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Camper van Beethoven- Petaluma Music Festival 7/26/25 4K UHD Master w/Schoeps audio Complete set

TLDR version: Forward to 10 minutes in if you want to skip the soundcheck/mic check banter.

First off, if you all can do me a favor and NOT post this over on the Cracker crumbs facebook group, I would appreciate it. I got plonked by David on Sunday and was asked to not post there, so let’s play it safe and keep my stuff off of there completely. Yikes. Between that and Morst’s issues at The Fillmore, it seems that the ol’ “taper freindly” label is starting to peel off. haha.

I have to admit, I got a little emotional toward the end of this set- I kinda lost it during All Her Favorite Fruit. The band has been hinting that this run of 40th anniversary shows will likely be the final CVB shows ever. There was no way I could make Campout and I can’t get the Washington DC at this time, so this show was it. It’s been an awesome 36 year run of me taping the band. That’s why you see 10 minutes of them prepping at the beginning of the show. I was going to edit it out, but there is enough good stuff in there to include it. Soak it all in.

It’s also really cool that my best CVB recording is likely the last one I’ll ever do. Kudos to the soundman- amazing sound for the entire set.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens;
Audio Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp
Audio/Video synchs in Pluraleyes 4

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Camper van Beethoven- Fillmore, San Francisco 4/26/25 Complete 4K UHD Show w/ schoeps audio

A big thank you goes out to Thomas Harvey, Morst, and David Basham for coordinating me a camera pass. With The Fillmore’s over the top security, there was no way I could have gotten my DSLR into the venue without them. Thanks and sorry night 2 didn’t go well with the security for you guys.

Even with the help, it wasn’t smooth getting to the venue and getting in with the camera. Massive traffic jams from Sacramento meant that I had to take the north bay- golden gate detour to save time, then the box office acted like they didn’t have my credentials (they did), then once I got them, they made me wait at the back of a huge line to get in…due to over the top security searches at the door. I finally got ready and to the filming spot at 8:28pm, and they went on at 8:30!

The angle is pretty decent and unobstructed for the first hour-plus. Greg is a bit distant but I did my best to keep him in frame. Zooming up would lose focus at times on Greg only. Then at about 70min in, 2 tall dudes come and I had to shoot between/around them, so this isn’t as good from then on. Why didn’t I move? Because that would have affected the audio quality, plus I knew security wasn’t going to bother me at this spot so I didn’t want to risk it.

I don’t know why the hell the audio is so low– I pushed it right up to max when I rendered the video for upload.. for 31 hours…

But wow, what a great show! Just an absolute killer of a setlist. Thanks to the band for coming from all corners of the world to make it happen. What a treat. I got to see songs performed that I never thought I would see. Plus, I got to film a complete show at the Fillmore, which seems like an accomplishment.

Oh, and the last 20min or so is not great because I am old and filming like this is like doing yoga, and my body was breaking down. I had a ticket for sunday, but I was a slug on the couch instead.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Audio rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +4, guitar +5.
Audio/video synch via pluraleyes 4

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CRACKER- Hopmonk Tavern, Novato Ca. 9/11/21 5 Camera Multicam Rode Audio Camper Van Beethoven Live

I posted 2 4k angles of this show back in September and promised we would have a complete edit done soon. Soon is today- here is the full 5 camera edit from the show last September. Thanks once again to KC Turner for going out of his way to help me out even though I got there late, while the opener was performing. Thanks to Mike Sean Zorn for the last minute ticket- this would not have been filmed without his generosity!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo; Canon HFG50 with Rode Videomic Pro Stereo; 3 Gopro Hero 4 Silver
Degrain/brightness contrat adjust in Adobe Premiere elements and Neat Video
Edit by Tromster

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Camper Van Beethoven- Empire, Sacramento Ca. 5/13/04 DV Master Video w/ Soundboard Matrix Audio

Here’s a BONUS POST today. Since I have posted loud and noisy for 2 days in a row, I thought that I would share something a bit different. Also, I got to see Cracker last night for the first time since this night 17+ years ago. Last night was great and I will be posting some 4k footage while we wait for the full 5 camera edit (in 1080p) to be done.

Man, the board tape came out so good on this show. Thanks to Jim Mclain for recording the board and doing the synch and stabilization work on the video

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy (Video) and Jim McLain(Audio)

Audio recorded by Jim with AKG mics + soundboard through a Behringer mixer

Equipment used: Consumer JVC DV camera and Minidisc recorder

Synch/stabilization by Jim McLain

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Camper Van Beethoven- The Warfield, San Francisco Ca. 5/15/04 VIDEO w/Soundboard Audio

 

Man, I cannot remember for the life of me how the band was able to get me into the warfield with my video camera, and they also gave me soundboard access. I wonder if their (super cool) soundman did that for me. Anyway, I am super thankful because the video and audio turned out great. This was a special 21st anniversary show, so EVERYONE was there- Molla, Immergluck, and all the regulars. Except Bill, Bill was not there.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Unknown model Aiwa Mini DV video camera, Sony TCD-D7 DAT

Audio/video synch by Sam Habash.

 

The end of the CVB set is about  set is an hour and 4 min into this video:

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Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven- Mystic Theater, Petaluma Ca 2/12/00 xfer from master Video Tape

I had planned a different post for today’s On This Day in History- it was going to be Firehose’s last show ever (pre 2014 reunion) from San Pedro. I taped it with DAT and it sounds awful. I searched around and there is a way better recording on archive.org of that set, so never mind. Blech.
Let’s do this one instead, especially since Camper van Beethoven is playing some shows in April. This was a true “hell freezes over” event- by most accounts, the CVB breakup was acrimonious. They broke up during a European tour, after a show in Sweden. Nobody thought they would ever reunite for anything. Then we got word of this tour being set up, 10 years after the breakup. It was so exciting that I drove from Sacramento to Pioneertown (9 hours drive!) to see/video the very first show of this run. I remember asking Jonathan how he was doing right before the show at Pappy and Harriet’s and he was nervous! They were great, you could not tell nerves were at play.
This was a traveling apothecary show- Cracker/CVB band members would come on and off stage, sometimes all playing together. Victor played bass for Cracker on this run.
I wish I could remember the person who filmed these shows. He was part of an early CVB/Cracker discussion board around this time. I even remember what he looks like- dark hair and large rimmed glasses. Sorry. If you filmed this, please speak up- it would be great to be back in touch! I was also at the Slim’s show, but it ended up being taped by this gentleman.
It would be great to do a new transfer of these master tapes- this is clearly a primitive VHS to DVD transfer

Recorded by: The guy who followed them around the entire tour
Transfer by: The guy who followed them around the entire tour

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Camper Van Beethoven Cracker- Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown Ca. 2/3/00 xfer from 8mm master

So this was a BIG DEAL. Camper broke up in Sweden during the 1990 tour and it was said (at the time) that they would NEVER. PLAY. AGAIN. So when they let me know that this was happening, I was thrilled. I drove from home(sacramento) to Pioneertown to catch their first show back. Damn, that is a long drive in 1 day. The show was great, and I got to meet a lot of new fans which was cool. I remember some of the band being excited/nervous, and I was as well. This was my only visit to Pioneertown- I need to go back. Filmed with Sony TR81 camcorder. I also have DAT audio, but I remember it being super muddy/not good.
This has Camper & Cracker playing one long set together. Camper/cracker songs mixed throughout.

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Magnet van Beethoven- Old Ironsides, Sacramento 11/5/99 Roland MX5 DAT Soundboard Master Camper

This was a special show. How often do members of Camper van Beethoven come to the tiny Old Ironsides? The answer was 2. They came twice.

Magnet van Beethoven were Chris Xefos and Mark Goodman(Magnet), and Jonathan Segel/Victor Krummencaher (Cammper van Beethoven). This show is so loose and fun, it’s a great listen!

Back in the late 1990’s/early 2000’s, I adopted a peer’s method of mixing shows live. I bought a roland MX-5 battery powered mixer and had some custom cables made that tapped into the soundboard signals for each channel. I would then put on these HUGE headphones to listen to the mix either inside the club, or outside on the sidewalk in the case of Old I and Press Club. What a nerd.

Anyway, this one is pretty decent. Old I was a challenge because the PA was so small that there were not much of the instruments to mix in. Not only that, but the vocals tend to brickwall/distort because of the small PA issue- the vocals would be pushed HARD, just to make them audible. Still a fun listen.

Recorded by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Roland MX-5 Battery powered mixer into Sony TCD-D7 DAT
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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