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Jackson Saints- Chatterbox, San Francisco Show #2 late 80s transfer f/1st gen DVCAM Tape

Yaaay! More archival awesomeness from Alfie Kulzick. This was one of 2 Jackson Saints sets at the end of that Papa Wheelie/Short Dogs Grow tape. The first set seemed fine until I played it back- everything is going along fine and then the audio tracks skips over to something from the same show, but comically out of sync, and then back in alignment again after a while. I don’t know if that is how it is on the source tape. I will need to run it again to see.

So we get this one instead. I think Erik mentions a missing band member at the start of the set, and they have always seemed to be a 4 piece. So this is a rarity.

Recorded by: The Chatterbox
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DSR-1800 – datavideo TBC-1000- ATI TV Wonder 600 – virtualdub
Light denoise in Adobe premiere elements/neat video

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The Chatterbox- Demo CD 2 San francisco 1980s Drunk Injuns No Alternative Phantom Creeps Stevie Stil

It’s time for another gift from Alfie Kulzick. Here is the 2nd CD of demos of bay area bands who played The Chatterbox in San Francisco. Alfie also sent me a better tracklist of bands from the first one, so I will be adding that to the website post along with youtube tracklists. Thanks Alfie!

Recorded by: The bands
Extract from disc and normalized in Sony Soundforge 10 by Shayne

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Short Dogs Grow- The Chatterbox, San Francisco Ca. 1988 xfer f/1st gen DVCam Tape

Along with those demo CD’s (one of which I posted last week), Alfie also sent over some more Chatterbox DVCam tapes. The first 2 on this tape were really dark, but I was able to fix it at the source since virtualdub allows for brightness/contrast etc adjustments. The audio is a bit rough but it doesn’t really matter. This was clearly a PARTY. I let it run after the end of the set because George was goofing around on the drums (R.I.P.). The lead vocalist of Papa Wheelie also hops on stage after the set and seems to try to kick someone. Wild party.

And Tom, I had better see some of those dance moves (1:26) at the next SDG show!

Recorded by: The Chatterbox
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DSR-1800 – datavideo TBC-1000- ATI TV Wonder 600 – virtualdub (brightness/contrast adjusted)
denoise – Adobe premiere elements/neat video

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Chatterbox Demos 1 to 11 w/ Hemi, Bacchus, Voltage, Kwik Way, Bourbon Deluxe, Sludge San Francisco

Alfie Kulzick sent me another amazing package the other day- more DVcam tapes, a Chatterbox BOOK that I didn’t know even existed, and these CD’s of demo tapes that were submitted to the club. Thanks Alfie!

These demos were all over the place, levels-wise so I did my best to normalize them.

Recorded by: The Bands
Transfer by: Kern

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Stevie Stiletto- Chatterbox, San Francisco Ca 1988 xfer f/1st gen DVCam tape

Here’s the last video that I have for now from Alfie Kulzick. I hope there are more tapes to come- restoring these old Chatterbox tapes has been a lot of fun!
This one had the lowest lighting of them all, but it sounded better than most of the others. It was SUPER red so I had to play around with the color which affects the lighting. After playing with color, brightness, exposure, etc.. I think this is as good as it’s gonna get.

Recorded by: The Chatterbox
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DSR-1800 – datavideo TBC-1000- ATI TV Wonder 600 – virtualdub
Color and lighting adjustments w/ denoise – Adobe premiere elements/neat video

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Mimes- Demo, Sacramento Ca late 1980s xfer f/band archive cassette

Today’s audio collections post is from Scott Capizzano’s box of goods. The Mimes started in Sacramento in the late 80s and then moved to Los Angeles and had quite a bit of momentum/publicity before hanging it up. Scott played drums in the band and he still drums to this day. I think he might be on the road with Handsome Dick Manitoba again…

A bunch of Sacramento folks should enjoy this one- they had a big fan base here before they moved away.

Recorded by: The recording studio
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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JC Burris- An Evening with JC Burris 1980s final edit xfer f/VHS Master Scott Davey Collection

This one from Scott Davey’s collection is the final edit of the JC Burris video that he created. I posted some of the raw footage from one of the Umatic master tapes a couple months back- this is his finished product. The edit gear he used caused quote a drop in quality unfortunately.

I still have a few other raw umatic tapes that I can post if there is interest.

Recorded/produced/edited by: Scott Davey
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Operation Ivy- Untitled Radley Hirsch Live Outtakes CD xfer f/Master Tapes-CDR OPIV Lookout Records

Here’s an interesting one from Radley Hirsch’s collection. This disc was just labeled “Operation Ivy” with no other info. 4 tracks on this CD- There were 2 short tracks on the CD to start, then a long 30 minute track that seems to be a combo of live tracks and studio outtakes. 4th track seems to be all outtakes. “Hangin’ Out” from the Floyd comp makes an appearance at the 36 minute mark, and that is the only one identified as an officially released track.

Please don’t release this on bootlegs, you freaks. Who the hell would want a ripped-off-youtube-pressed-on-vinyl monstrosity anyway? Thanks.

Recorded by: Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Radley Hirsch
Equipment used: One of those tascam commercial tape deck/cd burner units

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MaximumRocknNRoll Radio- Tape 6 late 1980’s xfer f/master audio cassette Heresy Ripcord D.R.I. Punk

Collections post from ⁨@bootlegcowboys⁩ today. It’s the last of the MRNR tapes in the box, so that means more variety from this collection next month, haha.
Lots of good stuff on this one, including stuff from the Creamers (check it out RJ) and lookout records’ own Plaid Retina.

Recorded by: ⁨@bootlegcowboys⁩
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Identity Crysis- Community Cable Live in Studio 1988 xfer f/1st gen VHS off band archive tape Banger

Collections time, and another one from Ken Doose’s box of videos. He got this VHS tape from the band, so it is most likely 1st or 2nd gen.

This one made me chuckle because there is almost no guitar in the studio mix. Even when playing for TV, Bill has his amp cranked to 11 (louder stage volume=lower board levels for the uninitiated). LOL, just kidding Bill. You owe me a text btw.

I don’t know which community cable this was filmed with- probably Roseville or Sacramento. Lighting was so dim that I had to bump up the brightness and exposure before denoising.

Recorded by: Community cable
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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