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Superchunk- Black Cat, Washington DC 2/28/98 xfer f/ DAT Soundboard Clone Indie Rock Elliott Smith

Today’s On This Day post is a good one. My old friend Marcus Winfree would tape a lot of the better indie rock bands through the soundboard when they came through town- he did multiple Archers of Loaf shows and more than one of Superchunk. I got to meet him unexpectedly when he and I were at the same Grand Champeen show in Austin a few years back. Huge thanks to him for documenting all of these shows.
There was no flyer/poster or even a newspaper ad for this show, so I took the setlist off setlist dot fm and they do an Unrest and an Elliott Smith cover! This was from a tour with Neutral Milk Hotel.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +2, Bass +1, Guitar +3.

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Blue Mountain- Met Cafe, Proivdence RI 2/22/98 xfer f/DAT Soundboard Clone Alt.Country Americana

Busy day, so you get an On This Day late. If you have never heard Blue Mountain before, I urge you to look up their album Dog Days and listen- beautiful harmonies and excellent songwriting.
This show is good and I did my best to rebalance it in izotope, but the vocals max out from the soundboard, especially early on. It gets a lot better about 10 minutes in. Since the band relies on vocal harmonies so much, I didn’t want folks to get turned off right off the bat. You can listen to this about 10-15min in for a better representation or listen to the album.
Damned sbd mixes anyway.

Recorded by: ? (Maybe Stacey Taylor)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +5, Bass +2, Guitar +9(!)

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X- Trocadero Transfer, San Francisco Ca 2/7/98 First full band reunion show DAT clone John Doe Exene

Today’s On This Day in History came about because the show happened to be on the same DAT as that Slobberbone set I posted a couple weeks ago. I listened to this and was like “damn, this sounds pretty good” and then my friend Brian McKenna mentioned that it was a big deal- it was the band’s first show with the original lineup in a long time… over 10 years.
I am not sure who taped this one, but it sounds like a schoeps job. Maybe Teddy, maybe KN, or maybe even the long-hiding Kurt Vogel could be responsible. As always, let me know if you know who taped it so you/they can get credit.

Recorded by: Teddy Ballgame w/Schoeps in first row of balcony
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Tanya Donelly- JJJ Full Band Live in Studio, JJJ, Melbourne Austrialia 2/3/98 from analog master

The best thing about the “on this day” project is rediscovering old recordings that I probably listened to once and put away. This one is really great. When I pulled out the CDR to prep for posting today, I was expecting Tanya solo, live in studio. Nope- this is the full band that she had at the time, shortly after the release of “Lovesongs for Underdogs”.
I got this recording from the person who taped it off the radio, and they burned it to CDR for me. I can’t remember who that is. I think this was post- David Paterson’s time there. Speak up if you sent this to me so I can give proper credit.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: also ?
CD rip and prep for upload: Shayne

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