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Uncle Tupelo- KCOU In Studio, Columbia Mo. 10/31/89 Xfer from band archive cassette

Man, this Uncle Tupelo archive transfer project has led me down endless rabbit holes. I just wasted an hour downloading flyers. Ugh. Anyway, here is an excellent quality session from KCOU in Columbia. It sounds like a pre-FM soundboard.

Recorded by: Tony Marghertia(?)
Transferred by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: 1994 DAT transfer- Playback with consumer Aiwa belt drive deck (big regret)- Sony DTC690 using monster audio cables.
Equipment used: 2019 DAT to WAV transfer: Sony PCM-R500 — Audiophile 2496 card — WAV
Transfer Lineage: Band Archive Tape – My DAT (90 meter DAT in 32khz- big regret) – You

Tracks: Screen Door/ There Was A Time/ I Got Drunk

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Verbal Assault- Alzey, Germany 10/28/89 from Unknown Gen VHS Tape Boston Rhode Island Hardcore Punk

Today’s On This Date in History comes from Jason Ross’ collection. Even though it is transferred from an unknown gen VHS tape AND had the old school PAL to NTSC conversion done, the quality isn’t that bad. It’s better and more complete than the 1 song from this show on YT now…

I figured I would post this in honor of Belly hitting the road to tour my favorite album of theirs, King. What the heck does Belly have to do with Verbal Assault? Well, Chris and Tom Gorman played in Verbal Assault before joining Belly! Not sure if they are on this video through, it’s kind of hard to tell.

Also, 71 minutes? That must be a world record for hardcore band set length.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: One of the JVC’s into Canopus ADVC300

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Kreator- Rock Palace, Middletown, NY 10/27/89 xfer from 2nd gen VHS Tape German Thrash Metal

OK Everybody- I made a mistake with yesterday’s On This Date in History post. I had a super busy day and was in a hurry, so I pulled the DVD and uploaded it without checking it. I accidentally pulled a Testament show from Philadelphia in 1989 which is already on YT in better quality so I deleted it. Here is the Kreator video I should have posted yesterday.

The one good thing about the mistake is that Sacramento flyer king Ken Doose had a flyer image for this Kreator show, with the venue name! So we now have more info and an appropriate image for the facebook posts.

Original write up:
Finally, here is today’s On This Date in History post. I searched all over the web and newspapers dot com and I can’t find a venue name or an ad for this show. The band played 2 nights before in Buffalo, so the date seems to be right. They were opening for Suicidal Tendencies on the 25th, so either this headlining show (or the ST show) was a one-off.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: JVC HR-S9911U – Canopus ADVC300

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Testament- Middletown, NY 10/27/89 xfer from 2nd gen VHS Tape East Bay Thrash Metal

Finally, here is today’s On This Date in History post. I searched all over the web and newspapers dot com and I can’t find a venue name or an ad for this show. The band played 2 nights before in Buffalo, so the date seems to be right. They were opening for Suicidal Tendencies on the 25th, so either this headlining show (or the ST show) was a one-off.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: JVC HR-S9911U – Canopus ADVC300

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Downfall- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca. 10/27/89 Audio only soundboard rebalanced Operation Ivy Rancid

Here’s something interesting. Big thanks to Tood Pritchard who came over to the studio last December and pulled out a bunch of cassettes from Jason Ross’ collection that I have not started to list or digitize.
This appears to be Downfall’s first show- some of Lint’s between song banter makes it seem that way. I think this was an opening slot for Bad Religion.

Downfall includes Lint (Tim Armstrong) and Matt Freeman from Rancid and Operation Ivy. Dave Mello plays drums, also from Operation Ivy

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon, M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in izotope (voice +5, bass -4, percussion +2, Guitar +1)

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GWAR, Prong, Raging Slab, 24-7 Spyz, Sea Hags: Much Music Special at CMJ, New York Live & Int 1989?

It’s Friday, so time for video! Next up is something from Gary Shurtleff’s VHS collection. Not only was he one of the most prolific arena filmers in the 90s, but he traded VHS tapes and got some amazing stuff. It’s kind of funny- every time I go to work on Gary’s tapes, I never know what I am going to find. This time it is an Attitude show that I helped film and never had a good copy.. and this.

Canadian TV network Much Music went to the CMJ Music Fest in 1989 (I think) and profiled 5 bands. The GWAR segment is really good- especially the backstage interview and when they crash the “do drugs belong in rock and roll” panel. Includes a mix of live footage shot from the fest, interviews, and an occasional “official” video for one of the band’s singles.

Very nice quality- must be a low gen VHS copy.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Johnny Thunders- Kennel Club, San Francisco Ca 10/24/89 xfer from 1st gen cassette

OK, I had very little sleep and a 6am conference call. I have about 15min to kill before getting the kids ready to school so let’s see how many of these I can post.
Here is a Johnny Thunders recording done with my equipment back in 1989. It’s not too bad considering the Kennel Club’s (now called The Independent) acoustics.

Recorded by: Mark Martin
Equipment Used: Sony WMD6C & Sony ECM909 Mic

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Pixies- University of Texas Ballroom, Austin Tx 10/22/89 xfer from master audio cassette Frank Black

I was wading through the excel sheets last night for a good On This Date in History post today and I saw this one there. I had traded Craig Hilmer for this one about 35 years ago, but he just handed me a grocery bag of master tapes a couple weeks ago. Hmm… could the master be in there? Yup. So I digitized it this morning. Same day service!

The quality is quite good for the main part of the set, especially after some EQ work. Quality falls off a bit for the encore- it seems like he might have moved. Craig, please chime in if you have any memories of this.

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Recording Equipment: Either a Sony WMD3 or an Aiwa
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Flaming Lips- Burro Room, Chico Ca. 10/21/89 Audio Only Sony WMD6C Pro Walkman Live Master Xfer

Back in the 80s, it was really hard to get information about out-of-town shows. You could get some info from the SF Chronicle’s pink sheets, but a lot of it was word of mouth or getting a flyer(or The List) from a show. Chico was a total black hole (no offense intended)- the only way we found out about these shows was usually when we would see a band in Sac and they told us that they were playing Chico the next night.
So after laying waste to the UC Davis Coffeehouse, Anonymous followed them to Chico the record the Burro Room show. This one is as good quality as UCD.

Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment Used: Sony WMD6C & ECM909 Mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon & Audiophile 2496 card– Reaper — Normalize with Sony Soundforge 9.0

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R.E.M. – Concord Pavilion, Concord Ca 10/20/89 xfer f/Sony WMD6C Sony ECM909 Master Cassette

Thanks to Scott Bradley for telling me what to do! You can also tell me what to do by heading over to Patreon- I will pop the link in comments. When Scott asked for this one, and it made me wonder why I hadn’t posted it yet. I remembered it as a pretty nice, clean recording. It was one of the first tapes done with my D6. I got the D6 less than 2 weeks before this show, so there were no issues that were inherent with the unit… yet.
Then I listened to it. Eek. It was SUPER tinny and had no low end. I was able to EQ it and make it sound decent, but those lawn seats did NOT sound good back in the 80s. My Shoreline tape from 2 nights later had the opposite problem- no high end.
Oh, and even though I am just starting to post after noon today, you get THREE posts today. Buckle up.

Recorded by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C and Sony ECM909 mic
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10- drop highs, boost bass

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