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Lunachicks- Sudsy Malone’s, Cincinnati Oh 8/13/97 Transfer from master VHS tape punk

Today is Julie Huffaker’s turn for a collections post. Her videos were also the Patreon Voter’s Choice this past week.. and we had ANOTHER tie. I love my patrons, but we need more voters to break these ties! C’mon, help a guy out. I’m tired, haha.

This was one of the top vote-getting videos. I just happened to have it done since Julie was concerned that the tape was damaged. Nope, played perfectly clean. She gets settled in at about 3 minutes, but I kept the start in there. Why? well let me tell you…

Sudsy Malone’s was a legendary venue in Cincinnati that was a combo laundromat/live music venue. I booked Barbara Manning and her band during their 2001 US tour. I had never seen the inside of this place but I always wondered how the laundromat worked with the punk rock, and now we can see it! Thanks Julie! You can see the laundry area with punks sitting on washers at 2min.

Recorded by: Julie Huffaker @TheJulester
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Wilco- H.O.R.D.E. Fest, Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati Oh 8/17/95 xfer f/2nd gen soundboard Tape

Another Joel Gerson tape. I have a ton of Wilco H.O.R.D.E. board tapes that Joel’s friends taped. From what I remember, they are/were a couple and they went around to a lot of the horde shows and some non-horde Wilco shows in 1995. Look at my list for 2nd gen Wilco soundboards from 1995, that’s them.

The mix is decent, but the bass guitar drops out of the mix a few minutes in. I rebalanced it the best I could, but if I made the bass sound right for the last part, the mix would be ALL BASS for the first part. So I went in the middle of the too. So, a little too bassy to start and then not quite enough bass after the first few min. No time to cut it in half and rebalance both parts. If you really love this show and want a proper 2-part reblanace job, you can always “Tell Me What to Do” on the Patreon campaign…

Recorded by: Joe Gershon’s friends
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +7, Guitar +4.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers- Bogart’s Cincinnati Oh 11/24/89 xfer f/1st gen audio cassette

There is a story to go along with this one. We had a pretty tight circle of R.E.M. traders back in the late 80s- Craig Hilmer, Carolyn Adams, Ken Dixon, and a few others like the guy who taped this- Jeff Jones. I think that’s his name, it has been a LONG time. So we were trading for a few years and he also taped with a pro walkman, so it was nice to get good sounding tapes from his area. A rumor started that he was giving/selling his tapes to bootleggers so CDs or Vinyl could be pressed. I asked him about it and he tried convincing me to join the bootleg pipeline ranks! Anyone who knows me would realize how anti-bootleg I am. I shut him down on the spot and never heard from him again. I wonder how he is doing.

This show was a little odd sounding- the bass and guitar were way back in the mix. I did what I could with EQ and Izotope.

Recorded by: Jeff Jones
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C and a Sony Mic I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Membranes- Bogart’s, Cincinnati Oh 10/6/87 transfer from 1st gen VHS tape Punk

Here’s another one from Tony Philputt’s VHS tapes, by way of Phil Go. Is this really the Membranes from England? They had records out at the time, but that bill is insane- Redd Kross, Membranes AND a pre- anything released Afghan Whigs? I wonder if this was a one-off or if it was a tour. Regardless, it kicks ass.

The video, however, does not kick ass. It’s decent but the audio is distorted and the lighting is very red, which always gave older cameras trouble. I wonder if there is Afghan Whigs video from this night.

Recorded by: Tony Philputt
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Active Ingredients- Bogart’s, Cincinnati Oh 12/26/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Midwest Punk Hardcore

Here’s a nice stage shot video for today’s On This Date. Active Ingredients were from Lexington Ky who self-released a few things in the mid 80s, which are now sought-after in collector circles.

This one is from Jason Ross’ collection- hopefully he remembers the filmer so they can get proper credit. First stage shot video I have ever seen at Bogart’s.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S deck (9800 or 9911U)– Canopus ADVC300 firwire into Dell workstation

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