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Barbara Manning- Ivy Room, Albany Ca 7/8/17 Multicam with Matrix Audio!

It had been a long time since Barbara has played with a band in this area, so it was a nice surprise when she played a couple of shows with a “one night band” in the bay area back in 2017. This was the second of those shows. Some of these angles are not perfect (sorry for cutting off your head Melanie) but I don’t think another multicam of Barbara exists, so good enough.

Video recorded: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40, Canon HFG10, Gopro Hero 4 silver.
Audio recorded by: Anonymous(see “about” section of sac music archive)
Equipment: Sbd + Schoeps MKIV into a Denon R44(I think).
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Barbara Manning and the One Night Band- Make Out Room, San Francisco Ca. 3/18/17 Multicam Rode Audio

Man, I can’t believe it has been 3 years since this happened. Barbara played 2 shows in the bay area in 2017- she would gather up some musician friends to play a show- hence the “one night band”. I think they practiced once. This one came off a lot better than the Ivy Room show, pretty tight performance for 1 practice! I don’t know all of the musicians on stage, but Barabra’s sister Terri does some harmony vocals and Melanie Clarin (Yard Sale, Donner Party, SF Seals, Harm Farm) plays drums and adds some vocals. It was nice to see them playing/singing together again.
The Make-Out room has some funky lighting. They have the type of lights that make my cameras freak out(tungsten?) and on top of that, they have a fan in front of them which exaggerates the flicker. The show sounded great and I’m pretty happy with the video despite all of that.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG30 w/Rode Videomic Pro Stereo, HFG10, Gopro hero 4 silver
Edit: Tromster

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Barbara Manning & Champion- Stag Bar, Woodland Ca 10/18/08 Matrix Audio Master-CDR Complete SF Seals

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.

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Barbara Manning & Et Cetera- Childrens Park at City Center, Chico Ca 9/28/03

I had a bunch of choices for today’s On this Date in History- a Toad the Wet Sprocket DAT soundboard from 1997, Naked Raygun from Anti-Club, Poi Dog Pondering from WXRT, but then I saw this one.

I don’t know how I missed this semi-local show- I was pretty busy with the kids and travelling a lot so maybe that was why. I am so glad someone taped it. This is one of my all-time favorite Barbara shows. It was one of those free “concert in the park” type things that the city puts on. First of all, she had a brand new band- this is their debut gig after the Go-Luckys dissolved. The solo mini-set at the beginning was what grabbed me- a cover of the Handsome Family’s “Butterflies (too much wine)”, right into Gram Parson’s “$1000 Wedding” plus “Bold Letters” later on. Then the band comes up and play a much mellower set than what the Go-Luckys did to start and then rocks at the end, including some covers at the end she had never played! Really awesome.

Recorded by: ?
CD extraction/normalize/prep for upload: Shayne Stacy

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Barbara Manning- Luna’s Cafe, Sacramento Ca. 3/15/03 Audio Xfer from DAT Master

I remember this show well- I helped Barbara book her 2001 tour with the Go Luckys, and then did not hear much from her after that. I think this was her first Sacramento show after that tour, which ended in Sacramento. I went across the street to Simon’s to visit and she looked totally different than she did a year and a half before- and very happy.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Sony TCD-D7 DAT and Coresound mics (battery box bass rolloff)

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Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys: Old Ironsides Sacramento 8/31/01 DAT Soundboard Master Roland MX5

Here’s the last Old I post for now. Thanks again to the Kanelos family for transforming Old I into an essential local music venue in the early 90’s with well-curated touring acts occasionally. Again, I hope it continues under the new ownership.
Here is another Roland MX5 mix that I did, and this one probably requires a little context. I had been friends with Barbara for a couple years at this point and was helping her find shows in the Sacramento area. She was preparing to tour the U.S. with her band The Go-Luckys over the summer of 2001. One day I was contacted (maybe by Pat and Russ from her label at the time)- Barbara’s booking agent had backed out of booking the tour and they needed urgent help. This was already Spring of 2001 and no shows were booked. I had never booked a tour before, but I didn’t let that stop me. I reached out to my friend Laurie Higashi and she loaned me her rolodex of booking contacts, as she was a booking agent at the time. I started making calls (during my lunch hour at work) and ended up booking a pretty decent 6-week tour using 1 cellphone and a fax machine, despite us being SUPER late in booking. Only one show did not happen due to flaky promoters, so I consider that a success!
This was the final show of the tour, in Sacramento, on my birthday. Barbara and the band bought a birthday cake and brought me up right after the first song of the set. The venue sang happy birthday to me. That was so nice.
So, that’s why the mix on this one is pretty lousy at the beginning. I did not even start mixing until the second song. I get it really dialed in about 30min into the set.
PS: This lineup is one of my favorite incarnations of Barbara- SF Seals and this lineup. They were a well oiled machine by the time they finished the tour.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 and Roland MX5 Mixer into soundboard
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX8: Vocals +3, Bass +4, Guitar +1.5db

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Barbara Manning- Pugz Records, Sacramento Ca. 2/17/01 Xfer from DAT Master Audio Only

I’m posting this one for 2 reasons- 1. I see ZERO recordings from Pugz Records in Sacramento and 2. Some of my friends were talking about the place. This is a good quality recording of Barabra Manning playing an in-store… but NO ONE was there. I felt so bad for her. She played well and powered through anyway. Recorded with a Sony TCD-D7(I think) and coresound mics with bass rolloff.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Sony TCD-D7 Coresound Mic

 

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Barbara Manning- Old Columbia Schoolhouse, Columbia Ca. 11/25/00 1st set Xfer DAT Master Coresound

Hey everyone, I hope you had a nice memorial day. Here is another Mediocre Monday post, but not due to the performance. This was a very special show- Barbara’s mom (and Barbara for a stretch) lived in this area and this was an amazing “hometown” show with Barbara’s Mom and other long time friends in attendance, up in the hills above Nevada City in this old schoolhouse. The ambiance reminded me of the Palms in Davis.
Unfortunately, I decided to put my mics in the back of this huge, cavernous room and the tape suffers as a result. Just wait until you hear the 2nd set tomorrow. Mic placement matters, y’all.
I got the nice surprise of seeing Barbara on Friday at Alex’ Bar in Long Beach at the Fear show. It was nice seeing her and her husband, and she gave me a big hug even though I was puked on (more on that later).. so I figured I would post another Barbara master. Enjoy!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 and Coresound mics with battery box bass roloff
Transfer with Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Barbara Manning- Old Columbia schoolhouse 11/25/00 2nd set DAT Master xfer Coresound Mics

Here is the continuation of yesterday’s post. I moved my mics up right next to the PA for this set and it sounds much better in my opinion. The raw recording was almost all vocals with very little guitar but I was able to boost up the channel pointed toward Barbara and it made it sound a lot better! Unfortunately, 2nd set was only 30min.
Again, a really great show in an amazing venue in the woods, with many long-time family in friends in attendance.

Recorded by Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Sony TCD-D7 and Coresound Binaural mics with battery box bass roloff
“rebalance” (channel volume adjustment) in Sony Sound Forge 10

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