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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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Korn- Selland Arena, Fresno Ca 12/19/96 xfer from 8mm master tape Enhanced 1080p upscale

Here’s the 365th post of the year, and the last one of Gary Shurtleff’s ( @bootlegcowboys ) collection. Thanks Gary. Thanks to everyone for enduring a post every single day in 2023. Let’s keep the streak going into 2024.
This is Korn’s opening set for Metallica in Fresno. I searched everywhere for a poster for this show and came up empty, so the facebook post gets a photo of the OLD arena. I think it is still operating today, over 50 years old.
Happy new year everyone!

Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation
Enhance (Degrain/upscale) in Adobe permiere elements

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Pavement- Cadillac Club, Fresno Ca. 9/16/94 DAT Master Soundboard xfer Rebalanced Live band

Here’s one that I taped with the DAT machine a little over 27 years ago. I missed the first 4 songs, and I can’t remember exactly why. I recall being super tired(I went to both Palace shows the 2 nights before and went to work during the day) and getting stuck in bad L.A. weekend traffic. It was a long drive- it would have been 3.5 hours with no traffic and I think it took me about 5hrs to get ther. I must have come in late. Shoutout to Remko for plugging me right in to the soundboard.
It was an odd show. I remember it being very loose- to the point that the band were having a “make your instrument fart” contest between songs. The DAT machine I used to record the show was out of alignment (they would break down about every 6 months) and it had some static when I had played it in the past, but I don’t hear it on this transfer. Sony PCM-R500 for the win!
I rebalanced this in Izotope to bring up vocals and guitar. I thought about re-doing it, but the vocals come up later in the set. Good enough.
Oh, and check out that ticket stub. $10 with a $3 fee, and I bought the ticket less than 2 weeks before the show. That’s quite a bit different than buying $100 tickets a year in advance…

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX7: Vocals +4, Guitar +5, everything else flat.

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Slayer- Fresno Wilson Theater, Fresno Ca 8/23/94 xfer from 8mm master tape enhanced Thrash Metal

Here’s the last one from Gary’s ( @bootlegcowboys ) for a bit. He already has this posted on his channel, but this is a fresh transfer done on my equipment and then denoised in Adobe/Neat Video. That denoising works wonders for these grainy 8mm tapes. Big thanks to Gary for giving me the OK to post these “Sacramento” based videos (I am pretty liberal with that, I include central valley).

Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Redrum- Old Town Saloon, Fresno Ca 10/1/88 xfer from 8mm Master Video Tape Sacramento Thrash Metal

For today’s On this Date in History, let’s revisit the first time I ever traveled for a concert (meaning, stayed overnight). I went with the band to Fresno for this show at Old Town Saloon. I remember being stunned at the pace of life in Fresno at the time- it was like everyone was moving in slow motion. The venue was large and it was not even close to being full.

This 8mm capture was done with the old setup with no enhancements- you can really see how grainy the old Aiwa could be with this one. The old stock microphone was garbage as well, and this is probably the worst sounding video ever shot with that setup. No other audio exists for this show either. Ugh. Still a good candidate for a recapture, denoise and some type of audio repair.

Camerawork is pretty shaky until I get on stage.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 and stock mic
Transfer equipment: Sony DCR-TRV270 firewire into Dell workstation

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