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Henry Rollins- Crest Theatre, Sacramento Ca 3/5/03 Xfer from DAT Master Complete Show Spoken Word

Here is one that I actually taped for This Date in History. Since Brian McKenna didn’t put on this show, I had no access to Hank so no soundboard this time. Listen to the 1997 show if you want that sweet soundboard quality.
This one came out pretty nice. Probably one of my better coresound mic recordings. It is super dynamic, so turn it up but be ready for bursts of volume.
It’s almost 3 hours long, so buckle up.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Coresound battery box binaural mics with bass rolloff and a DAT (probably a Sony D7)
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Henry Rollins- Rockerfeller, Oslo Norway 11/17/99 Spoken Word xfer f/ minidisc-CDR Soundboard Clone

Ah, the good old days of CDR trading. Back in the early 2000’s, “tape” trading really opened up for a lot of people. Once PC’s were able to burn audio CD’s, thousands of people jumped in to the hobby.. which was great! The downside was that a lot of the strict lineage that cassette/DAT traders used kinds went by the wayside. I do know that this was a minidisc master bounced to CDR.
Man, this thing is super dynamic. Mostly quiet with some real loud parts. Even though I have a ton of tools to process audio and video, I don’t have a way to compress audio. I just tried downloading audacity and the install bonked out (my pc is ancient). Oh well, here is the uncompressed version. Turn it up!

Recorded by: Recorded by Moiz Audio/ Mujtaba Hussain. FOH: Lars Klokkerhaug ( 15. november 1968 -1. november 2009)
Extract from CD, EQ, etc- Shayne

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Henry Rollins- Crest Theater, Sacramento Ca. 1/24/97 audio only xfer DAT Sbd master tape Spoken Word

Here is the last time I ever taped Rollins with permission. Henry used to trade tapes back in the 1980s and he would usually be pretty cool with taping. I got the OK to video in 1988 and audio this time. I taped another Crest spoken work show in 2003 from the audience.
This show was a blast. I met Andy Field for the first time- he did sound at the show. I heard that he (or someone) has some old soundboard recordings from Sacramento’s early days of punk, but I can’t seem to get a hold of him. If anyone knows how to get in contact with him, lmk. It would be great to get those shows on the archive.

Warning: This show contains a ton of profanity and is SUPER dynamic. I tried to compress it as much as possible, but it is still very quiet in spots, and super loud in others. Just think- it was worse before!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 into the soundboard

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Rollins Band, Henry Rollins, Biohazard- MTV 120 Minutes 5/15/94 xfer from VHS Master Tape

Here is an oldie from Gary Shurtleff’s collection. The rollins band performance is on YT, but not the complete thing with interview AND Biohazard interviews and footage from the studio. 33 minutes of 120 minutes goodness!
Video is blocked in Syria, Iran, Cuba, North Korea so if you live there, you’re outta luck. Sorry.

Recorded by: Gary Shurtleff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9811 and Canopus ADVC300

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Henry Rollins- KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas, Universal Amp, L.A. 12/12/93 spoken word DAT master xfer

congratulations, you made it to the end. here is a 4 minute surprise performance by Rollins to cap off the night. Far cry from Lhasa club and zero one gallery 10 years earlier!

Recorded off FM by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-690
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Henry Rollins- Mccabes Guitar Shop, Santa Monica Ca 6/10/90 Set 2 xfer from master audio cassette

Alright, so I promised some soft sounds and a choose your own adventure today.. and then the day got away from me. Sorry about that. Instead here is a full spoken word set from Rollins, circa 1990, right off of Anonymous 1’s master tape. I recently discovered that Rollins released a Live at McCabes CD based upon these performances, but he used parts of all 3 sets from June 9 and June 10 (early, late). This is the complete final set from the weekend.

Recorded by: Anonymous 1
Equipment used: Sony WM-D6c and Sony ECM-909 mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Henry Rollins- McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica Ca 6/9/90 xfer f/master Sony D6 Audience Complete

I was looking for a “post of the day” thing last night and had planned to digitize a DAT, but then I started running late so I looked for something quick… I had already digitized this tape from Anonymous’ collection, so it’s a combo collections/On This Date post today! Don’t worry, you’ll still get a 2nd post, but I’m glad this one was done and almost ready.

Neither Anonymous nor I knew that Rollins released a CD which compiled parts of the 6/9 and 6/10 shows for a CD called “Live at McCabes” until earlier this year. This is Anonymous’ D6 recording of the complete first night’s set. I kept it pretty much as it was recorded- I boosted up a quiet one toward the end, and I pushed the volume up due to the dynamic nature of these performances.

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

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Henry Rollins- Great American Music Hall, San Francisco 7/2/89 Enhanced with Sony Pro Walkman Audio

Here is another video that never really saw the light of day because it had issues. I had a problem with my mic that day, so the original audio on the video is super low and has some electrical interference. With the help of Derek Purtell (and my enhancements in Adobe Premiere/neat video), we finally were able to make this watchable/listenable!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80
Audio Recording by: “Anonymous”
Audio equipment used: Sony WMD6C & ECM909 mic.
Enhancement: Adobe premiere/neat video
Audio Synch by: Derek Purtell

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Henry Rollins- Los Angeles, Ca. 1988 xfer from 1st gen (?) cassette Spoken Word

Wayne V traded tapes with a member of the band Haywire from L.A. for a stretch, and they sent a tape of their band (nice recording) from the late 80s. At the beginning of the tape, there was this rollins spoken word. I was unsure if this was an official release, so I tried to Shazam it and no results. So, let’s run with it. 8 min of Rollins today

From Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Henry Rollins and Ian Mackeye- The Rat, Boston Ma. 2/4/87 Spoken word together xfer from 3rd gen

NOTE the first 20min of this is rough- lots of audience chatter. It gets a lot better after 20min. Fast fwd if you can’t stand it- it’s worth the listen!

I think this was a one of a kind event- Henry Rollins and Ian Mackeye on stage together, reminiscing about the fun times working at the pet shop in D.C. and talking about ill-fated tours. Henry was doing spoken word shows regularly at this point, but I have never seen Ian do one of these since.
I also have a different recording of this show (recorded by Jim Hildreth) that is longer- 90 minutes- but lesser quality. Let me know if you are dying to hear that one and I’ll pull it out.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Edit in Sony Soundforge 10- copied right channel into left, as right channel had annoying high end distortion

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