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Movie Stars- KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic Show, Santa Monica 7/30/90 xfer from 1st gen audio tape

This tape comes from my collection of 4,000 cassettes that need to get done. Myke from KCRW is archiving all of their older shows and found some stuff that the station didn’t have, so my posts will be KCRW heavy in the near future.
Movie Stars were one of my favorite bands in the early 1990s. I would follow them all over the bay/Sacramento area and tape their shows. They needed a fan to photograph shows, too- there are no pictures of the band online. You get the generic HoaP photo for this post. Maybe Linda Champagne has some pics she can share.

Recorded by: ? (I should have kept better track back then)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Corrosion of Conformity- The Warfield, San Francisco Ca. 7/28/90 Audio only xfer Sony D6 Master Tape

Here’s a recording from the last time I saw C.O.C. They were playing a huge venue, opening for Soundgarden and Danzig. I got there late and did not recognize many/any? of the songs. I got the last 20min of the set.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C & ECM909 Mic(I think, may have been Nakamichi CM-300)

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Kai Kln- Cattle Club, Sacramento CA 7/22/90 Full Set

Live at the Cattle Club. Video from the collection of Jerry Perry. Gene had quit the band for the umpteenth time before this gig and this was his return show. Scott built a coffin and Gene was inside with his guitar already plugged in. James Telles pranced on-stage all glam-rocked out as the lead singer of their/his new band, My Little Pony and acts like an idiot. Scott pulls out a fake pistol from his makeshift holster and shoots Telles. Telles falls into the audience while Gene starts playing from inside the coffin. He kicks open the lid as the band rips into the tune – a resurrection of sorts.

Recorded by: Jerry Perry

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D.O.A.- Shank Hall, Milwaukee Wi 7/22/90 xfer from master audio cassette complete show hardcore DOA

It looks like Jason Ross taped this one himself- the label had “original master” on there, so I am going with it. The high end was a bit distorted/harsh, so I EQ’d as much of the bad stuff out while keeping it crisp. I also boosted up the bass- hopefully it is listenable now.

There were no flyers or newspaper articles about this show anywhere, so you get the stock photo of Shank Hall as accompaniment.

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

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Naked Raygun- Mather Courtyard, Case Western Univ, Cleveland Oh 7/21/90 Soundboard FM Master-DAT

It’s time for a Patreon Voter’s Choice bonus post! The theme was “Pick a No List Digital Soundboard”. I used a random number generator to pick 5 things.. and then after I started the poll, I realized that these were ON the main list, not off list ones! Derp. So this coming week is the no list vote. Should be fun- I will add the link to Patreon in case anyone wants to see it.

After this show won the vote, I realized that a) it was a cassette master-digital(DAT then CDR) and b) it was already on youtube, but not nearly at this quality. So let’s proceed. I promise I’ll stop making mistakes someday.

Recorded by: ?
Extract from CDR and prep by Shayne

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Short Dogs Grow: I-Beam, San Francisco Ca 7/20/90 Last show ever xfer from master videotape enhanced

As usual, I went to digitize this and found a whole new project to work. Here is SDG’s last show ever. My memories of the night are fuzzy- I remember that the I-Beam was packed and there was no place to tape, so it seems like I planted myself right in front of Carmela on stage because there was no other place to go. I also must have been kicked offstage at some point, as I filmed the end of the show from the back of the club. I also screwed up and unplugged/turned off my external mic so the encores are slient.
I also have a master audience recording of the show. I can’t remember who taped it since I was onstage- maybe Mark Martin? Anyway, the audio tape probably could be synched with the encore, but the tape sounds like it was encoded in dbx and I don’t have a dbx decoder! D’oh.
In summary, it was a wonderful mess. We’ll get the end of the show synched with audio someday.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 & Sony ECM090 mic

Denoise/degrain in Adobe premiere elements and neat video

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Beat Farmers- Mississippi Nights, St. Louis Mo. 7/18/90 Multitrack Soundboard Audio xfer from master

About 14 years ago, we were lucky enough to have an opportunity to digitize Doug Morris’ archive. Doug was a DJ at KDHX in St. Louis and also recorded concerts in the 80s/early 90s.
This one is a multitrack soundboard tape from miss nights. Sounds excellent. I have a LOT more of Doug’s stuff sitting on archived DVDs that need to be finished up all these years later. We got the collection and fortunately we were able to share the tapes between a few of us friends to transfer. I got it right at the time that I was caring for my mom, so it made it difficult to get it all done.

Transferred by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi CR5A & EMU 1212M capture card
Sounds like Doug might have used a 4 track to do this one.
This is an xfer from the master OR 1st gen tape, not sure which

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