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Exodus- The Stone, San Francisco Ca. 1/5/85 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette

Happy Monday everyone. If you are an Exodus fan, you MUST listen to this. I can’t believe how good this one sounds, given the “early punk/metal days” equipment used. Tour Manager Doug clearly had the magic touch when finding a room’s sweet spot.
Not only that, but this is in that time frame where the band were playing some of my favorite sets- a lot from Bonded by Blood (fka “A Lesson in Violence” as the flyer shows) plus the best pre-album tracks- in fact, these might be the best recordings of Death Row, Hell’s Breath and Impaler out there. Baloff’s vocal performance is top notch. This one will be a show I go back to and listen repeatedly. Thanks Doug.

Recorded by: ? (Update- Doug did not tape this)
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Exodus- Gary Holt Interview, WVOX, New Rochelle NY 12/30/84 transfer from Audio cassette

Aw crap. After a truly chaotic night which included a madcap scramble to pick up my son from soccer while my wallet(and a bunch of other stuff) was locked inside of my car with a non-functioning key fob. Ah, driving with no license is always exhilarating.

I think I have a date for this one and I forgot to put it in my draft post. I will update the info I have more. Quality is not great but I did what I could with EQ and Izotope spectral denoise.

From Chris Eng’s collection
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiphile 2496 card

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Exodus- Band Interview 12/28/84 Transfer from audio cassette Thrash Metal Paul Baloff Gary Holt

I don’t know if I would call this an interview, or just some questions shouted at a backstage party, but it is an entertaining listen.
This one is from Chris Eng’s collection. I did not realize that by pushing Chris’ video post from yesterday to today that we would have an all-Chris day. Enjoy Christurday.

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

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Exodus- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 12/28/84 xfer from master audio cassette Thrash Metal MITFR Baloff

This one is just perfect. The quality is very good- nice and clean which allowed for a good EQ. The era is probably my all-time favorite — a nice mix of BBB and the demo era of songs. You get BBB songs, plus Hell’s Breath, Death Row, and Impaler. And probably best of all- Baloff is absolutely ON FIRE and hilarious. Referring to break dancing (which he apparently hated): “they can flip around in my toilet”. WHAT? Man, imagine Baloff on stage today- he would be a one man controversy machine.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10 (bass up, mids slightly down and highs WAY down)

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Exodus- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 12/15/84 xfer f/ master audio cassette Baloff Thrash Metal

Finally, a Tour Manager Doug post this week. As you could probably tell from the midnight posts, life has been a little chaotic lately.
This one sounds pretty good- you get most of BBB and some of the old songs that never made it out. Hell’s Breath & Death Row back to back rip!

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Exodus- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 9/28/84 xfer from master audio cassette thrash metal

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! I still have a bunch of Aftershock videos to post, but none are ready yet. I met up with Doug last week and gave his big box of tapes back- huge thanks to Doug for letting me hold on to them for so long. What a fun project. I think that we have enough Doug posts to keep Tuesdays going for the rest of the year.
Anyway, a Youtube commenter asked for Exodus, so here you go. It’s been a while since the last early Exodus post. Man, I love these pre-BBB shows. Killer sets.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Exodus- Kabuki, San Francisco Ca 7/7/84 xfer from master audio cassette bay area thrash metal

Another Doug recording to round out the week of audio posts. I just looked through the box of tapes that I have not done yet and there is a ton of Slayer and Exodus left to go. It’s unbelievable. Stay tuned…
I pushed the EQ on this one a lot- there was some high end distortion that I had to get out of there. The odd vocal in/out phasing is that way on the (pre-EQ) tape. What a show- Exodus, Anthrax w/Turbin, then Raven when they were one of the best bands around.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10

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Exodus- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 6/23/84 xfer from master Audio Cassette Thrash Metal Metallica

Let’s do another Doug tape today. This one was clean enough that the EQ job was pretty effective. It’s definitely an enojyable listen.
Band Introduction by James Hetfield.
Sorry so short today, I have a migraine and can’t take meds until after an important meeting this afternoon… and it keeps getting worse.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Exodus- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 5/26/84 xfer from master audio cassette Thrash Metal

Back to Doug’s collection for Monday. I always find Exodus very motivating when I have the morning or Monday blahs. This is another one of those killer pre-Bonded by Blood shows that has them playing most of the forthcoming album along with a few earlier songs. Along with almost all of BBB, you get Hell’s Breath, Death Row and Die By His Hand. This has to be one of the last times that DBHH is played. They pretty much quit performing it after part of it was pilfered for the bridge in Creeping Death.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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