Here’s one from Jason Ross’ collection. That basement at 1022 Smith sure got some bands who had some staying power. AFI (obviously), and these guys. If this is the same Harriet the Spy from Kent Oh, they still have a big following to this day. Wild.
Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Before everyone gets all excited, this is not the French metal band who played Aftershock a few years back and the Olympics last year. This is a midwest band who had the name before the famous one did. Not sure if they had any recorded output. I don’t see them on discogs, unless Gojira (6) is them.
Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Here is a really cool one for today, again from some of the stuff that I digitized for the Turn it Around doc. This was a poorly lit basement show, and the original tape was super dark… but since Jason Ross had the awesome old-school giant GE VHS camcorder, the recording was clean enough for me to boost the hell out of brightness and exposure to make it watchable. Thanks Jason!
Recorded by: Jason Ross
Equipment used: GE Full Size VHS Camcorder
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300
Adobe Premiere and Neat Video used for brightness/exposure boost and denoise
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