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Whorelords- Melarkey’s, Sacramento Ca. 5/24/92 Tales of Terror Sex 66

So the philosophy of the sac music archive is to include ALL videos from Sacramento based shows/musicians/filmers/tapers etc… we don’t discriminate, even when the content is questionable. The videos I post may not reflect my personal views, or my musical tastes.
Now that we got that out of the way, here are the Whorelords. The whorelords were an all-star band consisting of Rat’s ass on vocals; Mike Farrell on drums, and Dave Zimini (from Apriori).

I see people I know! Lizz Fisher gives the camera the side eye at about 45 seconds in, and I think that may be Tom Hutchison at about 30 seconds. What a party!
Note: This one is set to “adults only” mode on youtube due to nudity. You may need to prove your age before accessing.

Filmed by: ?

Transfer/post production: Jim McLain

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Ride- Slim’s, San Francisco Ca 5/23/92 xfer from master soundboard cassette-DAT Rebalanced Shoegaze

For today’s on this date in history. I pulled out a DAT that my friend Michael Siou sent me about 30 years ago. Ride allowed him to tape through the soundboard, which kinda blows me away. I asked to video the Cattle Club show in 1991 but was shut down. Mr. Siou is the man for making this one happen.

The guitars- both the bass and the 6 string- we a tad low in the mix, so I fixed it up in Izotope Rx8. I like it better, hope you like it as well.

Recorded by: Michael Siou
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +5.5, Guitar +4.

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Buffalo Tom- KDOC Request Video, Anaheim Ca 5/21/92 xfer f/ 1st gen VHS tape Acoustic live in studio

I had a choice of 3 really cool videos to post for today’s On This Date in History. I picked this one because it was quick and easy. I’ll get to the other 2 some other time- those VHS tapes were in a hard to access spot.

Here’s another great performance from the legendary KDOC Request Video TV show. It kills me that I lived 20 minutes away in Whittier from late 1992-late 1995 and I didn’t know this was on. I could have been taping all of them. Many regrets about those L.A. years- should have seen more shows, should have taped more stuff of KROQ, etc.

Recorded by: ? (I don’t think this is a Todd Nakamine tape)
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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Pavement- Kennel Club, San Francisco 5/20/92 SILENT FOOTAGE 8mm master Enhanced R.I.P. Gary Young

We met Gary when my friends’ band (The Boon) went to Louder Than You Think studios in Stockton to record their “A Swell Revenge” demo. I think that they chose LTYT at the recommendation of Scott K (Spiral Stairs)- Scott worked with Mike Yoas for a stretch in the late 80s. It wasn’t the first time that I had been in a studio, but it was definitely the first time I met an engineer like Gary. I remember knocking on the door to his home studio and knocking with no answer… then after about 15 minutes, he answered the door. “Sorry, I was sleeping”. Drink in hand during the session, talking about Scott and his new band called Pavement (who at the time had just been a studio project and we had not even heard them) and talking about classic rock. He was unforgettable, if my brain can remember these small details, 30+ years later.
Anyway, on to the video. My DAT audio recording of the Cattle Club from 5/19/92 has been well circulated for 30 years.. but this one has never been shared. In fact, I had no idea that this much footage survived! I took my video camera to the Kennel Club show the night after Cattle, and we were blown away. The place was packed for Pavement! It was unreal- Slanted and Enchanted was released 1 month before and they were relatively unknown. A favorable cover story in SF Weekly packed the place- it was stunning to see all these people- where did they come from? It was an indication of things to come I guess.
Since I was up until 2-3am the night before (cattle shows ran late) and woke up at 7ish for work, I was deliriously tired… and that is the excuse I am using for plugging in my mic and not turning it on.. so this footage is slient. Audio from this show never turned up either. To add further insult to injury, I ended up recording my sister’s softball game over part of the show. They played about 90min!
R.I.P. Gary. What a character.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 camera and Sony ECM-909 (powered off)
Transfer equipment: Sony EV-S2000 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (brightness/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video

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Buffalo Tom- Cattle Club, Sacramento 5/19/92 DAT Master Soundboard Enhanced Bill Janovitz

Here is the headlining set from that insanely stacked Sebadoh/Pavement/Go Dog Go/Buffalo Tom bill. There was enough of the instruments in the mix to make this rebalance sound REALLY nice. Super happy with this one.
I am still kicking myself for running out of tape in the middle of Larry. It’s my favorite BT song.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 DAT into soundboard
Transfer equipment : Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX7 (I can’t remember the exact settings, but it was mainly bass and guitar boost)

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Pavement- Cattle Club, Sacramento Ca. 5/19/92 xfer from DAT Master Audio Malkmus Indie

This was an eagerly anticipated show, and this was also the first time I got to see Pavement play. I thought this was their first west coast show ever, but setlist.fm shows that a show took place in Davis in 1989. Hmm, I never knew. We were friends with Scott K (Spiral Stairs)- he even played bass in my friend roommate’s band for a show in 1990. We also knew Gary well, as my friends had recorded at his studio in Stockton. I wonder how he’s doing…

OH, and as a side note, one of my biggest taping screwups happened the next night. I video’d the entire 90 min set from Kennel Club and forgot to turn the mic on my camera on. Silent video. I was running on about 4 hours sleep and then drove to SF for the show, so I was dead tired. I then taped over almost all of it because I never thought people would care about silent video footage. I might have 5min of it on a tape somewhere.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 into soundboard
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx7: Bass +5, Guitar +6

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Sebadoh- Cattle Club, Sacramento 5/19/92 xfer from DAT Master Rebalanced Lou Barlow

Last year, Brian asked if I could post these shows on 5/19 and I told him that I would get them ready for this year. I then transferred the DAT months ago, but I am terrible about these anniversary date shows, so it was on the spindle awaiting prep. I saw that he posted the poster on the anniversary date- YESTERDAY, so it lit a fire under me to finally get these done.
There is a funny story behind this one- I traded the raw mix of this tape back in the early 90s to a few people, and somehow it ended up for sale at a record show and Barlow saw it. The next time I asked to record Sebadoh (at Memorial Auditorium) he gave me a hard time about it. I apologized, but I told him I had nothing to do with it, other than taping the show. Gotta love them bootleggers.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx7: Bass +5, Drums +3, Guitar +6db

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Drivin n Cryin- Atlanta, Ga 5/15/92 Live xfer from DAT Master Clone Kevn Kinney

Today’s post is what I think is an incomplete recording of Drivin’ n Cryin’ from Atlanta. I think the taper (Chuck Erb) recorded the full set, but only sent me this 25min partial clip of the show.

Recorded by: Chuck Erb
Equipment used: Portable DAT and Audio Technica mics (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Yo La Tengo- Acoustic and interview in studio, Idiot’s Delight, WXRK, New York 5/10/92 3rd gen tape

For today’s on this date in history, I pulled this one. This is my favorite era of YLT, plus Vin Sclesa from Idiot’s delight is a great host and interviewer. Even though this is a 3rd gen tape, it’s totally worth a listen. Check it out.

This is my favorite YLT era as well- not too snoozy or effects-laden. Just good straight forward songs

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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