Ugh, long weekend outside at kids sports tournaments have kicked my allergies into high gear. I’ll keep this one short and hope this headache goes away. Here is another one that Steve Rogers filmed, and had access because of his A&R job. Pete Droge playing an industry event at the Warner Backlot. Looks great and sounds decent to start, but the audio distorts as it gets louder.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Transfer Equipment: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation Enhanced (light degrain) in adobe premiere elements/Neat Video
I had a bunch of stuff available for today’s on this date in history, but this one jumped out at me. It is the longest/most complete show that I have before their breakup, following the death of drummer Chris Acland. Broadcast over the radio back in 1996. This is one of those later exceptions I made to trade audio cassettes. Glad I did- this one is nowhere.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
My friend Derek Purtell had asked me to send him some fastbacks shows, and this one was such a good performance that I figured I would post it today. There’s nothing quite as fun to listen to as a fastbacks set when they are “on”. I think they are opening for Pearl Jam here, but I can’t find any info online about the show. They mention being “another Seattle band” at the beginning of the set. Whoever taped this did a really nice job, given the gear. The old analog D3 was the lowest end pro walkman you could get.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCMR500 and M-audio Audiophile 2496 card, transfer of analog master-DAT clones. Taped with coresound mics
So I was an early adopter with all of this VHS to DVD conversion stuff. I bought a capture card in 2001 for WAY too much money and transferred a few videos at lesser quality than what I can do today. I borrowed a few of Ken Doose’s tapes and transferred them. This is one- the Ghoulies at Old I in 1996. Thanks Ken for offering this tape up!
Here’s a short one to ease yourself into the 4 day workweek. It was at the end of the Belly tape that Joel Gershon sent me. Unfortunately, it cuts off. It sounds really great, what a bummer. I heard that someone was given Joel’s collection, but I have never seen anything surface since he left.
Recorded by: Joel Gershon off FM Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Man, this is unbelievably cool. There is about a 35 minute interview with the band, and then a few acoustic songs with Tim and Greg (I think). Recorded by the legend, Steve Rogers. Thanks Steve! PS: This tape is marked as House of Blues only, I am assuming that this is Hollywood since it was close to Steve at the time.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 Enhanced (Degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Go figure. I punch in Sacramento in the search area on my youtube channel and a Metallica show is the first thing to pop up. Really enjoyed the experience of filming these rare flatbed truck gigs.
What a cool day this was. Metallica planned to perform LIVE 3 shows in one day to promote the upcoming release of the LOAD record in 3 different tower records parking lots…3pm San Jose, 6pm Concord, 9pm Sacramento. Since I lived in Concord that one excited me the most. But since the city of Concord would not issue the permits the band were only able to pull off San Jose and Sacramento which were both filmed. MFTMON was next to me shooting as well.
Ugh. Todd Snider passed away from Pneumonia today. R.I.P. Todd. I’ll go on my “what’s wrong with the USA” rant below, but I wanted to share this first- it’s a really nice show from Todd when he played a barn in Norway in 1996. I think one of my friends in Denmark taped it (Thomas?) on DAT and then cloned it for me. You will also get a bonus snippet of another set that followed this one, later today.
The events leading up to his passing seem to be another example of the US’ “shoot/arrest first, ask questions later” approach to policing and care. It appears that he was seeking medical help because he couldn’t breathe, had an argument with the hospital, and was arrested. I hope everyone involved is held accountable. Something similar happened about 100 yards away from where I live earlier this year- a man was having a mental crisis and wanted to speak to his (estranged) daughter, so the cops came in and sht and killed him. We need a more compassionate and empathetic police presence that focuses on de-escalation before anything else. As you can see, it pisses me off.
Recorded by: Thomas? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
This one was a surprise- it is not labeled on the tape. I am a huge Thin White Rope fan, so I was happy to see this surface. Thanks to Brian Grattidge for confirming that they did play the show. Thanks also to Rusi Gustafson who fills us in: “This one-shot amalgamation of Acme and Curbfeelers members played completely improvised music on the side of the stage in between the other bands’ sets. We called ourselves Mothball Fleet. I don’t see Dave Thompson, but I’m pretty sure he was there too”
Additional help by: Brian Grattidge, Rusi Gustafson
