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Wilco- Rhino Records, Los Angeles Ca 5/13/95 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape w/DAT Audio Jeff Tweedy Dad

When I mentioned yesterday that I had this video & my master dat tape that needed to be synched, I didn’t realize that it had already been done many years ago. I think that JEMS might have sent this DVD my way 10+ years ago.

The video was filmed by RG and I taped on DAT with Coresound mics for the audio track. This was probably one of the best quality tapes I got out of those mics- they were pretty bassy & muddy at times. There is a 4 minute audio cut where I didn’t realize my battery died and had to do a quick swap. I don’t miss the old battery pack days.

Recorded by: RG and Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Camcorder and Coresound battery box mics with bass rolloff into a Sony TCD-D3
Synch by JEMS (I think)

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Wilco- Rhino Records, Los Angeles Ca. 5/13/95 Acoustic Xfer from DAT Master Audiotape

Back in the pre-internet days, getting information about shows(especially smaller ones at non traditional venues) was spotty. I once missed an Uncle Tupelo show while I was following them on tour because I didn’t know!
So on the way out of the Wilco show at the Whiskey the night before, someone handed me a flyer. Wilco were playing Rhino Records the next day- I had no idea! While taping this show, I learned that Wayne Kramer was playing a week later! I went to that, then lost contact with what was happening there. That’s how it was then- you must go regularly or you lose out.
This recording sounds really nice for the equipment used- some people have mistaken it for a soundboard. I just had my head about 6 inches from a speaker on one side, and the band was playing into my other ear.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 DAT & Coresound battery box binaural mics w/bass rolloff.

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Wilco- KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic,Santa Monica Ca 5/12/95 xfer from DAT Clone Interview and Live

It always amazes me when I search on youtube- so many obscure things are out there and posted 10 different ways, and then I check on something like this. You would think this would be common, but I only see 1 track from this session up there and with no lineage. Here’s the entire 40 minute thing.

May 1995 was a good time to be a Wilco fan in southern cal. They played 4 times in 48 hours- this is the first performance, then at the Whisky that night. They played the next day during the day- noon maybe? at Rhino Records in Westwood, and finally at Galaxy Concert Theater (now The Observatory) in Santa Ana. I was at all of them. Except for this one obviously.

I need to synch up my high quality DAT audio with RG’s video of the Rhino Records in store when I get time.

Recorded by: Kevin Haynes (thanks Kevin!)
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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J Mascis- Mccabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica 5/7/95 xfer from DAT Master

So I was talking to Charlie Passarel and I mentioned that I audiotaped J Mascis on his first solo trek out west. J was clearly nervous- he made a mistake early in the set and ended a song abruptly, in the middle of a lead and looked around to see if anyone noticed. It made me laugh. He settled down and played a killer set. Man, I loved going to McCabes when I lived in L.A.
Oh and PS: I opened up the DAT case to transfer this one today, and there was the ticket stub. So you get that as well.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DAT (D7?) & Coresound mics with battery box & bass rolloff.

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The Muffs- The Palace, Hollywood Ca 5/5/95 xfer from unknown gen cassette Punk Kim Shattuck

I thought I was done with Scott Hamilton’s collection, but I was trying to clean the studio (an impossible task) and found 1 more tape. This one sounds really good for The Palace- that place was an acoustic nightmare. It must be a pro walkman recording- no distortion with high and low end! Cool.

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

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The Muffs- Tower Records, Woodland Hills Ca 5/4/95 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape Kim Shattuck Live in-store

For those of you following along, I do one “on this date” post and one collections post- which is an audio/video from my or someone’s collection I am curating. Yesterday, there was no collections post for the first time in over a year. Why? I was invited to go up to Portland and video 2 Grandaddy shows at Revolution Hall (Thanks Shawn). Between the crappy hotel wifi and me being so busy, I was only able to get an On This Date post out, after midnight. So, consider this yesterday’s collections post from Scott Hamilton’s collection. Thanks for sending these tapes my way, Scott!
This one was pretty difficult to work up. The band was playing in front of sunlit windows, so every time the camera moved the light exposure changed dramatically. I did my best with it- I pushed the brightness/exposure/contrast as much as I could so you can at least see shadowed Kim at its darkest, without it looking stupidly overexposed when the camera would correct itself.

Man, it’s fun finding stuff like this after so long.

Recorded by: A young girl who got a ride to the show from her mom (that’s all we got)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/exposure/contrast/denoise)

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