I was going to digitize a Government Issue cassette for today’s On This Date in History, and then I saw this one. Big thanks to Anonymous for getting out to Woodland to record this show- I was newly married at the time and had a conflict and had to miss the show.

This show is special for 2 reasons, IMHO. First, The Stag is a tough place to get a good sounding tape. The bar is like a long wide hallway with a bar at the front, and about a 15x15ft floor area in the back for bands to play. The ceilings seem to be at least 20ft high back there. The PA is small. All of those factors usually mean that it isn’t gonna sound good in there. Anonymous made a big effort to make this as good as possible. He put mics on stage in front of the band and recorded the vocals through the soundboard, which was all that was mic’d into the board.
Second, this is the only time I ever heard of Barbara playing live with her band at the time, Champion. They had a great songs and a good guitar player, but they broke up shortly after this.

Also, this is probably the best quality you’re gonna get from the Stag.

Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Beyerdynamic MC930 x2(on stage), R44 through soundboard.