Brian McKenna mentioned that today is the anniversary of a show that he promoted at Grind skate park in west sac- Lagwagon headlined. I wasn’t at that one, but here is a different Lagwagon show that took place about a year before in Berkeley. Not too bad for a 1994 audience video!
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS8900U and Canopus ADVC300
Enhanced (Brightness/exposure and noise reduction) in Adobe Premiere and Neat Video
From Gary Shurtleff’s VHS collection
Here is another gem from Marty Sertich’s archive.
Filmed by: Marty Sertich
Transfer by: Kirk Janowiak
Here is a cool one from Dal Basi’s tape collection. Man, I love D.I.- they have been one of the only bands who hooked me on first listen (horse bites dog cries) in 1986 and have been with me ever since. They were one of the first punk bands I ever taped (El Dorado Saloon 1/10/87), the first band I ever recorded on DAT (Cattle Club 6/30/91), and one of the first multicams I attempted in 2013. So great that they are still at it.
This show comes from the same tape (and taper) who taped the Moist Berkeley Square and Offspring Gilman shows, and it sounds similar. Sounds like a Sony D3 deck to me. Nice and clear but thin.
Recorded by: Dal & Sunita’s friend (trying to remember name)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
Late post today- I hope to get a little more info about this tape such as who taped it, generation info, etc.. I THINK it is a 1st gen audio cassette but I’ll wait until I hear back from Dal.
Here is a Moist set, opening for D.I. back in 94. I also have the D.I. set so that will post soon.
There were no flyer images from the show and surprisingly few photos of the actual club, so I used the Berkeley Square facebook group’s cover photo as the image- hope that’s ok!
From Dal Basi’s collection
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
It’s Wednesday, so let’s post a video from Arica Pelino’s collection of masters while she travels the world.
I know I have said this before, but I will never understand why Tilt didn’t get huge. The songs are great, Cinder’s vocals are amazing, and the band was tight. No Doubt/Gwen Stefani came up at about the same time as them and became mega-stars. I like Tile better. Hm.
Anyway, Arica did a nice job filming. Berkeley Square had this elevated area that was behind the “dance floor” so it could be a challenge keeping it steady without a tripod. Not bad. Sounds pretty good as well.
Recorded by: Arica Pelino
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)
I am still digitizing cassettes from the 20ish collections I have over here, so you get the regular schedule this week. 2 more audio contributors to finish and then I move to video. Get ready for some crazy stuff- this DRI tape blew me away today.
Wednesday is Arica Pelino day until further notice. Here is 9 minutes and 24 seconds(924- get it? Pure coincidence) of Rancid from that same show as Tilt. I poked around youtube and this appears to be the earliest Rancid video out there. Wow!
Recorded by: Arica Pelino
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)
Here’s one from Arica Pelino’s collection. She filmed this one way back- we think it is the 10/3/91 show.
Setlist:
00:00 Intro
02:25 Don’t Leave Me
05:05 I Was There
09:08 Losers of the Year [Pinhead Gunpowder]
09:53 Welcome To Paradise
13:55 At The Library
16:44 Disappearing Boy
20:53 Christie Road
24:55 Only Of You
27:50 16
31:33 Paper Lanterns
35:18 One For the Razorbacks
38:42 Dominated Love Slave
40:59 409 In Your Coffeemaker
43:58 Knowledge [Operation Ivy]
46:38 1,000 Hours
48:45 Going To Pasalacqua
53:12 Road To Acceptance
58:50 Dry Ice [Cuts Out]
Recorded by: Arica Pelino
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Here is another show that Anonymous taped with his D6. It was a little thin so I EQ’d it to bring up the low end. Sounds great! I don’t always listen to 100% of everything I post- I just don’t have time- but I enjoyed this one so much that I kept on listening. I forgot to trim the blank space after Side A, so there is 2 minutes of dead air from 40:00 to 42:00, then it picks back up.
This was about a week before the Cattle Club show- they played SF and So. Cal before hitting Sac and Chico then heading home.
Here is setlist and show details from the Mudhoney Tourbook website.
8/29/89 Berkeley Square. Berkeley, CA (50 min)
Supported By: The Lemonheads
Set: Magnolia Caboose…, Get into Yours, No one Has, Sweet Young Thing, If I Think, Here Comes Sickness, The Father I Go, Come to Mind, Chain that Door, Flat Out Fucked, When Tomorrow Hits, Dead Love
Encore: In ‘N’ Out of Grace, Touch Me I’m Sick
Notes: Get into Yours, The Farther I Go, Flat out Fucked and When Tomorrow Hits are performed for the first known times. Come to Mind is played for the first known time with the music that appears on the recorded version, and the rave-up of The Farther I Go had previously been played as part of the music to the early Come to Mind. After The Farther I Go Steve is asking for some adjustments to be made to his monitor. Someone in the crowd is shouting about Mudhoney manager Bob Whittaker while he’s doing this, so he shouts, “Bob’s in jail, shut up!” to which Mark adds, “Free Bob! Free Bob!” It’s apparently sweltering in the club, and before If I Think, Mark announces, “You can turn off the lights if it’ll make it any colder.”
Recorded by: Anonymous
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: (Recording) Sony WMD6C and ECM909 mic (Transfer) Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
Here’s yet another show I filmed in 1989, which took the “On This Date” project to figure out that it hasn’t been uploaded yet. This one is a good candidate for a lossless transfer and enhancement because it is pretty dark. I think that Anonymous had his D6 by then and audio taped as well. I need to check.
My favorite part of the entire show was the drum solo. I usually hate self-indulgent solos, but the drummer’s spin on his stool was perfect. I remember this show running super late, as many Berkeley Square shows did.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 with a Sony ECM909 tie wrapped on top
Transfer equipment: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation
This post was not planned for today, but we just heard the news of the tragic death of P. Fluid, vocalist for 24-7 Spyz. It sounds like a homicide, I hope they find the people responsible.
I did not have much interaction with the band- I asked one of the members if I could videotape in 1989 and they told me no. Thankfully, Jerry Perry along with Brian Mckenna promoted the show, so Jerry video taped the Cattle Club show. It’s up on the archive, thanks to Jerry and Jim Mclain. I was there with the video camera in my bag.
Anyway, this audio tape is from Gary Shurtleff’s collection. He taped the band with his WM-D3 and he also did an after-show interview with them that is here after their set. Thanks Gary!
R.I.P. Peter Forrest (P. Fluid)
Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Equipment used: Sony WM-D3 pro walkmen
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in izotope rx8: Vocals, bass and guitar +2.
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