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R.K.L.- Demo Master xfer from band archive cassette tape Rich Kids on LSD

Since RKL is touring Europe right now, I figured I would post this one… but don’t get too excited about it, despite the title. This appears to be a collection of unreleased average quality live tracks and studio versions of songs that appeared on official releases. I Shazam’d a couple of them and they were on that Mystic Records comp released in the late 80s.
At least the cassette artwork is cool. I assume that is Barry’s handiwork.

Recorded by: The band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
From Barry Ward’s collection

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Junkyard- Unknown Location (San Diego?) 1989 Xfer from master VHS Juni Bravo Archive

JUNI BRAVO ARCHIVE: I bought a bunch of live VHS tapes of Ebay about 6 months ago. I bought them mainly for a Bad Religion Multicam from 1988 that was uncirculated, but I got a while box of VHS tapes. The tapes were intriguing enough for me to try to find out who Juni is- it turns out that she was a Video archivist from the mid- to late-80s based in San Diego & texas. She followed the Exploited on tour in 1988 and produced the “Anarchy in the USA” VHS tape for them. She passed away a couple of years ago and (unbeknownst to me) some guy was selling her stuff off. I decided to post the stuff that was OK to post publicly to be sure Juni got her due, and to let fans of the band see this stuff- there is some gold in here. I also NEED YOUR HELP with some of this stuff. The tapes were poorly labeled so I don’t know who some of the bands are, and I don’t know most of the venues. Any help identifying stuff is appreciated.

Recorded by: Juni Bravo

 

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The Mimes- Demo 1989 xfer f/Master Audio Cassette Funk Hard Rock Metal Sacramento Los Angeles Redrum

The Mimes started in Sacramento and moved to Los Angeles in the late 1980’s. This one is from Mimes(and former Redrum/Circus of Power etc) drummer Scott Capizzano’s collection of tapes. It seems that these songs never made it out anywhere.

Recorded by: the band in a studio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Boon- Oddfellow Demo 1989 xfer f/Master Demo Tape Desario Holiday Flyer Soft Science Indie Pop

Time to get deep into the archives with this next one. After John Conley and Mike Yoas ended their punk band, Concerned Children Rebel (C.C.R.) in 1987, they started up an indie pop band called The Boon. John and Mike are now in Desario. The Boon released a couple of demos including this one. Features John’s Sister Katie (of Soft Science) on vocals for some of the tracks here.

From Anonymous’ collection. I have a copy as well, but his was more accessible.

Recorded by: Bob Pagano, Golden Ear Recording Arts
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Blessed Death- Essex, Md 11/10/85 xfer f/audio cassette New Jersey Thrash Metal

This one is from Chris Eng’s audiocassette collection. Lineage is unknown- it has a slight bit of hiss but not too bad. It sounds like a boombox recording that was put on the ground of the venue- lots of full low end and not much in the mids/highs. I dehissed it, EQ’d it to bring up mids and highs, but vocals were still buried. I ran an izotope rebalance which makes the vocals more audible, but they kind of bounce around between barely audible and overpowering.
If anyone knows the year, let me know. I could not find anything on this show. Maybe Metal Mike P might have some info.

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

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Majority of One- Foxhole Promo Video xfer f/Umatic Master Tape Russ Gibb Archive Toledo Oh Punk

Today’s video collections post is a short one. This is yet another one that I snagged from the Russ Gibb sale of personal items that seemed to go on for years on ebay. This was one of the few Umatic tapes that I got from the sales- this and the Misfits commercial. If anyone knows who has the Circle Jerks Umatic that I missed out on, please let me know. I would be happy to digitize it.

Recorded/Created by: Darrel Miller and Crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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