Groovie Ghoulies, Sludge, Eugene, Friends Of Mine, Billy Ranson
The Shamrock
Los Angeles, CA
07/24/89
Flyer scan by Ken Doose
Month: July 1989
Psychefunkapus- River Theater, Guerneville, Ca 7/23/89 xfer from 8mm master tape
Bonus post! Here is the 3rd and final post for the day. Jon Axtell from Psychefunkapus asked for his band’s set to be posted. He also let me know that they did not insist on headlining, David from CVB suggested that they headline because they played so loud!
Again, one day these will get a lossless transfer and the whole lighting and exposure/contrast fix. For now, it’s dark.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 and Sony ECM-909 mic strapped to the top
Transfer equipment: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into dell workstation
Camper Van Beethoven- River Theater, Guerneville Ca 7/23/89 xfer from 8mm master tape Full show raw
Another surprise for today’s On This Date in History- I thought I had posted this right when I started this channel but apparently not.
Camper van Beethoven was my favorite band in 1989- I was so excited when Jackson Haring (CVB’s long time manager) gave me the OK to video. Usually, when a band gets signed to a major label, that was the death of video permission…
My excitement shows in the video. I am a little too jumpy with the camera work, especially at the start. I do settle down a little. The video is dark and grainy- this one really needs a new transfer and denoise. Someday soon. Anonymous was also there and his WMD6C tape sounds way better than my audio. Another lady (I cannot remember her name) also filmed the show and I think she might have sent me her master tape? It would be great to improve this as much as possible and repost. Given time constraints, this is all for today.
Fun fact: Even though CVB were well established and had 2 albums out on Virgin, Psychefunkapus insisted in headlining the show. I also have that video…
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 and Sony ECM-909 mic strapped to the top
Transfer equipment: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into dell workstation
Three Little Fishies- Cattle Club, Sacramento CA 7/15/89 Full Set
Live at the Cattle Club. Video from the collection of Jerry Perry. Opening for Primus and they get called back for an encore!
Recorded by: Jerry Perry
Russ Gibb NYC Street Footage July 1989 Lossless xfer from master beta tape
A youtube commenter asked for all of the raw Russ Gibb NYC Street footage from that Token Entry interview, so here is a rare non-musical post. It looks like it has some punk rockers in there, so we’ll call it good enough.
If you want an actual musical post, you can sign up for updates at sacramentomusicarchive.com — I am posting a super secret Roger Waters multicamera thing from Sacramento last month over there. Can’t access it anywhere else.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb
Equipment used: Broadcast quality Beta camera
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony EDV-5000 — Datavideo TBC-1000 — Tevion USB capture — Virtualdub
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Token Entry- Raw Interview Footage, NYC 7/15/89 xfer from master beta tape Russ Gibb Archive NYHC
Well here is something from way back- a Token Entry interview from 1989. Russ Gibb traveled to NYC to get this footage- you can see him getting things set up here.
Also on this tape (not posted here) is some random footage of NYC back in the late 80s along with some more interviews with people in the punk scene. Let me know if there is any interest in a post of that.
Also, the audio/video is slightly out of sync. It’s like that on the tape.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony EDV-5000 — Datavideo TBC-1000 — Tevion USB capture — Virtualdub
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Short Dogs Grow- The Chatterbox, San Francisco Ca. 7/7/89 xfer from master!
I became facebook friends with a guy named Tom Pitts today. He is an author, but back in the 80s, he was the singer and guitarist in one of the best bands in the bay area- Short Dogs Grow. I loved SDG through their progression from punk band to more of a rock n roll band. This is from the later era of the band- they open with a Boston cover(!) and finish it up with a Poison cover. Classic! This was the only time I ever went to the Chatterbox. I wish I went more often, but it was hard to know when shows were happening back in the 80s./
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Henry Rollins- Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 7/2/89 Enhanced with Sony Pro Walkman Audio
Here is another video that never really saw the light of day because it had issues. I had a problem with my mic that day, so the original audio on the video is super low and has some electrical interference. With the help of Derek Purtell (and my enhancements in Adobe Premiere/neat video), we finally were able to make this watchable/listenable!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80
Audio Recording by: “Anonymous”
Audio equipment used: Sony WMD6C & ECM909 mic.
Enhancement: Adobe premiere/neat video
Audio Synch by: Derek Purtell