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Redrum- Power Corrupts LP Rough Mix w/different vocals xfer from master tape January 1989

There’s kind of a long story behind this one, and this is only my memory of it..
After the first day of recording the LP, we ran off a cassette of the rough mix to listen to. Vonni (was it only Vonni?) thought that the vocals were too clean, and wanted them re-recorded. I thought they sounded great, they sound exactly like how Carlos sang back then. So back in the studio they went, to “dirty up” the vocals and release the CD that you might have heard. I think this version is FAR SUPERIOR. Too bad it is just a rough mix.
Side note- listen until the very end- there is a BONUS cover that Vonni sings. The guy who laughs when he starts singing is me.

Recorded by: Moon Studios
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: TDK D90 playback with Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card into reaper.
Promo photo taken by Kevin Graft

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Redrum- Studio Footage for the Power Corrupts CD, Golden Ear, Citrus Heights Ca 1/28/89 Thrash Metal

I have a glut of video to post, so you get video on a Friday.
Here’s something you will either find totally boring or totally fascinating. I had this idea to get some studio footage and use it for a promo video (kind of like Iron Maiden’s Flight of Icarus promo) but it never went anywhere. Guitars and drums were tracked in the same room- crazy.
Inner ear studio was a little garage studio in the suburbs. I wish I remembered where it was exactly. I think it is in between San Juan ave and Mariposa somewhere. It’s all a blur.
My favorite part is when Parisi needs to duct tape the headphones to his head to keep them from falling off. Pure gold!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camcorder with shitty stock mic
Degrain in Adobe Premiere/Neat Video

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Groovie Ghoulies- Music Machine, Los Angeles Ca. 1/25/89 Multicam

These next videos are ones that I (nor Jim, Zoran etc) filmed. Since Groovie Ghoulies were based in Sacramento (and Kepi went to high school with me), they get posted. Here is a CLASSIC multicam of an early incarnation of the band, when they were based in L.A. That hair is amazing.

Recorded by: Unknown (Music Machine may have had a multicam system there)

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Monsula- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca. 1/20/89 xfer from low gen audio tape Soundboard East Bay Punk

About 13 months ago, Todd Pritchard and Savannah W came out from upstate New York to vacation in California. Their type of vacation included trips to Gilman, hanging with East Bay Punk luminaries, and heading out to Sacramento for 1 night to stay over at our place, see the sights in Sacramento, and see a show that night.
Todd had about 2 hours to dig through an enormous amount of unlisted tapes- collections from Jason Ross and many others. He pulled out about 15 tapes and for the most part, he picked some good ones- thanks Todd. It would have been years before I got to these otherwise. I’ll be uploading some of these tapes over the next month or so.
Here is the first one- a really nice quality Monsula board tape from early 1989. From the banter, it sounds like it may have been Bill’s first show with the band.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
A tiny bit of Dehiss in Izotope RX7- not enough to make it sound funny, so it still has a little hiss

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Redrum- Club Me, Sacramento Ca. 1/15/89 Master Soundboard Audio Only Thrash Metal

So I got back in touch with Bobby Whitright a couple of days ago and he was looking for a specific Redrum show. Since I was listening to this one, I decided to post it as well. Taped from the soundboard on a high bias cassette. Club Me became the Cattle Club shortly after this show. Great covers of Misfits and Iron Maiden toward the end of the set. The mix settles down and while it is imperfect, it ain’t bad.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

 

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Buck Owens- Victoria Theater, San Francisco Ca 1/15/89 xfer f/ master? audio tape Soundboard FM

I forgot an audio post yesterday! I was in bed drifting off to sleep and my brain was going “you forgot an audio post- you should get up and” zzzzzz. So you get 2 audio and 1 video today. This one is really nice quality and I think that Scott probably taped this off the radio. It was broadcast locally (can’t find the station name right now) and they got the mix dialed in.

I almost didn’t post because this seems to be released on Collector Choice but I can’t tell if it is an official release. I decided to go ahead since the quality is stellar and I don’t see it on YT.

Recorded by: Scott Davey?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Spectral denoise in Izotope Rx8 (there was a low hum that needed to go)

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Redrum- Club Me, Sacramento Ca. 1/15/89 xfer from master videotape Enhanced with soundboard Audio

Here’s a fun one that is vastly improved with all of the enhancements. This might have been the last time I saw Redrum with the Bobby and Jeff lineup. Show stops about halfway through so Vonni can have a bathroom break… and I follow him into the bathroom for a quick interview. What was I thinking?
We tried to enhance the board tape to bring up guitars, but Jeff’s bass is at the same frequency as the guitar so when I boost guitar, I get an annoying bass “pluck” which is unlistenable at the end. So, you get the raw board tape. It’s not too bad.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camcorder
Soundboard recorded on house tape deck
Video enhanced via Adobe Premiere and neat video- Brighten, exposure, contrat and noise reduction.
Audio tape transferred via Nakamichi Dragon
Audio/Video synch by King Bean

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Jane’s Addiction- Numbers, Houston Tx. 1/14/89 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape On This Day

Alrighty, here is the next “on this day” post. Yesterday’s was odd- either nobody cared about it, or it was buried in FB’s algorithm.. and then a bunch of fake fb profiles liked it. So, er, thanks to “grace grace”, “Lucy Lucy”, “Sally Sally” and the other 78 bots who liked the post along with the 3 real people. Man, that was weird. Let’s hope that this one goes better.
This one comes from my good friend Jim Utz- we started trading tapes in 1986 and have been friends ever since. We both used to trade with a guy name Mike Elias(I think that is his name). He was a personality- very funny guy. He would bootleg shows in small to midsize venues and then get super indignant when he would get busted. I still remember him writing me and calling some band “ess holes”. The joys of tape trading. Mike filmed this one.
Camera work is shaky, but it sounds decent and it is way better quality than the other one on YT at this time.

Recorded by: Mike Elias
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U- Canopus ADVC300-Windv (the old capture chain)

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Joey Ramone- Interview on Howard Stern Show, NYC 1/12/89 xfer f/1st gen audio tape w/Lemmy Motorhead

Here’s something a little different for our LAST On This Date in History posts. Yup, this is the LAST ONE. I started the On This Date project last year on January 13 to see if I could post a show from this date in history for an entire year. Can’t believe it has been a year since I started this. The only date that I didn’t do was 2/29 since last year wasn’t a leap year, but I do have tapes from that date. I’ll make that one a Patreon Voter’s Choice for this week.

I plan to continue to post at least 2 things every day. I have decided to speed up the collections posts. It’s not really fair to the folks who have their tapes sitting here to only have something posted every month or so. This requires a lot more work on my end, so you will still see me pulling a disc from my collection on days when I am short on time. But expect 2 collections posts every single day from here on out!

Anyway, here is Joey plugging his all star jam show at The Ritz. Lemmy makes an appearance and Howard pokes fun at him. Classic.

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

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Danzig- The Stone, San Francisco Ca 1/5/89 xfer f/ master audio cassette Sony WMD3 Metallica Encore

OK, going out on a limb today and will give this one a shot.
If you are one of Danzig’s employees and you want this removed, please contact me at shaynestacy@hotmail.com and I will pull it down right away — no need to get the copyright cops involved. Plus, you are getting paid for the views on this anyway…
I actually have 2 master tapes of this show here in the studio. This one, taped by Gary Shurtleff, and one by Anonymous. They are both nice quality, but it’s Gary’s turn for a post today, so up his goes.
The image is the actual setlist from that night, signed by the band AND James and Kirk from Metallica, who played on the encore. Cool!
I put more work than usual in to make this one sound good. The ol’ EQ PLUS Izotope workup.

Recorded by: Bootleg Cowboys
Equipment used: Sony WM-D3 and unknown mic
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10- drop highs, boost bass
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +2.5, bass +4, drums +2.5, guitar +.5

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