For today’s “On This Day in History”, I decided to pull a DAT that I got from my old friend Alton Purvis. He lived around Jacksonville Fl and would tape show at the Einstein a Go Go there all the time. I remember getting a Yo La Tengo show from this venue from him as well. The venue closed in 1997. This one sounded pretty nice- bass heavy but not overpowering so I left it as is. The guitar was a bit buried so I izotope’d it and bumped it up a little. I like it better now.
Recorded by: Alton Purvis Recording equipment: DAT recorded and sonic studios DSM-6 mics Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +4
I was turned on to Soul Asylum by an old tape trading friend (Katie Dee, Buffalo NY!) in 1988 and have been a huge fan ever since… especially of the 1986-1990 era. They were untouchable then. I just checked the tape list and I have ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN live tapes of the band. So, why don’t I post them more often? Well, there are some big fans out there who have done a great job of getting their concerts online, and they have a very good facebook group to discuss the band. When I post there, people are like “who the heck is THIS guy” lol. Many of the shows I have are already online, shoutout to the “littletooclean” channel. Anyway, I am pretty sure I got this from the guy who taped it. That guy might be Mark Janovec, but I don’t recall him having the type of mics that produce this (low end heavy) type of recording. This was part of a “choice rocks” benefit, which might be a rock for choice thing? There is nothing online about it at all. I just happened to get lucky and find an image of the concert shirt.
Recorded by: ? (possibly Mark Janovec) Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Oh wow- I pulled this DAT to work up for today’s On This Date in History and it sounds really nice after an EQ job. According to my list, I got this from the taper but the only person I recall trading tape with in Japan at the time was Saki Honma. I don’t recall her using bass-heavy mics such as these. Maybe she did later on. Hm.
The raw tape was a bit heavy on bass and lacking in low end, so I really pushed the EQ and I am really happy with it. Oftentimes, the midrange and high end get so overpowered by the bass that an EQ like this won’t work.
Recorded by: Saki Honma? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
So were a really good Stockton band that did not get enough recognition when they were around in the 90s. Duby War (Surrogate Brains) was in the band on bass, Johnny Cruz on guitar and vocals, Tony Muth (Fang, and the underrated Moist) on drums. The Blackwater was an interesting place. It was a coffee shop-turned punk venue in the 90s and 2000’s. Steve told me that it was a hippy folk type of place in the 80s. The one time I went, I was backed up to the coffee counter trying to get a good angle for audio- it was TINY. It’s a bummer that it isn’t around anymore- support your local venues! The looks like the earliest Blackwater video on youtube, from a quick glance.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation Enhance (brightness/contrast/degrain) in adobe premiere/neat video
I was planning on posting something from Chris Eng’s cassettes today, but then I remembered that there is an organized walkout at 2pm today to protest current events. So today’s theme is “Rock Out while you Walk Out” with our Locals Only segment. Haha! These comps were always so much fun and this one is more fun than most. SO many friends on here that I am not going to attempt to tag people. Great comp.
This is from Jay Knox’ collection- he is on the comp with The Ultravoilets! Thanks Jay for helping with this Locals Only idea.
Recorded by: The bands CD rip and prep for post by Shayne
Here’s another late post for you today. Our beloved guinea pig, Marley passed away today. This was my 9 year old’s first experience with losing a pet and he took it pretty hard. They plan to build a nice little memorial for him in the back yard, so that’s nice. Here is one from Anonymous 2’s mother lode of Sacramento demos (and more). Snubnose were from Pollock Pines and you can see the members/track list on the J-card there. I’m willing to bet that L. Ron Drunkard is not his real name- anyone know who that is?
Recorded by: Matt Erich Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
It’s Monday and it has been too long since we have seen something from Eggplant’s collection. Here is a rarity. For Peace featured Lucky Dog (Fifteen, No Dogs, Crummy Musicians, many more) and Jean Repetto (East Bay Mud, Fifteen, more). I can’t find any official releases aside from the photo I am using for this recording. The mix changes quite a bit throughout the recording, which makes it difficult to rebalance or improve, so here it is in all of it’s rawness.
here is some additional context from Eggplant:
No Dogs guitarist Troy Peters left and was replaced by Jean. Most of these songs are from that band though Scabs, Mordred, Buddy Holly were brought in by Jean. It sounds like Mike Taylor is still on drums here…soon replaced by Mark Moreno. Not long after singer Todd Pond left and that’s how we ended up with East Bay Mud. Also the new name allowed for a shift away from thrash punk to “melodic punk…funk” or whatever you wanna call what that band did. Todd later played in bands with suspect names like “Mommie’s Friend” & “Green Dave”. He’s always been a wild ass funny guy. The shave off the eyebrows kinda guy Also i would caution people sourcing dates of shows from the internet. Not all of that is accurate. Even the superb record of shows you can find on The List doesn’t take into account the often cancellation of bands, jump-ons etc. It was very popular in the 90’s for bands at Gilman to make a surprise appearance using another band’s equipment on stage…..or play on the floor between bands…. or the bathroom, the store.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here is another Steve Rogers video, this one from Raleigh NC. Man, that American Recordings travel budget must have been sweet in the heyday of alt/grunge. Haha.
Edit: This was from the Raleigh hotel in Miami, same time frame as the slayer/etc respectable cafe show. This one is filmed outdoors with an odd effect that is present on the source video. As the sun sets, the the effect gets more prominent. If there is interest, I could enhance/brighten this in a couple of batches to make the end of the set more watchable.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation Enhance in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
