Man, this recording sounds awesome. Vocals are a little low, but it’s really nice. I got it from the taper, but once again I can’t remember who. Maybe Paul Galis? Dunno. Show yourself if it was you, haha. The tape was marked as being performed at “Lounge Ax Stage” but the newspaper ad says Fullerton Stage. So, I guess I won’t spam the Lounge Ax group unless someone can confirm there really was a Lounge Ax stage at this festival.
Recorded by: Brian Dowling Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Late post today, but it’s a good one. This comes from Neil Werries’ collection and I think it is the last of the “big” bands that he shot, and was one angle of a 2-camera shot. Just as a reminder, this one and a bunch of others need help with time alignment before we can edit them- basically, each angle needs to be synched with the other so we can edit them together. Of you have this expertise and want to help out, please let me know. Here’s a quick list of shows that need some help in order to edit: old 97s barleypalooza 6/1/97 Gourds barleypalooza 6/1/97 (one angle is already up on the channel) Old 97s- fitzgeralds 7/4/97 (2 angles) Silos- lexington ky 7/26/97 Silos- Louisville Ky 7/25/97
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Video transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony EV-S2000- Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Today’s video comes from Neil Werries’ collection of master tapes. This is yet another one of Neil’s multicamera videos that need time alignment. I am no good at it, so if you are able to help with this, please comment or reach out through the website contact form (sacramento music archive dot com). We could do multicam edits of The Gourds, Old 97s, Silos and there might be more. If you have not heard of The Silos, you are in for a treat. They released 15 albums/dvd/etc between 1985 and 2011. They are embarking on a world tour to celebrate 40 years as a band this year. Neil and his friend filmed this show at a free outdoor fest- I had no idea that Louisville was so cool. Tons of people there. Anyway, there is a 2nd angle to this to edit together if we can get some help.
Recorded by: Neil Werries or NH Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)
Here’s another post in memory of Lane Campbell from Postcard. I need to recognize the Postcard group — they are an email list of about 1,000 people. I have been on the list for about 20 years but I do not post often (lurker). The way that they have come together to support Lane, Lane’s family and each other through this tragedy has been incredible. Impromptu fundraising for Lane, phone lists in case anyone needs someone to talk to, and love/support for each other. Thank you.
Lane loved Barbara and they were personal friends. This recording comes from Melarkey’s when she toured solo as an opening act with Bettie Serveert. I am shocked that there are ZERO pictures of Melarkeys on the internet.
Thanks to John Taylor for the sweet mix. Yet another Brian Mckenna production.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7
I had an old friend request this to be digitized, so I figured that I’d add it to the archive. The funny part is that I took vacation and followed son volt from Arizona through southern cal, but did not tape this show. One day, those shows will be posted as well. I borrowed Kurt Vogel’s schoeps for that run, so they sound pretty good. Side note- how do you like those DAT covers? I graduated from the old Typewritten covers to this in 1997. Classic.
Recorded by: Kurt Vogel? Equipment used: Portable DAT and Schoeps CMC-64 mics, Aerco preamp Digitized by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
And finally, here is today’s On This Date in History. I borrowed my old friend Kurt Vogel’s Schoeps microphones and followed Son Volt through Arizona and Southern California in 1997. This one is probably the best sounding of all of them. Huge thanks to Kurt for letting me use them.
This one did have some issues- one channel was cutting out pretty badly so I went through and corrected that when needed. Most of this is a stereo recording, some is a 2 channel mono deal.
The recording was really clear, but it was lacking in guitar and vocals, so I worked it up in Izotope to a level where I am happy with it now.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: SCHOEPS CMC-64 MICS, AERCO PREAMP, Sony TCD-D7 DAT Channel correction in Sony Sound Forge 10 Rebalance in Izotope Rx8- Vocals +6, Guitar +4.
Here’s another surprise from Kirk Janowiak today- a set from his & Marty Sertich’s side project The Upsets!
“Back in 1996 while Martin Sertich and I were heavily involved in our band Pocket Change, a couple of friends of ours, Andy Keogh and Nate Sponsler enticed us into joining in on their new rock n roll adventure ‘The Upsets’. The first original line up of The Upsets consisted of Andy Keogh on vocals, Nate Sponsler on lead guitar, John Sylvia on Bass, Martin Sertich on Guitar and I was on Drums. Logan Murray would soon replace John on Bass. The line-up of Andy, Nate, Martin, Logan and I played one of our first shows at The Press Club supporting Electric Frankenstein. Here is the full set from that gig. It is a bit rough towards the beginning of the set (we kind of butcher our cover of “I’m Stranded” by The Saints probably because we had a tough time hearing each other.) **Note special guest vocals by Pat “Rat’s Ass” Stratford from ‘Tales Of Terror’ on the song ‘Why?’ at about the 7:50 mark**.
Though we loved our time playing with The Upsets, Martin and I could not fully commit to them because we were still heavily involved with our main band Pocket Change. Eventually Martin would be replaced by Jesse Nichols on guitar and Sean Kehoe would replace me on drums. Later on Logan would be replaced by Ronnie Marshall on bass.”
Here’s another one from my collection today- it’s a fun one from Warner Brothers’ archive. The set has a bunch of guests including Peter Buck from REM, Scott McCaughey from Young Fresh fellows, and at least 1 Egyptian.
It really gets good about 45 minutes in when all guests get on stage and they play a full-band set. This is probably the most aggressive rock I have ever heard Robyn perform.. at least since the Soft Boys. Wow!
Even though the bottom of the J-Card say 7/17/97, that might be when they dubbed this off. It may not be the exact date of the show.
Recorded by: Warner Bros Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here’s another one that I taped for today’s On This Date in History… but I don’t remember a thing about taping the show. Melvins opened for Helmet and I never recall going to a Helmet show in the 90s, and I liked the band so I would definitely remember if I did. I was very busy with the kids at the time, so I might have sent someone (my stepson/a taping friend in town) to tape it for me. Man, bizarre. It’s funny because I rated this as EX on my list and made a comment about how great the recording is… and er not so much. The recording was in the right channel only and there was almost no bass in the mix. I was able to fix it up quite a bit with Izotope, so it sounds pretty good now. Thanks to Brian McKenna for digging out the flyer for this show this morning.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Probably a Sony TCD-D7 DAT at this point. Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card Rebalance in Izotope RX8: Bass +10, Guitar +2 One channel to 2 channel mono in Sony Soundforge 10
