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