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Son Volt- Press Club, Sacramento Ca. 3/29/96 xfer from DAT Master Live Tape

This show was VERY memorable. Brian booked Son Volt at the TINY Press Club. In between the time that he booked them and the date of show “Drown” became a minor rock radio hit. So Press Club was the most packed I had ever seen it. I wonder how many people were in there that night… Just for perspective, Son Volt played The Fillmore the next night.
Show sounds pretty damn good given the circumstances.
Side note: I followed them and recorded 5 shows across California on this run.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 DAT, Coresound binaural mics with battery box & bass rolloff.

show flyer from Chris Frey’s collection

 

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Son Volt- KSCA Music Hall, Los Angeles Ca 3/26/96 xfer from DAT Master Jay Farrar live in studio

Here’s another Son Volt radio appearance from their March of 1996 tour- this one from KSCA. KSCA was the big commercial “adult alternative” station, and the interview reflects as much. They handle it pretty well.

Recorded by: Kevin Haynes and gifted to me
Equipment used: He had a TCD-D7 I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Son Volt- KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic 3/25/96 live in studio xfer from DAT Master Tape

Here’s a short one for you today, but it sounds really good. This happened a few months after I moved from L.A. back to Sacramento, so Kevin Haynes must have taped this for me and sent me the master tape. Thanks Kevin, wherever you are
Features a few songs acoustic and deliciously awkward interview

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

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Filter- Arco Arena, Sacramento Ca 3/12/96 xfer from 8mm master Enhanced Alternative Rock

I am going to keep this one short- I can’t remember the last time I was so tired, both physically and mentally. Can’t wait to go to sleep tonight.
Here’s another Arco show shot by Gary. He has a ton of 90s punk/metal/alternative over at his channel @bootlegcowboys — check it out.
This one has been degrained and upscaled to 1080- thanks to Gary for letting me enhance his Sacramento related vids.

Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation
Denoise with Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Geraldine Fibbers- Exit/in, Nashville Tn. 3/12/96 Sbd f/ DAT Master Clone Rebalanced Carla Bozulich

Aw man, another long standing venue has announced that they are closing their doors. Exit/In in Nashville is calling it quits after 50+ years. It feels like the old independent bar/live music venue concept seems to be dying a slow death – people are going elsewhere for entertainment, or the ones left are being swallowed up by the Live Nation machine. Ugh.
Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share my favorite live recording from this venue. My friend Marcus Winfree lived in Nashville for a stretch and taped all kinds of good stuff down there, including this show. The mix was lacking guitars so I fixed it up a bit. I wish I could have pushed the guitar a bit more, but Carla would have been totally drowned out on the loud songs later in the set.
It sounds like this is one of Nels’ first shows, he was announced as a temporary fill-in for Daniel Keenan.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +2, Guitar +4.5

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Chixdiggit- Mississippi Nights, St. Louis Mo. 3/8/96 DAT Master Soundboard Clone Rebalanced Live

Here is a band I totally missed when they were touring all the time, but have since become a band I really loved. Thankfully, my friend Jim Utz taped their opening set for Presidents of the USA back in 1996 with his DAT machine. Thanks Jim!
I was actually listening to my first rebalance job on this and didn’t like it. The vocals were buried and KJ’s vocals need to be up front… so I worked it a second time. I boosted the vocals, cranked the bass, and bumped up the guitar a little. I am happy with it.

Recorded by: Jim Utz
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX7: Vocals +5db, Bass +5db, Guitar +2.5db.

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10000 Maniacs- Marquee at the Tralf, Buffalo NY 3/8/96 Live Soundboard xfer from 1st gen tape

Here’s a real treat today. Someone had asked me to transfer a tape that had part of this show. I figured that it would be nice to transfer this entire show as well. This is another one of Joel Gershon’s seemingly lost archives. Recorded through soundboard with band permission.
I love this era of the Maniacs- it is the full “classic” lineup of Buck/Augustiniak/Drew/Gustavson, PLUS John Lombardo from the early days (my favorite era), and Mary Ramsey on vocals. You get old 10,000 maniacs songs along with some John & Mary sings I think. Great stuff.
The mix was pretty weak so I fixed it up in Izotope RX7

Recorded by: Joel Gershon
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Boost guitar/bass/snare in Izotope RX7

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Old 97s- KCRW Rancho Loco Show, Live in-studio and interview 3/3/96 xfer from master cassette

Here’s a fun one for Mediocre Monday. A very early Old 97s in studio performance on KCRW. I did not tape this off the radio, but I remember giving someone a bunch of good stuff in exchange for the master tape. It was muddy and muffled and I EQ’d it together as best I could. Still a really cool artifact despite the imperfect quality.

Recorded by: I can’t remember
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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