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Jeff Ott- House Show, Pomona Ca. Spring 2000 xfer from VHS-C Master Enhanced Fifteen 15 Crimpshrine

Man, am I glad to finally get this one posted. This tape was the hardest tape I have ever transferred. It took me unscrewing the screws in the tape’s shell, trying 4 VCRs, a VHSC camcorder(bought and returned 3 cables for this one), and 2 VHSC to VHS adapters. I will attach a pic of the pile of gear to my FB posts, so you can laugh along with(at?) me. Thank to Jordan Wolfe for unknowingly letting me borrow his battery-powered VHSC to VHS adapter- the one that actually worked.
Thanks to Donald Todd Reilly Jr. for trusting me with his tapes for longer than expected.

Recorded by: Don’s mom
Equipment used: VHSC Camcorder
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S7800U and Canopus ADVC300
Enhanced (brightness/contrast/noise reduction) in Adobe Premiere Elements

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Fifteen- Columbus Club, Appleton Wi. 9/6/95 xfer from VHS Master enhanced live Jeff Ott Crimpshrine

Here is the next show I realized that I had digitized already, when organizing spindles. This one was taped by Jason Ross, and it fell into my hands when he gifted me his collection a few years back. Thanks again, Jason!
With this one, I was able to enhance it quite a bit. It was SUPER dark and I cranked the brightness and exposure, and the neat video plugin did a nice job with reducing all of the noise that ensued.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300
Brightened/contrast/exposure/noise reduction in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video.

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Fifteen- Eagles Club, Green Bay Wi 4/30/94 xfer 1st gen soundboard audio tape enhanced! east bay punk

This was a typical board mix- lots of vocals, drums were noticeably higher than the guitar. I was able to take Izotope rx and drop the vocals, boost the guitars/bass and it came out pretty nice! The mix fluctuates but it evens out a few minutes in.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon & M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card.
Enhanced with Izotope rx.

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Fifteen- WFMU Live in Studio, E. Orange NJ 4/14/94 xfer from low gen audio cassette RIP Jack Curran

We received news this morning that Jack Curran, bass player from the band Fifteen passed away this week. I had seen posts about him trying to get housed and back on his feet while sick recently. Terrible news. Jack also created the first documentary about 924 Gilman, released in 2007.
I dug through Jason Ross’ collection of tapes here and found this Fifteen appearance from WFMU in 1994. I think Jason was trading with a guy who was taping these off the radio since this has very little tape hiss.
I think Jack is performing here, it is hard to tell with all the lineup changes the band had.
R.I.P. Jack

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

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Fifteen- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 12/17/93 xfer f/1st gen soundboard cassette rebalanced Crimpshrine

It’s Eggplant Monday and boy is this a nice one. I have so many questions- why did they play so long? Was this a normal set length for the band? I don’t know if I have ever seen an 85 minute set at Gilman. And, why are there no Gilman flyers for any shows after 1990? I checked all the usual places- nothin’
The mix and clarity on this one was excellent, but the vocals were buried just a few minutes into the show. Izotope did remarkably well in bringing them up in the mix without sounding odd and processed.

Recorded by: Tall Tim(from Robert Eggplant’s collection)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8- Vocals +7(!)

Hm. Listening to it again, it almost sounds like the first 35min is one show/set, and the last 50 is another.

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Fifteen- Emo’s, Austin Tx. 11/16/93 xfer from unknown gen VHS tape Live east bay punk

It looks like I have 3 more shows to post from the stuff I digitized for the Turn it Around doc. I sent a lot more, but I think the rest are probably on youtube already. There are still hundreds more audio & video shows to be digitized, so stay tuned…
It looks like the first 4 songs of the show are already posted to YT, this one is 6min longer. Shaky camerawork, grab the dramamine.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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