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Popealopes- Sacto Active Rock, Sacramento Community Cable 1/11/92 Transfer from Master U-Matic Tape

Since it is 9/16, we just had to post something from the 916 (that’s Sacramento’s area code), so let’s go with this one.

A few of us were lucky to see the Davis Old Tyme reunion at Sudwerk a couple months back and it was fantastic. Popealopes were one of the highlights of the night imho. Stay tuned for their set and the rest of the sets from that day. 2 up, 10 or more to go!

This continues the project of digitizing Lizz’ archival Umatic tapes for high quality audio and video compared to the VHS/broadcast versions. This one sounds fantastic!

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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Luna and Babes in Toyland- San Antonio Community Cable 1992 xfer f/master VHS tape Interview & Live

My video transfer setup is still giving me trouble, so let’s pull this one out for today. You should get a Chris Eng video tomorrow- and it is a rare one! I hope I can keep up with this “collections video every day” thing. Lossless capture has been finicky and it is time consuming when it goes well… I think it is time to stand up a 2nd lossless capture setup.

Craig Hilmer taped this off TV when he lived in San Antonio and mailed it to me back in 1992. Really neat interview and live footage. Are there any other video interviews of Luna from this time frame? I don’t recall seeing one.

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Dirty Addiction- Sacto Active Rock, Sacramento Commmunity Cable 12/14/91 xfer f/Umatic Master Tape

Dirty Addiction were a local band with the following members:
Donald Lozo: Guitar and Vocals
Brett Sackett: Guitar
Cliff Safranski: Drums
Aaron Smith: Vocals
Ron Van Heest: Bass

from Lizz Fisher’s collection of Sacto Active Rock Umatic Master tapes

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher & Crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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A Kai Kln Christmas- Sacto Active Rock Sacramento Community Cable 11/25/91 xfer f/Umatic Master Tape

Sacramento friends should like this one. This has been online for years, but this is a much better looking and sounding version. It’s a lossless transfer right off of the TV Umatic Master tape, so it doesn’t get much better than this. The quality really kicks in at about 7 minutes.

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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Ian Faith- Sacto Active Rock, Sacramento Community Cable 7/13/91 xfer f/Umatic Master Tape

Late start today. Here is one from Lizz Fisher’s Umatic Master tapes of her Sacto Active Rock show. This had to be one of the first ones she did. Ian Faith was constantly playing Sac in the late 80s and early 90s. They even might have been on the bill for the first Cattle Club show ever. Here is an upgraded version of the VHS one I posted a few years back. This one looks great and sounds even better. Glad I got to see the band back in 2019 at the Cattle Club 30th reunion show.

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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Kai Kln- Sacto Active Rock, Sacramento Community Cable 2/9/91 Transfer from Umatic Master Tape

Here is the first out of 2 Kai Kln appearances on Sacto Active Rock in 1991. I posted the 2nd one a couple weeks back. That shows you how popular the band was at the time. They were THE BAND in Sacramento at the time- packing clubs, opening big shows. infectious energy around the band.

Thankfully, there is no caroling in this one. Just absolute ripping.

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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It’s Not What You Think- Sacto Active Rock, Sacramento Community Cable 1/15/91 xfer f/Umatic Master

It’s time for another one of these upgraded Sacto Active Rock transfers. These have been posted before, but they were transfers off of a VHS tape. We are now making our way through all of the TV Station Umatic master tapes. Looks and sounds amazing!

This was the first episode of Sacto Active Rock. Features John Taylor on drums, before he joined Deftones I think. INWYT also played some of the first Cattle Club shows.

Recorded by: Lizz Fisher & Crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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Billy Bragg- Reel George Community cable Int and Live at Troy Music Hall 4/13/88 transfer f/VHS tape

It’s a double Tony Philputt day! Again by pure coincedence. Finding unique things to post from Tony’s collection can be a challenge. Since his collection has been unpacked and is in the new archive building, I grabbed 3 or 4 tapes that looked like they could have something interesting, and I got lucky on the first tape!

There is a Billy Bragg performance from the Reel George show online, but it is a different performance from 1986. I almost skipped this one until I looked closely at the dates.

Quality is not awful, but not perfect. Probably a few copies off the master. A few songs with a 2-camera setup and a short int.

Recorded by: Reel George
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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Identity Crysis- Community Cable Live in Studio 1988 xfer f/1st gen VHS off band archive tape Banger

Collections time, and another one from Ken Doose’s box of videos. He got this VHS tape from the band, so it is most likely 1st or 2nd gen.

This one made me chuckle because there is almost no guitar in the studio mix. Even when playing for TV, Bill has his amp cranked to 11 (louder stage volume=lower board levels for the uninitiated). LOL, just kidding Bill. You owe me a text btw.

I don’t know which community cable this was filmed with- probably Roseville or Sacramento. Lighting was so dim that I had to bump up the brightness and exposure before denoising.

Recorded by: Community cable
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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