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Herbicide- Metalfest, Helvetia Park, Sacramento Ca 8/29/87 xfer from 2nd gen cassette Rancho Cordova

Happy mediocre monday y’all. It has been a very busy workday so I am behind on everything.
Here is a recording from one of those big metal fests they used to have at Helvetia Park. Does this park even exist anymore? I tried finding it on a map and no luck.
Anyway, like I mentioned in last week’s Herbicide post, our band CCR and Herbicide shared a drummer so there was a friendly rivalry between the bands. I used to yell “Herbicide” in the same style that the vocalist sings, as a joke. I think that this is a drunk me yelling “herbicide” into the mic or the boombox toward the end of the show. I might have had a couple of drinks before the set. Actually, I think I got thrown out of this show and talked them into letting me pay again to get back in.

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

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Sentinel Beast- Helvetia Park, Sacramento Ca. 6/22/85 Master Cassette Transfer

I finally got my audio transfer setup working again. Man, that was a pain in the ass. I now know how the EMU 1212M audio card, Patchmix DSP, and Reaper work together. Also Insert/send. Anyway, this was the first concert I ever recorded. My memory is fuzzy on this show- I think we got there after Redrum played, and I asked if they had the demo for sale. They sold their last one to some guy. They introduced me to him, and that is how I met Ken Doose. Then a year or so later, Ken introduced me to Mark Martin, and the live archiving thing really took off. I guess this show was a catalyst for all of that. This was recorded on a super cheap boom box- I can’t believe this sounds so non-shitty. It’s not good, but it is listenable.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Boombox

 

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Metal Hexx- Helvetia Park, Sacramento Ca. 1985 xfer from master VHS VIDEO tape!

Oh man, stuff like this totally validates all of the work that we do on the sacramentomusicarchive.com website.

MASSIVE HUGE BIG thanks to Paul Wells for emailing the SMA website and letting me know that he had this footage. I went to a different Helvetia Park concert in 1985 (Sentinel Beast/Redrum/Heathen etc) and it was life changing. I realized that there was a metal scene outside of the “bigger” shows at Cal Expo Amp, Memorial Aud, and even The Crest. Finding video from one of these shows has me giddy with excitement! THANK YOU Paul.
Metal Hexx was:
Randy Valdez(RIP)
Kelly Hunt
Stan Harris
Mike Laws
Paul Wells

Filmed by Kelly Hunt’s sister.
Xfer from master tape-DVD with unknown equipment

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