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Dickies- Berkeley Square, Berkeley Ca. 4/30/89 mastertape xfer enhanced COMPLETE SHOW improved audio

Man, I owe Kingbean, Chris Dodge and Daniel Hague a huge debt of gratitude. I filmed this show over 30 years ago and forgot to plug my microphone in for the first half of the set. I have had silent footage this entire time. When I posted half the set and put out a call for any audio of the show- Daniel Hague came through. He had a tape of this show from Chris Dodge’s collection- I think Chris might have taped it himself- which not only made the show complete, but improved the audio of the second half! Wow!!
After working up the audio, it was off to Kingbean for the synch. This one was a huge pain in the ass for him, since most synchs are keyed upon the snare hit and I rarely showed the drummer. He did a great job. Thank you.

Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV80
Audio Recorded by: Chris Dodge I think
Audio Equipment used: Sounds like a sony WMD3.
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Synch by Kingbean

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The Dickies- Berkeley Square, Berkeley Ca 4/30/89 xfer from master tape Enhanced Live partial show

Hi Everyone,
I could use your help on this one. I had recently bought the Sony ECM-909 microphone for my Aiwa CV-80 camera and filmed the Dickies. I FORGOT to turn on the mic for the first half of the show, so this is only the part of the show with audio. If anyone has audio of the complete set from this show, please let me know as I can synch it up with the (currently) silent video. Thanks!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 and Sony ECM-909 mic
Enhanced (brighten, contrast, noise reduction) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat video

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The Replacements- Austin Opera House, Texas 4/29/89 xfer f/1st gen audio cassette. Complete show

Here is one of the few from Craig Hilmer’s collection that he did not tape- he got this from a local taper named Charles. The show was split over multiple tapes, so I hope I got the entire thing and the set order right. If not, let me know.

Recorded by: Charles
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Sweet Baby- Ft. Worth, Tx. 4/29/89 xfer from unknown gen VHS tape Jesus Pop Punk

A part of this show is on youtube but it is in comically poor quality and it is incomplete, so I figured I would post this for today’s On This Date in History.

Sweet Baby (Jesus) were pop punk pioneers- 2 years before Green Day formed, Sweet Baby were already cranking out pop punk gems like “She’s from Salinias” and “Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby I Love You”. I can’t think of another east bay pop punk band that preceded Sweet Baby Jesus.

They had a number of releases on a variety of labels including Ruby Records and Lookout. They disbanded for the final time in the late 1989 or early 1990 after they were dropped by Ruby. Clearly ahead of their time.

From Jason Ross’ collection.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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Robyn Hitchcock- McCabe’s, Santa Monica Ca 4/25/89 Solo Acoustic xfer f/2nd gen VHS tape

It’s time for our Patreon Voter’s Choice! As is usually the case, Patrons voted the tape that would be the best to share. This one came from a trade with Chuck Erb many years ago, and he got it from the guy who filmed it. Looks decent, sounds good.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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fIREHOSE- Cabaret, Buffalo NY 4/25/89 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette Mike Watt Minutemen

Man, I have a LOT of shows that happened on April 25. I picked this one for On This Date in History because a contributor to the archive loves the band. Thanks for the setlist documentation and research, Obaku Cubs/Isabella Askaan. I don’t know your real name, but I appreciate the help!

I think this one was taped by a friend of Anonymous and me. Katie Dee from Buffalo was one of our first tape traders and she is the person who turned me on to a bunch of the early pop punk/alternative bands. I remember her sending me early goo goo dolls stuff during their late 80s Metal Blade Records era.

I am almost certain that Katie bought a Sony D3 walkman to tape shows, and this one definitely sounds like a D3 tape. Nice and crisp with shallow bass.

I found a nice review of the show on newspapers dot con- thanks Dan!

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

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GWAR- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca. 4/15/89 xfer from 8mm master enhanced LIVE

Well, I did everything I could with this one. Gilman’s lighting was poor in early 1989, and that combined with my camera made for an unwatchable video. I was able to increase brightness and exposure to the point where you can actually SEE the band now, but it still ain’t great. Sorry.
OH, I am going to take a break from digitizing and enhancing my old masters for a few weeks. I have Patreon rewards to get out and people have been asking for trades for a year now. I’ll be back soon. In the meantime, browse the word cloud or the listings by month/year section of the website. It’s fun!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80 Camera & Sony ECM909 mic

Enhancements: Adobe premiere- brightness and exposure increase, denoise with neat video.

 

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Operation Ivy- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca. 4/15/89 xfer from 8mm master enhanced Live

Here is that time that Operation Ivy opened for GWAR at Gilman. Yes, that really happened. This one benefited quite a lot from the enhancements- the stage was poorly lit that night. I bumped it up to where Matt is a bit overexposed, but you can now see the other 3 guys!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80 & Sony ECM909 mic
Enhancement: Adobe Premiere Brighten/Increasde exposure, Neat video to reduce noise

 

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Beatnigs- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 4/8/89 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette Michael Franti

It looks like we can squeeze in an Eggplant post this week! More KALX coming next week.
Here is another Tall Tim board tape- the mix was nice, but it was light in vocals and a couple other areas (my PC blue screened before I captured the Izotope settings), I think it sounds pretty good for all that’s going on onstage at a Beatnigs show.
For the uninitiated, Beatnigs were Franti’s early band. You won’t hear “sound of sunshine” here! Discogs has this to say about them: Combined hardcore punk, industrial and hip hop influences, described as an avant-garde industrial jazz poets collective. Michael Franti and Rono Tse went on to form The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, Kevin Carnes later founded Broun Fellinis.

Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals up, and I think I boosted drums.

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