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Yo La Tengo- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica Ca 6/11/97 xfer f/ 1st gen audio tape live in studio

This one comes from my collection. This was one of the last audio tape trades I did in the late 90s. I can’t remember the person I got this from, but I received a bunch of KCRW/KROQ radio broadcast stuff that he taped.

This one is odd because the tape starts with an interview with James McNew while Ira & Georgia are playing ambient noise in the background. I think they interview other members while the ambience continues. They play some “real” songs later on.

Recorded by: ? can’t remember
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Robyn Hitchcock and Tim Keegan- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica Ca 5/28/97 xfer from WB Cassette

I used to love getting these cassette copies from WB’s and Elektra’s archives. Thanks to the unnamed A&R guys for sending them my way. Let’s do one of them for today’s On This Date in History.

Robyn & Tim toured (at least through Calfornia), as I taped his show at Melarkey’s in Sac around this time. Actually, I think I secured permission, then left and my friend Jim Hoffman actually taped it. I have a funny story around that one once it gets posted.

I really enjoy listening to Tricia Halloran’s interviews with artists. The conversations seem to flow naturally.

Recorded by: The Label
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Robyn Hitchcock- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica Ca 3/18/96 xfer from pre-fm master sbd WB Promo

Someone from KCRW asked me for some tapes, so you’re gonna get some KCRW things in the weeks to come. When I lived in L.A. for a few years (1992-1995), I got to be friends with a few cool record company folks- people who became life long friends like Todd Nakamine, friends who I had NO IDEA had such amazing old school punk cred (Tom Desavia), Rick (mentioned in the session here), Terry Tolkin (who I cold called at his desk to ask permission to video Luna) and more. For every A&R business weasel I met, there were cool folks like these guys to restore hope in the industry.
Every once in a while, I would get a box full of tapes like this- I would tape one of the label’s bands and give them a copy and they would send these to me as a thank you. The gool ol’ days! I am almost positive this didn’t come from Rick- I think it was from another WB dude whose name escapes me. He gave me all kinds of cool stuff.

Recorded by: Warner Brothers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Walkabouts- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica Ca live in studio 6/19/95 xfer f/1st gen cassette

One from my collection today. This was part of my KCRW digitizing prject that I did for the station a couple months back. It’s also my first post to the pacific northwest music facebook group after getting the old account disabled. I had over 100 posts under my old profile. Ugh, there goes my top contributor badge.

Recorded by: I can’t remember, but he taped it off the radio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters- KCRW Brave New World, Santa Monica 3/23/95 Long Ryders xfer f/1st

Ah, finally back in the studio. I only spent about 20 minutes in here over the past week. Time to play catch up.

This one is from my collection. I digitized a bunch of stuff for the KCRW archives last year and never did anything with them. Expect a KCRW related post about once every few weeks.

I got to see this band once. They were opening for Kevn Kinney and Peter Buck at Paradise Lounge in SF. I had never heard their music before and they blew me away. It was hard to sit there with a video camera in the bag and not pull it out. Those were the days of expensive tapes and battery packs. Plus I didn’t have permission. It would have been a total bummer to get tossed from the club before Kevn and Peter came on.

Recorded by: ? (Josh maybe)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Echobelly- KCRW Brave New World Live in Studio 12/3/94 xfer from DAT Clone

I was planning to post something else from this DAT and I came across this. It’s not on my list and not even labeled on the DAT. I went into sleuth mode and found out that the show they announced (Echobelly/Velocity Girl at the Roxy) took place on Wednesday 12/7/94, the Brave New World show took place on Sunday night, so I think that this is 12/3.
Being in Whittier at the time, I was just out of reception for KCRW. Huge thanks for Kevin Haynes (wherever he is) for documenting so much alternative and indie stuff in the mid 90s.

Recorded by: Kevin Haynes
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Geraldine Fibbers- KCRW Brave New World, SANTA MONICA CA. 9/11/94 xfer f/DAT Clone

The Geraldine Fibbers- KCRW Brave New World, SANTA MONICA CA. 9/11/94 xfer f/DAT Clone

Remember about a month back, I mentioned that I digitized a bunch of tapes for the KCRW archivist? Here is another one of them. You will see a post from each collection about once a month at this point, I think.
This was the introduction to one of my favorite bands. My friend Michael Pemberton told me about this band that I would love and he sent this to me, and he was right. Lifetime fan from this point on. Luckily, I lived in L.A. at the time and I was able to catch one of their shows before moving back to Sacramento in 1995.
If you have never heard the band before, forward to 5:03 and listen to Lilybelle. It was the lead track to their first album and a great representation. George Jones cover at 14:50 if that’s more your thing.

Recorded by: RG
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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