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The Donnas- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 8/1/97 xfer from VHS Master Tape Enhanced Lookout Records

I think it has been about 4 years since I posted video from Jason Ross’ collection. Jason was kind enough to send me his live audio and video collections back in 2020. I started digitizing some tapes, but then I got buried with work, family and other tape collections and I paused the project. He has some really awesome master videotapes that will be posted soon! In fact, I should probably re-do the fifteen and AFI videos of his that I already posted- this new lossless setup will do a much cleaner transfer.
Here are the Donnas. This one is on youtube, but it is a glitchy generated mess. This one is right off of Jason’s master and looks killer. Sounds pretty decent as well.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
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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Guitar Wolf- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 4/3/97 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced Garage

It’s Friday, so you all get a video. This one comes from Jason Ross’ collection of VHS master tapes he sent me a few years back. It doesn’t look like it is on youtube either, which is nice. Make sure you forward in about 3 or 4 minutes- it is just line tests and intro music up until then.
I must say that this sounds better than the one album I have by GW. I am a sucker for lo-fi garagey sounding stuff (love that first Thermals record!) but the CD I had was irritatingly unlistenable. This is better.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
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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The Smugglers- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 9/17/96 xfer from master VHS tape enhanced

Here’s one from Jason Ross’ stack of VHS masters that did not seem to be online when I checked the other day. They must have played LOUD as most of Jason’s videos (even Guitar Wolf) sounded pretty good, but this one has some distortion. Picture quality is excellent.
If you haven’t read Grant Lawrence’s autobiography of the band called dirty windshields, you need to check it out. Very entertaining.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
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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Red Aunts- Concert Cafe,Green Bay Wi 9/30/95 xfer f/Master VHS Tape Sympathy for the Record Industry

It’s a video for today’s On This Date in History, and another one from Jason Ross’ collection. I am pretty sure that he filmed this one as well.
The Red Aunts set is only about 30min, but I somehow messed this disc up and there is almost an hour of extra stuff afterwards that is probably marked on the tape, but not documented here. Whoops!

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 or HRS9911 w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC30 digitizing box

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