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Paul Division- Aggie Hotel, Davis Ca. 12/31/96 Davis Musicians doing Joy Division Thin White Rope

I was planning on posting something else today, but Paul Ashby just posted this and it was too good… and how often do you get to hear Guy Kyser singing “new to us” joy division covers?

Here’s Paul’s summary of the show:
23 years ago tomorrow, “Paul Division” played the Aggie Hotel, ringing in the New Year with a cheery selection of festive Joy Division covers. I think we might have rehearsed once or twice.

Eric Janssen (guitar, bass on “Decades”), Paul Takushi (drums), Paul Ashby (bass, keyboards), and Guy Kyser (vocals).

We played at the Aggie twice. This is the only one that got taped. I have to believe it’s no less embarrassing than the universe intended.

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Screaming Trees- Aggie Hotel, Davis Ca. 4/6/89 xfer from master Audiocassette Live Mark Lanegan

There was some discussion on the Davis fb group about this show and I was cleaning up the studio, so I decided to pop this in and digitize it while I worked. It doesn’t sound too bad, given the aggie really had no sound system (just a PA) and my friend was using a non-professional tape deck. I remember talking to Gary from the band outside and him being super cool in general, and allowing us to audio and videotape. I bailed on video as there was no lighting, but my friend ran audio. Here is the transfer from his tape.

Recorded by: Anonymous (see “about” section of sacramento music archive for explanation)
Recording equipment used: Aiwa consumer recorder and Sony ECM-909 mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in sony soundforge

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Mr. T Experience- Aggie Hotel, Davis Ca. 10/22/88 xfer from master tape!

This continues the project of posting videos from as many old sacramento area venues as possible. I tried taping at the Aggie a couple of times, but this is the only one that turned out somewhat watchable. I tried videotaping Screaming Trees in there, but there was basically no lighting. Was this place a legal venue? It seemed sketchy. Filmed with the Aiwa CV80 and stock mic. Audio is pretty awful- sorry about that.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80

 

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