I was in L.A. the past few days- got back late last night. I discovered that you can make it from San Fernando (north of Burbank, south of Magic Mountain) in 5 and 1/2 hours if you take hwy 99 and speed like hell and take no breaks. The prius was telling me to take a break. Like “sir, are you ok”?
On the bright side, thanks to Mark at FET electronics, ALL of the digitizing gear has been repaired… except for the beta machines. Bane of my existence, I tell ya. So Lizz Fisher, that means that I can finally make clean audio and video transfers of your umatics…
Anyway, here is one that was not only quick and easy to prep, but a really nice recording. I am also pretty sure I figured out who taped these Austin minidisc shows- George Savage (Lowdog)! The man with the minidisc.

Recorded by: George (Lowdog) Savage
Extract from CDR and prep for upload: Shayne Stacy