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Arlo Guthrie- CSELLO MÜHLE, OSLIP, AUSTRIA 3/29/97 xfer from DAT Clone complete show

For today’s On This Date in History, I went with something a little different. I had a groovie ghoulies board tape on cassette that I could have done, but the analog inputs on the audio capture PC currently have a reel to reel plugged in and it is a pain in the ass to swap them out… so you get videos or DATs until this reel project is done. btw, some of these reels are really cool, I think you are going to like them. Sacramento history!
I first saw Arlo Guthrie perform at the Troubadours of Folk fest at UCLA in 1993. Like many people, I only knew his hit Alice’s Restaurant. I wandered over and was so entertained that I made a point to see any shows he performed in the area. I am glad I did, because it seems that he has retired from performing due to health issues.
This recording was extremely dynamic, to the point that you could not hear Arlo’s between-song banter, so I did one of my janky “normalize/volume boost the low parts” jobs. It is not a meticulous job, so if you hear volume drops or jumps, I did that! Sorry.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer from DAT Clone: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Level adjustments in Sony Soundforge 10

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Arlo Guthrie- Coach House, San Juan Capistrano Ca 3/24/94 xfer from DAT Master Live Complete Show

The coach house was a strange place. The entrance looks like the photo here, then you go down an entry hallway to the right, and there is the venue. It was a sit-down dinner type of thing, so it was always really hard to tape with people constantly hovering over you. I had recalled this tape being pretty awful but I just spot checked and it doesn’t suck. I’m sad that Arlo hung it up recently, but I got to see him a few times in the mid-90s and it was always a good time.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 and Nakamichi CM-300 mic
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Arlo Guthrie- Troubadours of Folk Fest, UCLA, Los Angeles Ca 6/5/93 xfer f/1st gen Audience VHS

Migraine has subsided. I am not a big prescription drug guy, but Imitrex is like magic.

I had something different planned for today’s collections post, but I apparently digitized 2 of Craig Hilmer’s cassettes and then deleted them from the PC before burning them to disc. Whoops! The kids have been home from school for 2+ weeks and my time is so limited in the studio that I tend to make mistakes like that.

This one was sitting in draft mode on my YT channel so let’s go with this.

When I lived in L.A., I went to this festival. I don’t know why- it wasn’t like I was a mega fan of any one artist on the bill. I liked some, but not sure why I was there. It was held by Rhino Records and Ben & Jerry’s and had a who’s who of folk acts. I brought my DAT and I have already posted a few sets to the archive.
I met this guy in the audience with a small/low tripod and a shirt & hat that said “video crew”. I went up and introduced myself, since his gear looked nothing like the official professional stuff that was being used closer to the stage. Sure enough, he just a guy who wore a shirt and hat with Video Crew and walked right in with his stuff- he wasn’t part of the camera crew at the event. Man, that takes balls of steel to pull that off.

I have a bunch of sets from this, but here is part of Arlo Guthrie’s main stage set. I also caught the songwriter’s workshop on the 2nd stage which was great.

Recorded by: Can’t remember his name
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)

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