Here’s one from Robert Eggplant’s collection of tapes. This one was labeled “melt banana gilman last song cut off”. No date. I started researching and I think that this is from 12/6/96, since we also have a recording from Rudolph on that same night that has already been posted to the archive. That’s just an assumption, it could be any of the ones listed in the image here. Let me know if you can confirm the date.
Recorded by: Tall Tim Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: boost guitars
This one requires a little audience participation. It was on the same tape as the “Rumah Bobby Joe Ebola Geekfest” tape, but I am not sure the name of this band is Rumah because 1. the only bay area band called Rumah from this time frame sounds nothing like this and 2. They introduce themselves as “welcome” or something like that after a song or 2. Then, at the end of the set, they say that Melt Banana is up next. I spent about 30 minutes looking up geek fest, rumah, Welcome and Melt Banana when I stopped and asked myself why the hell am I wasting so much time on something that will get less than 100 views. So, help me out you all- who the hell is this?
Update: Huge thanks to dl_bass26 for this research: I think this has got to be Rudolph at Gilman on 12/6/1996. I checked the Gilman books for every show that Melt-Banana played, and Rudolph played with them on that date. I did cross-reference the other bands and none of them matched exactly, so by process of elimination and amongst other pieces of evidence, it must be Rudolph. They never seemed to have released anything but through some very tedious research I found out that they were a band comprised of ex-Fang and Plainfield members (namely Tom Flynn and Smelly Mustafa, plus two others who I only know as Karen and somebody that are mentioned in the third song at around 4:00). This is all the information I could find about them, but I hope it helps!” It helps a lot, I appreciate the work!
From Robert Eggplant’s collection Recorded by: Tall Tim I think Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Let’s start the day with the bonus post. Thanks to Scott Bradley for telling me what to do! I think this was when Jonathan was in Sparklehorse so an additional bonus for you CVB fans. Unfortunately, the recording was super muddy and bassy. When you would use early stealth mics (such as Sonic Studios or Coresounds) in big theaters or arenas, you would often times get something like this. I think that’s why people started upgrading to Schoeps in the 90s.
Recorded by: ? (possibly James Freeman or Ginger (wolfeyes) Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
