garage show. You can see all of the Gilman OG’s in the front row there- Wayne V, Chris, John Scharpen. Cool.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Processed to MP4 in Adobe Premiere Elements

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Crimpshrine- Dave’s Garage, Albany Ca. 5/16/87 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk

Here is one from Chris Eng’s collection of tapes. This one had some lighting issues- I tried to brighten it up and fix contrast as much as I could.
The funny thing is that Jeff Ott’s new band (Dollar Store) is playing People’s Park in Berkeley right about now, unless they got tear gassed/rubber bulleted out of there. It was a surprise announcement- wish I could have made it there but I am 2 hours away… I had already planned to post this video today, the surprise show announcement was pure coincedence.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/contrast/exposure/denoise)

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Guadalcanal Diary- Excelsior Mill, Atlanta Ga 5/16/87 xfer from 2nd gen audio cassette complete show

Lately, I haven’t had a plan for an On This Date in History post. I wake up and get to the studio, and look through the list to see what I want to listen to during the morning. I came across this and it was a no-brainer. It was (and is) a must listen.

If you are unaware of the band, it’s your lucky day! You get to discover a new band today. One of the best jangle pop bands ever. They seemed to be overshadowed a bit by that other Georgia jangle pop band, R.E.M., in my humble opinion. They were every bit as great as their Athens counterparts. My favorite album of theirs is Walking in the Shadows of the Big Man.

Lead vocalist Murray Attaway recently released a new album- his first new album in over 30 years. He still has some (limited to 100) vinyl available at his Bandcamp store, and he autographed the one he sent me. That’s pretty nice. The album is really good!

I love these late 80’s pro walkman recordings. I don’t have equipment detail, but it sounds like a sony D6 and either an ECM909 or Aiwa CM30. Really nice and crisp with enough clean low end to EQ it well.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Operation Ivy- Dave’s Garage, Albany Ca 5/16/87 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced First Show Ever

Let’s make it an all-Chris Eng weekend. He filmed the 3 shows I posted over a 5 week stretch in 1987. Crazy to think about how active the punk scene was back then.
This show has been posted to Youtube before, but this one is right off Chris’ master tape and I did what I could with the lighting effects to make the band a bit more visible. Can’t do much with that audio, however. Still enjoyable to anyone who is a fan of the band.
I also kept the clip of Dave hosting the show in there- the music starts at about 1min.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub

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Vagrants- Dave’s Garage, Albany Ca 5/16/87 xfer f/master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk Pot Valiant

Here is another special one from Chris Eng’s collection- Vagrants from Dave’s Garage. Vagrants were: Brian Jay, Craig Miller, Dave Henwood, and Nicolai Gancheff. They had a couple of self-released cassettes and 1 7″ release on Lookout. They morphed into Pot Valiant and released a full-length and a couple of singles.. then got the reissue treatment from Numero Group recently.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/contrast/exposure/denoise)

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Isocracy- Dave’s Garage,Albany Ca 5/16/87 xfer master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk Turn it Around

Another late post day. For those of us who traded tapes back in the 80s, we were excited and super appreciative to see Chris Eng’s videos of bands like Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, and many others including these guys. I have always felt that Isocracy had probably the best song on the first bunch of Lookout 7″ released with Rodeo. My favorite releases were Op Ivy and Corrupted Morals, but that one song was so great.
This Dave’s Garage 5/16/87 show did not have the same quality as the earlier shows, but it is legendary in its own right- here’s Chris with an explanation: “Worst possible recording setup. Dave’s shitty camera that plugged into my shitty VHS VCR.”… but it exists at least. I did everything I could to brighten this up and fix exposure and contrast. This probably the earliest Isocracy video recorded. Thanks Chris!

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/denoise)

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Pirates of Venus- Demo 1987 Xfer from master/1st gen Tales of Terror Verbal Abuse and Decry Members!

This one is for Jakobe and the rest of the guys from the Tales of Terror group- huge thanks to him for contacting Pat and getting permission to post this one here.
The band had Pat Stratford (Rats Ass from Tales of Terror) on vocals, Joie Mastrokalos (verbal abuse) on guitar, a couple of bass players (see below) and Patrick Muzingo on drums.
Here is what Patrick M says about the band:
“the Farm show is the 1st show we did(The Farm 12/28/86, also on the channel/website!). Before we did that show we spent two weeks in a space that Taz Rudd procured in Monrovia, CA.
When we got kicked out of there, we moved to Reno for two weeks to “fine-tune” the mess that you are hearing at the farm.
After that, we spent the next six months going back-and-forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the original bass player was Todd Muscat, he split, Dusty joined in asap.
We did a four song demo played more shows up in San Francisco, Sac and in LA for 4 months. Shade was along for that ride.
I bailed from the lineup after the van blew up going back to LA and getting stuck in Wasco while Joie hustled pool to pay for the transmission rebuild
I believe Joie went on and did a few shows after that with a different singer.

From Dal Basi’s collection

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

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