Today is a milestone day- this post is the 5,000th post to be added to the sacramentomusicarchive website. I started this website as a place where all Sacramento audio/video/photo/flyer etc creators can post their content (btw that vision still holds, and if anyone wants to add their own content to the site, please contact me). Thanks to all the contributors (you know who you are)- your volunteer work is appreciated!!
The crazy thing is that we are just getting started. I have received amazing collections to digitize from a lot of people, and we still have Doug Goodman’s, Wayne Vanderkuil’s, and Rick Sylvain’s KALX archive to finish in the short term… then we can start on Barry Ward’s amazing collection of RKL/Crosstops tapes, Brian McKenna’s demo motherlode, Dal Basi’s Sacramento and Stockton treasure trove, Jason Ross’ 1000+ collection of VHS and Audio cassettes… then finally my collection of 1000 VHS, 2000 DATs and 4000 cassettes! So I guess I am saying that this will be a life long project. I should have 20-25 years left in me to keep doing this.
So for today, I decided to pull one from my collection of my master tapes from a while back. 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. It was goofy as hell- people would stop in their tracks with a “what the hell is this nerd doing” look on their face. Haha.
This was recorded a few months before the Troubadour concert they recorded for “Scream Real Loud” CD. They were on fire at this time- so much energy.
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