Man, it is nice to see these guys again. Damon on drums, Greg on guitar, guy on bass at the pre-Cattle Club venue called Club Me. Sorry for the audio quality, that stock Aiwa mic could not handle volume at all. Super dark as well. I do have a soundboard recording of this show if anyone is DYING to synch them together…
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80
Let’s keep it local for today’s On This Day in History. After Dark were friends of Redrum back when I managed the band (Redrum, that is). I got to be friends with most of the guys in the band. The Encyclopedia Metallum image has the incorrect lineup. This has Danny(?) on vocals, Greg Decay/Johnson on guitar, Guy Jones of bass, and Damon Brindle on drums. I also videotaped the show- I posted that to the archive years ago. I guess I’ll synch these together if anyone wants it.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: House deck into soundboard
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I was caught unprepared for today’s “On This Day in History” post- I had a meeting that ran long and I still needed to digitize the cassette. So I did a quick search to see if I could find anything else to post and I found this one. This is from Jim Utz’ VHS tapes that I digitized many years ago. He had a 2nd gen VHS tape of the show, which seems to be one hell of a lot better quality than the version of this show that is up on Youtube now.
Recorded by: Those new york bootleg guys who did a ton of show probably
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U – Canopus ADVC300 – Windv
Collections post from Anonymous’ tape collection. We had a day of Anonymous today- his recorder was used for the on this day post, and this is a show that he traded for back in the late 80s.
I am pretty sure that Todd Goss recorded this show. People like Todd and Jon Vogel were super helpful in the early days of trading. Anon and I (well, more me than him) were punk rock dipsh*ts using equipment that was not designed for live concerts. Jon and Toss (and others) were already using the Sony Pro Walkman and they totally influenced us to do the same. I guess they are to blame for all this gear, haha. Anon got his D6 in May of 1989 and I followed in October… thanks to Radley and Whole Earth wholesale. Thanks guys.
Dino Jr were notorious for being impossibly loud in the late 80s, even moreso than today. Even with Todd’s nice gear, this recording was a bit distorted before I was able to EQ and rebalance it out. Not bad now.
Check out that Raleigh late 80s nightlife. Yow. Music starts at about 3:40.
Recorded by: Todd Goss?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3
This was such a great lineup- Operation Ivy, NOMEANSNO and Firehose. River Theater was a trek from Sacramento, but this one warranted the drive. I know Jason Ellis was with me, was Mike Yoas there as well? I am posting this one because I heard that NOMEANSNO announced that they are not playing together as a band anymore. They were a great, energetic band. I have no idea why I decided to video this handheld from the back of the place. Sorry for the shakiness. Now that I think back, I don’t think I bought a tripod until shortly after this. Filmed with Aiwa CV80 and stock mic
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80
So the lineup for this show was Operation Ivy/NOMEANSNO/fIREHOSE… and psychefunkapus. Which one seems to be an odd booking? It seems like “the pus” got a lot of bookings at the River Theater. I did not go to a lot of shows there and I saw them play 2 shows there as one of the openers.
Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Aiwa consumer recorder/stock mic
Transferred by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card/Sony Soundforge to boost bass/drop midrange.
Here is another Anonymous recording- this one sounds way better than my video soundtrack. I used the stock microphone until April or May of 1989. This never circulated as far as I know
Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Aiwa consumer recorder
Transfer: Shayne Stacy
Equipmenht used: Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card, bass boost & midrange drop in sony soundforge.
Hm, it looks like I never posted my Operation Ivy master from River Theater. There are a bunch of posts of this show on youtube, but none of them are right off the master tape. I also enhanced it (brightened/contrast/denoise), remixed “Anonymous” master audio recording of the show, and King Bean did the audio/video synch. It is still dark (my camera did not like the soft/low lighting of River thtr), but this will probably be the definitive version.
Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV80 Camcorder
Enhanced via Adobe Premier Elements & Neat Video
Audio Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Aiwa consumer handheld recorder w/stock mic
Transfer by Shayne Stacy with Nakamichi Dragon, re-EQ with Sony Soundforge.
Audio/Video synch by King Bean
On this day in history- February 15.
I “discovered” Donner Party in April of 1989- they headlined a show at UC Davis Coffeehouse and I had gone to see opener Jonathan Segel. They blew me away when they started playing. Have you ever heard a band play and you just knew that they would be one of your favorites forever? That has happened a few times for me and that was one of them.
As I was gearing up to bug the hell out of the band and follow them around, taping every show, I learned that they broke up. They all fell off my radar until I got on the internet in 1997 and learned that Sam Coomes moved to the pacific northwest and started a new band called Quasi… and now I bug the hell out of them, taping every show in the area! Haha.
But seriously, give this band a listen. The best band you’ve never heard.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Well Hung Monks – 924 Gilman, Berkeley, CA 02-11-89
Soundboard recording.
I don’t exact date for this show. The only thing I could find that listed the Well Hung Monks playing Gilman at all was an old Gilman calendar I found online. It listed them playing with Mr. T Experience, Crimpshrine, and Sweet Children on February 11, 1989. Though they aren’t listed in the show listing for that date in the 924 Gilman book by Brian Edge nor are they listed elsewhere in the book. Heck, I can’t even find a listing from when they were known as Oyster Toilet Mango. So, it could possibly be from that show or another Gilman show that they played wasn’t listed. All I know is that remember dubbing a copy of the tape from either Jim or Hal MacLean back in the eighties and “Gilman 1989” was written on their original tape. Maybe Hal could solve the mystery.
Correction: Hal confirmed that the date of the show is February 11, 1989. Date has been corrected. Thanks, Hal..
WELL HUNG MONKS:
Erik Benson – Guitar
Jim MacLean – Bass
Hal MacLean – Drums
Recorded by: Unknown
Equipment Used: Unknown
Edited/Remixed By: Unknown
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