Here’s a cool one for On This Date in History- the Flaming Lips do a live BBC studio session a couple weeks before the release of The Soft Bulletin. Great stuff and nice quality.
When I looked online to check if this has been posted before, the only source I found was an audience video clip… which is kinda bizarre for an in studio session. I clipped a frame from that video for the image.
Recorded by: ? on DAT
Transfer by: ?
For today’s On This Day in History, I have a short radio session from Wilco. Well actually, it is Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett from Wilco doing a couple songs in studio. This is great timing, as the Postcard From Hell group was just discussing favorite Wilco albums, and I would have to say this one- Summerteeth- is mine. I can’t stand to listen to anything after this one.
Jay Bennett R.I.P.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiphile 2496 card
Wow, news is Ozzy Osbourne passed away today. His determination and focus during that last show was amazing to see. I have one uncirculated Schoeps recording that I am waiting on the OK to put out. You might get ozzy today, or you might not.
Here is a few sad songs that seem appropriate for today’s On This Date in History. From Jonathan Segel’s tapes that he loaned me about 25 years ago. Thanks Jonathan!
Recorded by: GLR Radio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi CR-5A line into Philips CDR880 CDR recorder
Since the Foo Fighters are so popular for firing Josh Freese, I figured I would post something from them for On This Date in History /s. My favorite Josh Freese recording is that Cali Giraffes album that he did with Kim Warnick of the Fastbacks. Great stuff.
This tape is another one of those “Why isn’t this online somewhere yet” deals. What the heck?
This tape is another mystery. I really should have kept better notes when getting these 25+ years ago. First of all, this is a very late cassette trade, so the person I got it from must have had damned good stuff. I became a DAT snob around this time and quit trading on cassette with only a few exceptions. Pissed a lot of my old trading friends off. Sorry.
Second, this is a master cassette. Someone taped this off of the BBC for me and mailed me the tape from England. The tape is even an odd type of TDK I have never seen before. My tape list says “thanks Michael” for the tape, but the only 2 Michaels that I remember trading with at the time were Michael Siou and Michael Pemberton… and they both were in the US and were on DAT at that point.
If you are the Michael who taped this and sent it to me, please remind me.
Recorded by: Michael
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I don’t usually post commercially released stuff, but a) This was a fan club only limited edition release and 2) It doesn’t seem to be on youtube, which is kinda unbelievable.
Fan Can is/was a fan club-only product that usually gave some rare audio on a CD, rare video, and extras. This can had a door hang for example.
This is the VHS tape only from Fan Can 2. I found this and 1 other Fan Can VHS tape at a thrift store for 99 cents each! I went to pull one of them out to play and discovered that part of the VHS shell was damaged and the tape needed a complete reshell. I spent WAY too much time reshelling the tape to make it like new. Can’t remember if it was this tape or the other one, but this one plays great!
I didn’t have room in the description, but this is a lossless transfer done with my usual gear.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (very light denoise)
This is a fun one for today’s On This Date in History- I really enjoy these English radio sessions. So laid back and fun. I could not find an image to go with this one, so you get the concert poster for the big concerts they were talking about playing during the session. I know the REM show at Milton Keynes was broadcast worldwide, but I don’t have a Belly recording from any of these. Odd.
Recorded by: Mike Siou? It looks like your writing but you didn’t tape these, did you?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here is the last Willie show for a while- there are many more, but I haven’t pulled anything off of those DATs yet. Thanks to Damon Bramblett for sharing these 25+ years ago! These were recorded by Willie’s soundman, then given to Damon and cloned for me.
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Man, I just woke up. I never sleep this late so I hope this post makes sense. On this day in history, I picked this really good Evan Dando performance. Most folks know that his performances can be spotty, but this was a great one at a really great time as the Lemonheads were starting to get noticed by the “alternative” mainstream. Seems like this was broadcast on one of those huge commercial rock stations in England.
Recorded by: I can’t remember, but I got it from the guy who taped it off the radio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Playing AFTER Pavement at Reading was an ABBA cover band. I had always thought that Bjorn from Abba was in this band with a bunch of hired guns, but I found out yesterday that no, no original Abba members. They sound great for a cover band, and I do love some Abba.
Recorded by: Sakiko Honma off Japanese TV
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS8900 and Canopus ADVC300
I don’t know who is responsible for the amount of airtime each band received in this hour long special from Japanese TV, but I question the judgment of a person who gives 11min to bjorn again and less than 3min to L7. D’oh. And, like I said yesterday, I love Abba!
Recorded by: Sakiko Honma
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 and Canopus ADVC300
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