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Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys- KDVS in Studio DJs, Davis Ca 6/24/00 xfer from pre-fm master tape

Here’s a fun one for today- before the US tour that Barbara did with the Go-Luckys (that I booked!), we were able to get them on KDVS for a guest DJ spot the year before. They talk about their new album, 28th Day, the Press Club show that night (that is on this channel/website- Barbara gets electrocuted!). They go on to play their favorite bands and play songs from a bunch of albums. It’s a really fun listen.

Side note- nerd talk alert- today is a good day. A couple months back, Youtube stopped uploading my audio AVI’s. It would just bonk when it tried to process the .avi. So, instead of me using the EASY virtualdub workflow (2min of processing time), I had to use Vegas Pro which would take up to 2 HOURS and hog up my system’s time to do other stuff. Well, I decided to give virtualdub another try today, and Youtube must have fixed their issue. Thank goodness, that Vegas method was a huge pain in the ass. I’ll be able to get more stuff done now in my hour each day reserved for this.

Recorded by: KDVS DJ
CD rip and track merge/normalize in Sony Soundforge 10 by Shayne

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Barbara Manning- Press Club, Sacramento 6/24/00 Live Soundboard Roland MX5 Mix RIP Lane Campbell

This is going to be long. The mix gets better at about 17:00.

I had transferred this DAT a few months ago and was planning to post it for a couple of friends who I know are big fans- Lane Campbell being one of them… but I wasn’t totally happy with the mix. Lane had been missing for a week from the Chicago area, and they found his body yesterday. I never met Lane, but he was the heart and soul of the Postcardfromhell email list that I have been part of for the past 20 years. He had a rough presence on the internet but he was always super cool to me(possibly because of our mutual love of Barbara Manning’s music)… and I have been told that in person, he was a totally different person than his online persona. He was a person who didn’t forget a name or face, and brought people together. I’m sorry that I did not get to meet him. I wish I got this posted for him a couple months back- he would have gotten a kick out of it.
This recording was made in the era when I would go to the club and use a battery-powered 4 channel mixer to tap into, then boost the levels of the soundboard, live. I would have these HUGE Nova Pro headphones on my head inside the club or on the sidewalk, trying to hear the mix as I went. Apparently, I was having some difficulty with the setup. You can hear the raw mix at the start (all vocals), then I dink around with it forever (found the drums a few minutes in) to get it right. I finally get it dialed at about 17:00 in… then I lose the guitars for the encore. No idea why.
This show is memorable because it was one of the first shows in the USA with her new band, the Go-Luckys… which is my favorite incarnation next to the SF Seals. She also gets totally zapped/electrocuted by the mic about halfway through the set, which sent her stumbling to the back wall of the stage. It was a scary moment.
Anyway, raise a glass for Lane. I might just go on a Barbara Manning bender over here and post stuff for a week or so.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 and Roland MX-5 Mixer
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Barbara Manning and the Go Luckys- 2ndHand Stuttgart Germany 1/15/00 ltd ed CD rip Bruce Springsteen

I had something different planned for today’s OTD post, but I could not get the snare to surface in izotope like I thought I could, so you get this instead. It’s nice consolation.
Having booked Barbara’s US tour in 2001, the Steinbach twins (the Go Luckys part of the band) would always randomly send me nice things in the mail. This is one of them. I don’t know if they ever sold these as a limited edition CDR or just gave them to friends.. it’s not on discogs, so it hasn’t been sold recently.
This is a full band set in a record store. I don’t ever recall them doing Dancing in the Dark other than this show.

Recorded by: Christoph Ludwig
CD Rip by: Shayne Stacy
EQ in Sony Sound forge 10

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Barbara Manning- Jugendkulturzentrum Waschtag, Aschaffenburg Germany 11/8/97 xfer from DAT Clone

Holy crap, that is one long venue name. Just FYI, I decided to unlist all of my Youtube videos until the copyright bot heat is off me. You can still access videos from http://www.sacramentomusicarchive.com. I got this in trade- I think the taper is Andreas Claus. Barbara was in Germany A LOT in the late 90s, since her bandmates were there. I never knew there were so many places to play in germany until I saw some of those tour itineraries.

Recorded by: Andreas Claus (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Barbara Manning- Stinkweeds Records, Tempe Az 10/3/97 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape

It’s time for the Patreon voter’s choice for the week! This one is pretty dark, but you can still see everything and brightening it would just amplify those vertical white lines on screen (on source tape, I checked), so you get it as is. Sounds great!

It’s pretty cool that the Stinkweeds chain is still around, even though the Tempe location closed.

Recorded by: My pal in Phoenix
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Barbara Manning- Melarkey’s, Sacramento Ca 7/25/97 Audio only xfer from DAT master soundboard

Here’s another post in memory of Lane Campbell from Postcard. I need to recognize the Postcard group — they are an email list of about 1,000 people. I have been on the list for about 20 years but I do not post often (lurker). The way that they have come together to support Lane, Lane’s family and each other through this tragedy has been incredible. Impromptu fundraising for Lane, phone lists in case anyone needs someone to talk to, and love/support for each other. Thank you.

Lane loved Barbara and they were personal friends. This recording comes from Melarkey’s when she toured solo as an opening act with Bettie Serveert. I am shocked that there are ZERO pictures of Melarkeys on the internet.

Thanks to John Taylor for the sweet mix. Yet another Brian Mckenna production.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7

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S.F. Seals- Cattle Club, Sacramento Ca. 4/18/92 Rebalanced DAT Master Soundboard Barbara Manning

This show was not only one of my favorite Cattle Club shows, but a pivotal one for me. I was a casual fan of Barbara Manning’s music, but this early incarnation of SF Seals really got me hooked. I love Melanie Clarin’s harmonies with Barbara- just excellent! We all became friends and I even booked Barbara’s 2 month long 2001 U.S. tour. Huge amounts of respect for booking agents- that’s not an easy job!
Unfortunately, this mix isn’t great. When I use Izotope rx7 to rebalance a recording, it usually lets me re-do the vocal, bass, drums and guitar. Well, instead of guitar, Izotope only allowed a rebalance of the cello. So the guitar is buried and the cello is prominent in the mix. Still a great set and funny between song banter.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx7.

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Barbara Manning- Paradise Lounge, San Francisco 8/1/88 xfer f/master audio cassette-CD Solo Acoustic

I pulled this one for today’s On This Date in History. I think I might have received it from Pat Thomas, back when we were working on booking Barbara’s 2001 US tour- first and only tour I ever booked!

This recording was mastered at pretty low volume and the crowd in between songs was very loud. I did my best to normalize it in pieces.

Recorded by: Pat Thomas
CD extract and normalize by Shayne

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