Another one from Eggplant’s first box of tapes. I have another box that I am working through now with some really cool stuff. I think most punks have heard of this band. They were on Alternative Tentacles forever from the 80s-2009 with a few other releases mixed in between. The tape says that the encore features Jello Biafra, but it is hard to tell. I think it is during all of the moaning/screaming on “I wanna be your dog”
Recorded by: Tall Tim Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-audio audiophile 2496 card
A couple weeks back, my friend Arica Pelino flew into Sacramento with a suitcase full of tapes. There is SO MUCH amazing East Bay Punk stuff in there- it has been a joy digitizing the tapes for her… and we are just getting started! Thanks for bringing them, Arica! This one is a short teaser for you- before their show on 9/28/91 at Phoenix Theater, Arica filmed Green Day getting prepared (makeup and all) before the show. The video was a little dark and grainy (90s video technology and all), but I tried to brighten it up a bit and denoise as much as I could without giving everyone that “iphone beauty” look. I mean, look how beautiful they are without it! If you all want to be in the loop about the release of this archival East Bay audio/video from her collection, you all should subscribe to YT, sign up for email on the sacramentomusicarchive website, or join the facebook group for the archive. Enjoy!
Recorded by: Arica Pelino Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/contrast/denoise)
I don’t know what happened between bands at the Candlerock at this show, but this one is totally dark and the Feint Tocsin one looks good. Maybe the After Dark Club wanted to be… dark. Dunno. I did my best to brighten it up and degrain it. Once again, Mike Parisi’s old VHS camcorder mic comes through- it sounds pretty decent. They played so loud that my video of them sounds terrible.
Recorded by: ? with Mike’s camera Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced (Brightness/Exposure/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Here’s a rare one from Mike Parisi’s collection- a video from Feint Tocsin. They were a progressive metal band who formed around 1985 and were active into the 90s. Features still-active Billy Rainey on guitar. In fact, my daughter had a saxophone lesson at the local music place and I hear a guitar lesson.. they are playing Iron Maiden’s “the Trooper”.. and out pops Billy from the other room. Of course he is still a metal guitar teacher! Classic. Also has Mike Parisi on drums- I never knew he played with them. Also features guitarist from Herbicide- it’s a whos who of the old metal scene! Anyway, this one sounds pretty good for an audience camcorder recording, and is the longest live show of theirs on YT right now. Their demo is on YT if you like what you hear. Also, Mike Parisi is selling some old school shirts of some of these band- I think he has a feint tocsin shirt over there. Mike, drop a link if you’d like.
Recorded by: Someone close to the band Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
I know some people might be like “AC AGAIN?? OMG POST THE DAMN AFTERSHOCK VIDEOS!!!”. Let me explain- I have just learned that pluraleyes can bulk synch my aftershock videos to MUCH better audio and still keep the 4k resolution, so I plan to clean the videos up a bit (that graininess drives me crazy), then synch the pieces of the video, then join them together and post. This will take 1-2 days of processing per video, depending on the length of the set. So, be patient, I want to make them as good as they can be so I don’t need to post multiple versions of the same show. Anyway, here is a really nice quality and nicely mixed show from Alex. This kind of board mix usually doesn’t happen in small clubs.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here’s another one from the old 1980/90s VHS collection. Usually when you trade for a 4th gen VHS tape, you would expect pure garbage quality.. but this one isn’t that bad. The camera guy did a good job with the closeups and it sounds good as well. It’s watchable. And look at that hair! Well done, Kevin! 🙂
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: JVC HRS9811U and Canopus ADVC300
Man, what a stressful day. Here comes a week or so of audio for you. First off, this one just happened to be on the end of one of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas DATs, so I went ahead and ran it. The quality isn’t perfectly clean, but it doesn’t appear to be circulated or on youtube. The way that the hosts talk incessantly over everything, this sounds like a Black Session. I borrowed this 1st gen tape from Kevin Haynes and copied it to DAT in 1995.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Aiwa belt-drive home deck.
Here is a special collections post for you today. Arica had her camera at this college dorm show with Fifteen and Green Day. Billie Joe gets popped in the mouth with a mic stand- HARD – and chaos ensues.
I did my best to help with visibility of this one- the back light made this even more shadowy before the enhancements. Hope you enjoy it and thanks to Arica for OK’ing the release.
Recorded by: Arica Pelino Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/denoise)
This past weekend, I flew over 5500 miles to see one of my favorite bands play 2 concerts. On top of seeing them, I met so many people whose work I have admired for many years: Jim Foster, Keith Hartel, Jesse Malin, Vicki Torch, Tommy Koprowski, and this guy- Pat Duncan. I went to say goodbye to Dave Scott after the 2nd show and he introduced me to Pat- I told him how much those WMFU shows meant to me and went to show him the sac music archive page- and he tells me he loves the site without even knowing I was behind it! It was mind blowing. Tommy & Vicki also told me how much they enjoy the site- it’s nice to be appreciated. Thank you. Pat talked about somewhat randomly falling into the WFMU DJ/ Thursday night live host role, and I could totally relate… kinda like falling into this hobby 37 years ago. The cool thing about Pat’s show was that he welcomed local bands and touring bands into the studio. Some of those appearances became legendary (Green Day, Jawbreaker, Queers, Operation Ivy are a few off the top), while others became some of the only quality documents of the band in a live setting. This one falls into that second category- 23 more minutes was on Very Small Records, David Hayes’ label post-Lookout. Good stuff. From Jason Ross’ collection.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
About a year before I moved to L.A., I spent a week on vacation there. It was fun- I got to visit American Records HQ (my friend Matt Polish worked there), hit Disneyland and some of the common L.A. attractions. When I checked the Times, there were no good punk/alternative shows coming up at all. This was the one show that looked good to me at the time. This might have been the first time I used the Sony TCD-D3 and Nakamichi CM300 mic together… and boy was it problematic. I kept losing signal, or losing a channel so I would unplug and plug the mic back in. This is why you hear some parts missing. Sorry about that. As a side note, people should not bring sports referee-style whistles to an event where you are supposed to listen to music.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 and Nakamichi CM300 mic Edits & Channel splits in Sony Soundforge 10
