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Knockoffs- Heritage Fest, Camp Pollock, Sacramento Ca 6/5/99 xfer from DAT Soundboard Master RIP Jay

Mediocre Monday is cancelled this week. The Sac music community received shocking news over the weekend- beloved musician and photographer Jay Spooner passed away unexpectedly. I did not know Jay personally, but after hearing so many wonderful things from others, I wish I did.
Danny Reynoso and Allyson Seconds both posted photos from what looks like the same show at Heritage Festival, I think from 1999. Everyone is right- Jay was able to capture amazing shots of musicians.. he just had that knack for timing. I hope folks don’t mind that I used his photos from that day for today’s and tomorrow’s posts.
I hadn’t planned on digging this DAT out to digitize until I saw these pictures, but I am glad I did. What an incredible set by The Knockoffs. It’s the usual (great) set, but then at about 21 minutes in, they start playing covers.. covers I have not heard them ever play before… and some have not been played since to my knowledge. Books about UFO’s(!), Born to lose, Aqua Dirty(!), and Dancing with Myself along with the best of the first album. Awesome.
Oh, one last thing- this was transferred flat- no rebalance or remixing. Eric Bianchi is a bad ass. Mix gets better after a few min.

Photo by: Jay Spooner
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 into soundboard
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Groovie Ghoulies- Heritage Fest, Camp Pollock, Sacramento 6/5/99 xfer DAT Soundboard Master RIP Jay

Here’s the only other set that I recorded at Heritage fest. I will always regret not recording the Skirts set in between the Knockoffs set and this one- it was the first time I had heard them, they opened with Girlschool’s “c’mon let’s go” and I was an immediate fan for life. I had my kids with me and my 4 year old threw a huge fit while getting water and made me late getting back. I will always remember him laying in the dirt throwing a huge fit, with those foam earplugs sticking out of his ears.
This is another post which features the photography of Jay Spooner, who we unexpectedly lost this past weekend. R.I.P. Jay.
Like the knockoffs set, this one is pretty special. It turns into an all star jam with members of the knockoffs coming up to do vocals, and Wendy from the Skirts giving Jaz Brown a rest by playing a couple songs. Fun set!
Mix started off good, but I think someone adjusted their stage volume (coughROACHcough) so the guitar drops out of the mix. I rebalanced in izotope and boosted the guitar a bit. Now it is a little too loud at the start and a little too low later on.

Photo by: Jay Spooner
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 into soundboard
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 (Guitar +2.5)

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Mark Thaldorf- Heritage Festival, Camp Pollock, Sacramento Ca 1995 xfer f/VHS-C Master Tape

Now that the video setup is working again, we can dig into some other collections that have been sitting here. This one is from Anonymous 2’s collection. He has mostly audio tapes but he also has some videos. I must admit that I do not know who Mark Thaldorf is and google doesn’t give any info either, but this is the only video I have ever seen from the Heritage Festival. The fest was a pretty big deal- major acts would headline, it was sponsored by Tower Records and it happened every year in the mid to late 90s.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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