Thanks to Todd Pritchard for asking for this one- he told me what to do and you can as well over on Patreon. This is another tape that was misplaced for years and the move resurfaced it.

Man, this sounds way worse than I remember. I thought that I used my stepdad’s Montgomery Ward boom box which had amazing mics, but The Place was never known for sounding great. I worked way too hard to EQ the distortion out and then rebuild it in izotope. Still meh. But hey! New Operation Ivy recording!

The Place was a tiny house converted into a teen center/music venue which was torn down to build this parking garage you see here. It had hard tile or linoleum floors and wood paneling walls. It was an acoustic nightmare.

I think Op Ivy played here 3 times- I taped this one and Ken Doose taped another of the 3.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Tyler Mort’s awesome Montgomery Ward boom box
Transfer equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound forge 10 (drop low end distortion) and rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +8, Guitars +4.