I pulled this DVD out for today’s On This Date in history and discovered that there are 2 sets from this night on the same disc. So I guess it’s an inadvertent 2 for Tuesday!
From Jason Ross’ collection
This looks like the Byrne brothers’ work but I am not sure. Looks and sounds pretty good. Steady camera work. Well done!
Recorded by: The Byrne Brothers?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: One of the JVC’s (HR-S9800?) and canopus ADVC300
The first of not one, not two but THREE videos today! That’s crazy!
Today’s On This Date in History comes (once again) from Jim Utz’ collection of VHS tapes that I digitized years ago. There was a person who followed Sonic Youth around in 1995 and video’d a bunch of their shows. I have the Sonic Youth set from this show, but I chose this because it seems that Helium shows from 1995 are not too common.
Recorded by: That guy who followed Sonic Youth around in 1995
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9800 or 9911U- Canopus ADVC300
I have not posted anything related to my “trolling ebay for stuff” hobby for months, so here’s one for you. It’s also gives folks a short break from the endless stream of classic/thrash metal (doug), gilman punk tapes (eggplant), and local bay area bands on KALX(Rick) that will continue for the foreseeable future.
This one seems to be a master or clone of the master tape. This seller had a bunch of DATs with Chicago/Indianapolis stuff AND he was based in Chicago so he was clearly close to the taper, if not THE taper.
The tape is pretty representative of a mid-90s DAT, recorded with Sonic Studios or coresound mics. Lots of bass-heavy stuff came out of that era. This one sounds pretty good, and my friend Ross Weyman (who has more Chilton than I have ever seen) tells me that this show is not circulated. Cool.
Sorry for that pic- I need to up my phone pic taking game apparently.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 into M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Can’t remember if EQ’d this one. I think I might have EQ’d some bass out and mids up.
Happy Mothers Day to all moms out there! We are getting close to the end of the NAR November 1994 tour videos. Here is a show that I had seen on video, but from a different handheld source. This is the best picture quality of them all- I didn’t even need to degrain this one.
Recorded by: Ed Carroll
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation
Aw, I didn’t realize that today was Paul Baloff’s birthday. Search the archive for all of those newly-posted Doug-recorded Exodus tapes to honor him. The one I posted this week rips.
It’s video Friday- here is one that I spent way too much time prepping. This comes from Ross Weyman’s box of VHS tapes that he sent last month. He also sent me the NICE Sounding WXRT FM broadcast off of a DAT master tape. So I transfer the VHS and tried to synch the FM… and the encore won’t synch. No idea why, pluraleyes just won’t do it. You get 52min of great audio and 4min of average camera audio. Camera is nice and steady after a couple of minutes of instability.
This was my favorite era of the band- I saw this tour at the (crappy) SOMA live in San Diego and it sounded awful in there, so it is nice to put this one together. Thanks Ross!
Video recorded by: Rene Gneblo (I think that’s what the handwriting says)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)
This one is from Jason Ross’ collection and I bet that it was another Byrne Brothers video. It looks like one and it is from the right time frame. This one is already on YT but this is better quality and better resolution, so here it is.
Recorded by: Mike Byrne
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
For today’s On This Date in History, we have a video from Citizen Fish. I think this might be a Byrne Brothers production, not sure. I picked it because I am seeing Dick Lucas perform in person for the first time ever this coming Friday. That’s right, I am super lame and have never seen any of Dick’s bands. I even have a DAT Master soundboard of CF from El Dorado Saloon that someone taped for me with my DAT deck.
From Jason Ross’ collection
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U – Canopus ADVC300
I know it is a little early for the daily post, but I did not sleep much due to election anxiety. I was looking through the rest of the “Turn it Around Project” videos for the most appropriate video to post today (election day), and I think I found it. Here is a killer video of Spitboy at fireside bowl. Man, I love it when a video captures the essence of the show, and this one does so in a big way.
From the collection of Jason Ross
Recorded by: Bob and/or Mike Byrne
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9811U and Canopus ADVC300
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere/Neat Video
Here is another VHS tape that I digitized about 7 years ago for the Turn it Around documentary. This one is once again from Jason Ross’ collection- I love the angle. The filmer must have been sitting on top of the skate ramp.
Recorded by Mike Byrne
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9811U and Canopus ADVC300
no enhcancements
Happy halloween everyone! It looks like I have 7 or 8 more shows to post from the raw files I created for the Turn it Around movie project. Funny story about the project- I mailed about FIFTY DVDs to them.. and they got lost in the mail. I re-did them all and mailed them again! Some postal worker or random Oakland citizen has a lot of east bay punk DVDs now.
This one looks like a big upgrade from what is on the youtubes today. If we could get the masters digitized, we could really clean these (especially the mcgregors shows) properly.
Recorded by: Mike Byrne
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9811U and Canopus ADVC300
Enhanced (brightness/exposure/degrain) in Adobe Premiere and Neat Video
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