My friend Erik Flannigan generously gifted these files to me the other day, asking if they were good candidates for the sac music archive. I looked at the first episode and THE PANDORAS are on it! It was a total surprise. Question for you Black Flag video completists– is the footage at about the 20:00 mark circulated anywhere? I tried to search “black flag casa blanca” on youtube and nothing came up. If it is uncirculated, what a find!
Recorded by: ? Transfer from 1st generation pre-broadcast VHS tape
Here’s another mississippi nights video. I remember Jim telling me that a lot of the 1/4″ umatic tapes “walked away” from the station, so these 1st gen VHS copies may be the best remaining versions.
This Rollins show is intense- it’s pretty amazing to see the energy he puts into these early shows for 80 minutes! Damn.
This came from KDHX directly- this is a VHS tape right off of their 1/4″ master tape. Huge thanks to Jim Utz & Dede Schofield for giving these to me 20ish(30?) years ago.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911 w/TBD– Canopus ADVC300– Sony Vegas Pro 10.
This is another of Dave Carness’ early master tapes and now i am REALLY confused. Dave has the tape labeled “Black Flag live 8-27-85” but the Black Flag portion of the show is the same as a well-circulated tape that was said to be from Club Can’t Tell on 8/26/85. Dave’s is better quality and has a more complete beginning. Dave’s tape has a 10 minute opening set by the Dicks (posted last month), who opened a Black Flag show in Sacramento at the Crest Theatre on 5/11/85. The sound of the tape sounds more like Crest vs. CCT to me. Club Can’t tell had somewhat poor acoustics and the vocals were always up front in the mix. They would usually bring a PA in for Crest shows so it varied by sound company. So who knows which date is the right one for this show AND the one circulated for years. Due to The Dicks being on Dave’s tape plus the way it sounds, I am inclined to go with 5/11/85.
Recorded by: Dave Carness Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card EQ in Sony Sound forge 10
Man, I have not been this excited about a post in a LOONG time. When I first discovered punk rock in 1985, I used to look at all of the amazing flyers of shows that Clear and Distinct had and regret not knowing a couple years earlier so I could have been there. All of our known Sacramento Punk tapers started in 1985ish (Mark Martin was one of the first), so all the documentation we had of these shows were these flyers…
Then a couple years back, Terry Hammer started to share a few Club Minimal videos he shot with a black and white video camera, which was awesome, and Tim Soriano had a couple of audio tapes.. but there was still a gap with the venues outside of minimal.
Here comes Dave Carness’ audio tape collection to fill that gap. You might know Dave as the bass player of the Earwigs or other bands in Sac; maybe you know him as a guitar maker. Well, Dave also taped some shows in the early 80s! Not only that, he did it with a portable Aiwa deck that was the among the best consumer recorders available at the time. I am absolutely floored at the number of legendary shows that are in here. Thanks Dave!
Let’s start with this one. All of the documentation that we have from Galactica 2000 are the 11 flyers from Craig Usher and Ken Doose’s collection. Well, here is an uncirculated and remarkably decent sounding tape of BF during one of my favorite eras of the band.
This is EXACTLY why we started the archive. Keep bringing the tapes out! Thanks again Dave!!
UPDATE: Rusi Gustafson adds: “this is the line-up featuring Dez on second guitar and Chuck Biscuits on drums.” WOW!!
Recorded by: Dave Carness Equipment used: Aiwa Handheld recorder with plug in mic Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
