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The Donnas- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 8/1/97 xfer from VHS Master Tape Enhanced Lookout Records

I think it has been about 4 years since I posted video from Jason Ross’ collection. Jason was kind enough to send me his live audio and video collections back in 2020. I started digitizing some tapes, but then I got buried with work, family and other tape collections and I paused the project. He has some really awesome master videotapes that will be posted soon! In fact, I should probably re-do the fifteen and AFI videos of his that I already posted- this new lossless setup will do a much cleaner transfer.
Here are the Donnas. This one is on youtube, but it is a glitchy generated mess. This one is right off of Jason’s master and looks killer. Sounds pretty decent as well.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Guitar Wolf- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 4/3/97 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced Garage

It’s Friday, so you all get a video. This one comes from Jason Ross’ collection of VHS master tapes he sent me a few years back. It doesn’t look like it is on youtube either, which is nice. Make sure you forward in about 3 or 4 minutes- it is just line tests and intro music up until then.
I must say that this sounds better than the one album I have by GW. I am a sucker for lo-fi garagey sounding stuff (love that first Thermals record!) but the CD I had was irritatingly unlistenable. This is better.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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The Smugglers- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 9/17/96 xfer from master VHS tape enhanced

Here’s one from Jason Ross’ stack of VHS masters that did not seem to be online when I checked the other day. They must have played LOUD as most of Jason’s videos (even Guitar Wolf) sounded pretty good, but this one has some distortion. Picture quality is excellent.
If you haven’t read Grant Lawrence’s autobiography of the band called dirty windshields, you need to check it out. Very entertaining.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Harriet the Spy- 1022 Smith St, Green Bay WI 10/22/95 xfer f/Master VHS tape Kent Ohio Emo Hardcore

Here’s one from Jason Ross’ collection. That basement at 1022 Smith sure got some bands who had some staying power. AFI (obviously), and these guys. If this is the same Harriet the Spy from Kent Oh, they still have a big following to this day. Wild.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Gojira- 1022 Smith st, Green Bay Wi. 10/14/95 xfer from master VHS tape Midwest Punk

Before everyone gets all excited, this is not the French metal band who played Aftershock a few years back and the Olympics last year. This is a midwest band who had the name before the famous one did. Not sure if they had any recorded output. I don’t see them on discogs, unless Gojira (6) is them.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Red Aunts- Concert Cafe,Green Bay Wi 9/30/95 xfer f/Master VHS Tape Sympathy for the Record Industry

It’s a video for today’s On This Date in History, and another one from Jason Ross’ collection. I am pretty sure that he filmed this one as well.
The Red Aunts set is only about 30min, but I somehow messed this disc up and there is almost an hour of extra stuff afterwards that is probably marked on the tape, but not documented here. Whoops!

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 or HRS9911 w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC30 digitizing box

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AFI- 1022 Smith St, Green Bay Wi. 7/15/95 xfer from master VHS Tape Enhanced Live A.F.I. Basement

Here is a really cool one for today, again from some of the stuff that I digitized for the Turn it Around doc. This was a poorly lit basement show, and the original tape was super dark… but since Jason Ross had the awesome old-school giant GE VHS camcorder, the recording was clean enough for me to boost the hell out of brightness and exposure to make it watchable. Thanks Jason!

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Equipment used: GE Full Size VHS Camcorder
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300
Adobe Premiere and Neat Video used for brightness/exposure boost and denoise

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Killdozer- Kutska’s Hall, Green Bay Wi 2/18/95 xfer from VHS Master tape Touch and Go Records

I was planning to post a different On This Day in History, but the Kevn Kinney/Peter Buck DAT Sbd that I was going to do sounded terrible!
Then the day got busy and I almost didn’t get this done. This one comes from Jason Ross’ VHS collection- it was one of his tapes that I digitized and sent back to him. Now that I have better transfer gear, it might be good time for a re-do.
Anyway, this is right off Jason’s master tape. Looks good, sounds good. Not much good Killdozer out there.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Probably the JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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R.K.L.- VFW, Green Bay Wi 8/26/94 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape complete Rich Kids on LSD

For today’s On This Date in history, I decided to pull this one out. I feel bad because after I worked this up, I realized that I teased posting a Robbie Fulks show from The Palms on this date (we have a series of Sac Music Archive songs airing on KDRT where that was done), and I Robbie Aki was ok with releasing the beer lords video that I filmed in on this date 1988. D’oh! Sorry.

This one comes once again from Jason Ross’ collection. I could have sworn I already posted this but no- only the board tape from this show. Maybe someday we can put it all together. Barry ward has about 15min of this show on his channel, but this is the more complete 50min set, and probably all that exists.

Recorded by: Anthony Van Duren(sp?)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS series VCR w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC30 digitizing box.

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R.K.L.- VFW, Green Bay Wi. 8/26/94 Audio only xfer from 1st gen soundboard Rich Kids on LSD

I’ve been on a bit of an RKL kick lately. It is fun to hear these shows, but also heartbreaking to listen to Jason. He was so funny- I didn’t know he had kids. Just tragic that he passed away while trying to get clean.

Anyway, this is another recording from that amazing gift that is the Jason Ross archive. I popped it into Izotope and bumped the vocals down a bit, and bumped the bass up a bit. Mix fluctuates for the 1st 5min or so but settles down. Very enjoyable.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment used: Namakichi Dragon & M-Audio audiophile 2496 card
Enhanced in Izotope (music rebalance)

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