I performed a number of searches on the google, and there is nothing at all about this band anywhere. Any info would be appreciated. They sound great- man, the east bay was such a hotbed of pop punk in the 90s. Even bands who feded into obscurity (like these guys) are great.
Recorded by: Rick Sylvain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Happy Father’s Day! I had planned to post the most Dad rock thing ever today, but I thought Father’s Day was last sunday and posted prematurely. So, looking through all of the stuff to post, what is the most Dad friendly… TOOL! Dads love Tool.
This one is special- this was filmed by Gary Shurtleff and another one of the bootleg video guys back then. He then mixed the 2 angles (in Analog!) with a multicam mixer down to VHS. I transferred the tape in SVHS quality and cleaned up the grain in Neat Video. Looks damned good, better than the other versions that have been posted to YT.
Brian, did you put this show on?
Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Mixed by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 and Canopus ADVC300
Denoise in Adobe premiere/Neat video
And another video from the Gary Shurtleff project I did for him last summer. He is @fromthenosebleeds on YT if you want to subscribe.
Maynard is in drag on this one for the entire set.
Show promoted by Brian McKenna.
Not feeling well today (stomach bug) so keeping it short. Have a happy sunday.
Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation.
Enhance (degrain) with Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Probably the band’s most popular live recording to date?
Bizarre Festival
Butzweilerhof
Cologne
Germany
August 22, 1998
“Around the Fur” European promotional tour
Recorded by: WDR (TV rip)
Generation: master TV rip (with one song from 2020 fullHD broadcast)
Equipment used: unknown
TV rip: unknown (main set); unknown (fullHD broadcast)
Recovery
ABC Studios
Melbourne
Australia
August 15, 1998
Recorded by: ABC (TV rips, DVD rip and facebook rip)
Generation: unknown
Equipment used: unknown
TV rips: unknown
DVD rip: unknown
facebook rip: Vesanic
Extra editing: Vesanic
Big thanks to Mickie Rat for verifying the date of this one- The Secretions opened for this one. What a diverse lineup- classic Gilman! I had never heard of Babyland before this, what a unique band. They call their style of music “Electronic Junk Punk” and it is definitely electronic! They put out quite a few releases on Flipside Records. Interesting.
Recorded by: Robert Eggplant or a friend of his
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Transferred flat
Another Robert Eggplant tape today, then back to Doug’s tomorrow. It’s funny that Mickie was one of the first to reply to yesterday’s Tiger Trap post about being old friends with Eggplant.. I already had this one on deck to post today.
Even though the mix is not perfect on this one (Danny and his stage volume ALWAYS drop guitar our of secretions board tapes!), it is worth a post since it was such an early show for the band. In fact, I don’t see anything even close to this era out there. This was after the release of their first 7″ and before the first full-length.
I did everything I could to boost up the guitar, but it is pretty buried. Luckily, the recording is clean enough to jack it up +9db in Izotope! This is as good as it can get for now.
Recorded by: Robert Eggplant, Tall Tim, or one of the sound people there.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +9
Back in the 90s, I used to pull these insane roadtrips to see concerts. I would leave my house at about 2pm, drive right to the venue for the show, hit a motel 6 for a few hours sleep, then drive back home by noon. Round trip to LA in less than 24 hours! This show was one of those times. This was the first time that Ranchero Brothers (Old 97s acoustic side project) played Largo. It was shocking- they rolled out almost all of “fight songs” acoustic before anyone heard it. In fact, my DAT soundboard was sent to the label (Desavia) and they used them as demos for the album! I also shot video from back of the club. Shot with Sony TR81 and stock mic.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Sony TR81
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