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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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Robyn Hitchcock- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica Ca 3/18/96 xfer from pre-fm master sbd WB Promo

Someone from KCRW asked me for some tapes, so you’re gonna get some KCRW things in the weeks to come. When I lived in L.A. for a few years (1992-1995), I got to be friends with a few cool record company folks- people who became life long friends like Todd Nakamine, friends who I had NO IDEA had such amazing old school punk cred (Tom Desavia), Rick (mentioned in the session here), Terry Tolkin (who I cold called at his desk to ask permission to video Luna) and more. For every A&R business weasel I met, there were cool folks like these guys to restore hope in the industry.
Every once in a while, I would get a box full of tapes like this- I would tape one of the label’s bands and give them a copy and they would send these to me as a thank you. The gool ol’ days! I am almost positive this didn’t come from Rick- I think it was from another WB dude whose name escapes me. He gave me all kinds of cool stuff.

Recorded by: Warner Brothers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon 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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D.I. – The Core, Stockton Ca 3/9/96 xfer from DAT Master Soundboard Casey Royer Adolescents Punk

Here’s one that I taped for today’s “On This Day in History”.

TLDR version: Forward 3min for the sound to stabilize.

I almost looked for a different tape since this one is not great quality, but I decided to post this for 2 reasons:

  1. It seems to correct some documented history of the band. When I was trying to find any info about this show, the internets say that the band broke up in 1995 and reformed in 2002. That’s wrong, as I was at this 1996 show. This must be one of their last shows before the hiatus. It also has at least 1 song that never made an album (Talk Show Murders)
  2. There are not many Stockton shows on the archive, and none at all from this venue. I was going to reach out to Middagh Goodwin to see if he has any documentation of the show, but I am no longer friends on this new profile. D’oh.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD=D7 through soundboard
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +9, drums -1, Guitar +11.

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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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