Here’s yet another one that baffles me. A lot of the stuff that I have on VHS was posted years ago by others, and since these were broadcast on St. Louis cable TV, you’d think this would have been posted by now. Nope. Early Flaming Lips!
From Jim Utz’ collection
Here’s one from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. Actually, it seemed like we(bay area tape traders) all traded for this tape, but it isn’t clear who has the master. Wayne’s tape is on the best quality tape out of the bunch (TDK SA-X90) and has the least hiss, so we’ll go with this.
This is pretty good for an early Gilman mix, but the mix does fluctuate throughout. There is no snare for most of the show, so I pushed that up. Vocals were buried for a stretch, so up those went as well. Sounds ok I guess.
And, check out that calendar- D.I. wasn’t initially booked for this date. Must have been a late add since they were playing Sacramento around the same time.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +4, Bass +5, Drums +5.
Happy mediocre monday y’all. It has been a very busy workday so I am behind on everything.
Here is a recording from one of those big metal fests they used to have at Helvetia Park. Does this park even exist anymore? I tried finding it on a map and no luck.
Anyway, like I mentioned in last week’s Herbicide post, our band CCR and Herbicide shared a drummer so there was a friendly rivalry between the bands. I used to yell “Herbicide” in the same style that the vocalist sings, as a joke. I think that this is a drunk me yelling “herbicide” into the mic or the boombox toward the end of the show. I might have had a couple of drinks before the set. Actually, I think I got thrown out of this show and talked them into letting me pay again to get back in.
Recorded by: Herbicide
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
For today’s On This Date in History, let’s celebrate AOD’s recent tour to Europe for the first time ever! They were supposed to go in 2020 and do a much more extensive tour, but we all know how 2020 turned out… The promoter for their 2020 show at Boom Leeds never refunded my money. Boo to unscrupulous punk promoters!
Anyway, this came from Bruce, the guitarist in the band. Bruce is totally cool and I wish he was still playing with the band.
This was not a show that AOD was scheduled to perform, they were summoned to come up by the band on stage. They do all covers and get off the stage “before they make it any worse”. Haha! Soundboard audio is pretty garbled but still listenable for hardcore fans (get it?).
Recorded by: The Anthrax Club?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)
I posted the Op Ivy from this tape a couple of weeks back- here is Bulimia Banquet’s set. The mix was more consistent on this one and the transfer was clean enough to do a much better rebalance job than the OPIV. Starts heavy on the vocals, but the mix gets good about halfway through.
Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +8.5(!), Bass +5.5
And now, a very special presentation from the Sac Music Archive.
This one has been on my hard drive for a few months- I think this was the very first cassette I digitized from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. The mix moves all over the place, so I was planning to rebalance each song but no time for that. So I did a straight rebalance of guitar and snare and called it good. As usual, I mixed it for the majority of the show, so certain parts (such as the beginning) may not sound as good. Forward it a bit- it gets better.
Wow, and what a set this is. There is at least one song that I have never heard them do before. Let’s keep this one off the bootlegs, kids.
Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil and Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 Card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 (Drums +4, Guitar +3)
Here’s another amazing gift from Radley Hirsch- he gave this one to Anonymous shortly after the shows happened. It’s pretty cool that Nomeansno played Gilman TWICE in 9 days. I think I saw a “work in progress” flyer from Radley’s collection that had NMN as a late add to this show.
The raw mix on this one is much better than the one on the 8th. Jim McLain asked to help with the mixing and he did a fantastic job on this one- his remix sounds great!
Recorded by: Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Happy thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating this year. Ever since I learned that the crap they teach you in school is not exactly truthful, I think of the holiday differently. I am thankful for many things, one of them being that I can enjoy getting all of my collection out for people to see.. and people seem to pay attention and enjoy them. I appreciate all of the friends I have made through the music scene over the past 35 years.
Anyway, I was surprised to see that this was not posted yet. I worry that it will get blocked- we will see, I guess. This was one of the bigger, more mainstream artists that double helix filmed over at Mississippi Nights in the 80s. I am also thankful that they had the vision to film these bands– not many videos from that era are this good.
From Jim Utz’ collection
Today’s patreon “Voter’s Choice” bonus post was a tie between this and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. I flipped a coin and you get to thrash. If you want in on this action, hit up the patreon link in comments! You get to pick from 10 videos each week!
This one comes from Chris Eng’s collection.
Tyrranicide was a thrash metal band from Pleasanton, California. Formed in 1984 and disbanded in 1993. They were briefly known as Mayhem between 1984-1985. One of their members played with Breakaway as well.
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 (denoise)
TLDR Version: Please like and share every single youtube post I make. on youtube.Thanks.
Before I get to the details- here is a story and an assignment for you.
Early last year, I posted a Slambodians video from 924 Gilman from Chris Eng’s collection. It got about 100 views if I remember correctly, which is about what I expected. Then, a couple months later, I post a Slambodians video from Sproul Plaza in Berkeley and it gets 15,000 views. WHY?
It has to do with YouTube’s algorithms. When people like and share a post often enough when it is first posted, the Algo tips and YT shoot is out to tons of people as a recommended watch. I guess people thought the name was funny, shared it around and 15,000 people ended up watching it.
So if you want to help the Sac Music Archive and you don’t have the money to support the patreon, please help by liking and sharing. It’s a huge visibility boost.
This is another Slambodians video from Chris Eng’s collection. Nice quality for 1987. The stage was very spotty, lighting wise so I kept it as it was shot- over exposed in spots, dark in others.
Thanks Chris for all of these early SF/East Bay videos. This is almost a year before I bought my first camera.
recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (light denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
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