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The Lemonheads- Lowlands Fest, Holland 8/22/97 xfer from DAT Master Clone

I wasn’t planning on posting this, but it was on the DAT after that Suicide show, and the set sounded really unique. I then researched the timeframe and this looks like the last few shows with John Strom- this tour ended at Reading, at the end of August.
The reason it caught my eye (ear?) was that Evan seems to be teaching the band songs while they were onstage. The set has some killer covers that they seemed to be playing for the first time. Great stuff.
Evan catches a lot of flak for having some trainwrecks of a show, but sometimes they turn out great, like this one.
Sounds like the covers start 30ish min in.

Recorded by:?
Equipment used: Portable DAT
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The What- Vera, Gronigen Holland 11/5/96 The Fastbacks w/Eddie Vedder doing Who & Pearl Jam Covers!

Here’s something that came up last week on the pacific northwest music archives fb group (great group- you should join). Someone posted a picture of the Fastbacks playing in Portugal on the Pearl Jam tour of 1996. I mentioned that I had recordings from that show (and more from that PJ/Mudhoney/Fastbacks tour) and Kurt asked for the Fastbacks stuff to be posted. Here’s the first one.
The What is Eddie Vedder and the Fastbacks doing The Who covers. (get it? The Who, The What)I think this was probably a one-off headlining show for the Fastbacks on a day off during the Pearl Jam tour. They mix in a couple of pearl jam songs (one about Matt Lukin who I think was on the tour with Mudhoney) and finish up with a rousing rendition of Leaving Here.
The quality isn’t spectacular, but it was mastered on DAT with decent mics. I don’t think they had a soundcheck, since the quality improves throughout the short set.

Recorded by: ?
DAT Clone transfer: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Fastbacks- Vera, Gronigen Holland 11/5/96 xfer from DAT Clone Pearl Jam No Code Tour

Following on yesterday’s The What post, here is the Fastbacks’ headlining set from that same night. This was one of the few (only?) one-off headlining shows for the Fastbacks while opening Pearl Jam’s No Code European tour. This is the longest set I have ever heard of the band playing- I have 30 live shows and this is the longest (sans soundcheck).
Sound quality is not the greatest- I did everything I could to help- I boosted the highs +2 in EQ plus I popped it into Izotope RX8 and tried to push the guitar +5…. the problem is that there is not much guitar there. Those sonic studios/coresound mics are decent when you are close to the stack/line array but if someone is blasting stage volume (KURT!), you won’t get it on the tape.
Still a fun, listenable show.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10, Rebalance in Izotope RX8

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Shellac- VPRO Villa 65 show Amsterdam Holland 2/15/95 Int/Live Studio xfer 2nd gen tape Steve Albini

I was digitizing a cassette last night for a friend and this show was at the end of tape. I liked it so much, I thought I’d share. This is a great interview with Steve and they do a couple of my favorite Shellac songs live in studio.
Tracks: Crow/Blockhead/Dog & Pony Show

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2406 card

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Uncle Tupelo- Melkweg, Amsterdam Holland 12/10/92 Acoustic Sbd from band archive

Here’s another show from the UT archive. Man, this one sounds great. This is from a short run of shows they did, opening for Sugar.
Setlist: Whiskey Bottle/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Weary Blues from Waiting

Recorded by: Tony Margherita(?)
Transferred by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: 1994 DAT transfer- Playback with consumer Aiwa belt drive deck (big regret)- Sony DTC690 using monster audio cables.
Equipment used: 2019 DAT to WAV transfer: Sony PCM-R500 — Audiophile 2496 card — WAV
Transfer Lineage: Band Archive Tape – My DAT (90 meter DAT in 32khz- big regret) – You

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Crucifix- De Wielingen, Amsterdam Holland 2/24/84 Audio only SOUNDBOARD xfer from unknown gen audiotape

Here’s another tape from Eric Mcintire’s collection. I thought I had all the Crucifix stuff that was available, but he had about 10 more. It has been fun digitizing all of these.
This one was all bass, drums and vocals. I popped it into Izotope and boosted the hell out of the guitar. The result isn’t perfect, but it is listenable. The mix changes throughout the show. The guitar is still a bit low to start, but toward the end the guitar almost overpowers everything else. I tried to make it “good enough” throughout.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon & M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Boost guitar a lot and drums a little in Izotope.

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