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Pirates of Venus- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento 1/10/87 xfer f/ master audio cassette Tales of Terror

Ah yes, it is time for Mediocre Monday! Today’s tape sounds like hot garbage but it is one of only 2 Pirates of Venus live recordings known to exist. POV had members of Verbal Abuse, Decry and Rat’s Ass (Pat Strattford) from Tales of Terror on vocals. Great band who imploded before they could even get going.
The funny thing is that I probably could have asked to tape through the board and been fine with it. I now know D.I. didn’t mind… but back then, we thought these guys were BIG stars and there would be no way to do that. Derp.
The venue had power issues during POV’s set so there is a lot of downtime in the set. Special appearance by Katie Parker and Izzy yelling into my mic during a stoppage.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Consumer panasonic handheld recorder
Transfer equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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D.I.- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento Ca. 1/10/87 xfer from master audio cassette DI DxIx Casey Royer

Oh wow, it’s Monday already. You know what that means- another episode of Mediocre Monday! This is from the last show as last Monday’s post, and it does not sound great. This was back before we had good equipment, and this recorder could not handle the volume.
As for the show, it was a memorable one for me. I was a huge D.I. fan at the time (still am) and this was my first time seeing them, and (I think) their first time in Sacramento. It was the original classic lineup with Casey/Rikk/Alfie etc. Not only that, but they were opening for Social D and they played for over an hour! What a treat. I hope you can enjoy it despite the quality.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Mark Martin’s Panasonic handheld recorder
Transfer equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Exodus- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento Ca 12/29/86 xfer 2nd gen audio cassette Complete Headlining Set

Happy Monday! Today has turned into a pretty cool day for all of you Gen X Sacramento Alt and Metal fans. Both the On This Date and the Patreon Voter’s choice are from the 80s/90s Sacramento Metal and Alternative scenes.

The first one is this. This was taped by Ricky Miramontes, who passed away shortly after taping this show. For a stretch there, it was Me, Mark Martin and Ricky pretty much covering Sacramento’s punk and metal scene. His tapes always sounded “best”, even though none of us ever used pro gear back then.

This was Exodus’ first proper headlining gig in Sacramento. They did the emergency headline set at Jones Hall in Roseville in May of 86 due to Anthrax’ cancellation, but this was their first “billed as a headliner” show. Crazy that they were playing pretty much the entire Pleasures of the Flesh album a year before its release.

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

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