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fIREHOSE- Fulton 55, Fresno Ca. 4/5/12 1080p HD Master

After seeing fIREHOSE play a somewhat sloppy first show back at Harlows , Anonymous & I drove to Fresno to see their last show, post-coachella. Side note Fresno is WAY TOO FAR to drive to a concert and back in one night. They were way tighter at this show, and the songs were played at about album speed. Good stuff!
Note- there is a multicamera video of this show on youtube as well. It looks pretty decent. This is my single camera recording of the show. Filmed with a Canon HFM30.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Canon HFM30

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Firehose- Warner Grand Theater, San Pedro Ca. 2/12/94 xfer from DAT Master Aud Recording Nak CM300

I was planning on posting something different today, but I listened to this last night and realized that today is the anniversary of this show. So we heard through the grapevine(the only way to hear about stuff like this back then) that fIREHOSE were playing their last show ever at a place that was never on the radar for shows..
So I show up and there is hardly anyone there. The place is massive, so they just had everyone come on stage with them and they set up sideways on the stage- meaning they were on one end of the stage, facing the side stage area on the opposite side. It was a very odd experience.
The show was odd as well. It was a bit tense- you can hear Watt stop Ed at one point and ask him to slow it down, since it is the last show. The sound is not great- playing sideways in a huge theater causes a lot of sound issues.
I am surprised that no one has posted anything from this show. There were multiple tapers and video cameras there.
So, yeah, fIREHOSE broke up 27 years ago today.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 DAT and Nakamichi CM300 Mic
Transfer by Shayne using Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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fIREHOSE- Wow Hall, Eugene OR 5/30/93 xfer from DAT Soundboard Clone Mike Watt

On This Date in History, finally! The mix on this one wasn’t great, and the mix changes throughout the show. I rebalanced it to sound good for the majority of the set, which is at the end of the show. The early part of the set is still listenable, but a little guitar heavy with no snare.
Cuts at the end. I am not sure if that was just my copy or if the source cuts at that point.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +3, Drums +2, Guitar +6

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fIREHOSE- Ancienne de Belgique, Brussels Belgium 3/12/91 xfer from master soundboard cassette

We have a couple of good ones for you today. First on is today’s “On This Day in History”. I got this in a CDR trade 25+ years ago, and the writing on the CDR does not look familiar. Lineage is Cassette soundboard-minidisc-CDR. How’s that for a totally 90s lineage?
This thing sounds fantastic. The venue is huge, I wonder what the bill looked like. Was firehose that big in belgium, where they could fill a 2,000 seat venue? Wow, good for them.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Multiple people

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fIREHOSE- Cattle Club, Sacramento Ca. 2/10/91 xfer from 8mm master Live

 

I think this was the last time I filmed fIREHOSE at Cattle. This show was unique because there is a guy right in front of watt who may or may not be under the influence of something. He keeps trying to touch Watt, and Mike gets pretty damned annoyed. It was painfully uncomfortable to be that close to that happening. If the high touchy guy is watching this, I’m sorry man.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

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fIREHOSE- Liberty Lunch, Austin TX 4/7/90 xfer f/Master audio cassette Complete Show Mike Watt

It has been a long day so I’ll keep this short. This one is from Craig Hilmer’s collection and sounds pretty good. I didn’t need to do much to it- no EQ or rebalance.

This was my favorite tour of theirs- the fromohio tour which is probably my favorite fIREHOSE album. So glad I got to see them so much.

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

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fIREHOSE- Cattle Club, Sacramento Ca. 12/7/89 xfer from master tape!

Here’s another fIREHOSE show. I loved videotaping them at Cattle because I could get on the better side of the stage most of the time, since they were a 3 piece and Ed tended to set up close to center stage. I love this “fromohio” era. Watch Grant bounce people in the front row. Filmed with Aiwa CV80 and ECM909 mic

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80, ECM909 Mic

 

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Firehose- Cattle Club, Sacramento 12/7/89 xfer from 8mm master w/ NEW Audio and Enhanced Video Watt

Here is one of the rare times that I was able to stand on the other side of the stage to film a Cattle show. This was only possible when the band was a 3 piece and they left enough room over there. I think I filmed there twice with the big PA in place, and both were fIREHOSE.
I love this era of firehose. Don’t tell Brian, but I think 1989 is my favorite Watt year. Even over the minutement. Flame away!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV80
Audio recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C and Sony ECM090 Mic
Audio remixed in Sony Soundforge
Video enhanced (brighten/contrast/exposure/denoise) in Adobe Premiere w/Neat Video
Audio/Video synch by King Bean

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