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Iron Maiden- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/12/24 4K UHD Complete Show Schoeps Audio

Alright, I need to tell you up front that this video is not great. After Priest’s set ended, there was just an endless sea of people at the main stage for Maiden. We did the best we could and weaved our way through people to get to the center structure where the mixing board is. Standing on that barrier base gives me about 2 or 3 inches (keep your jokes to yourselves) and I can lean on the barrier to stabilize myself… but I was WAY back there and there were a TON of hands and phones in the air. So, this generally sucks but it sounds good. Sorry, I did my best.
General consensus among the aftershock fb group and my fb friends was that this set was self-indulgent and boring. I understand that they were on “The Future Past” world tour, which “includes fan favorites as well as songs from Iron Maiden’s 2021 album Senjutsu and 1986’s Somewhere in Time.” Save those specialty sets for your hardcore fans- people who bought a ticket to see Iron Maiden at a headlining set featuring only Iron Maiden. If you are playing a fest, pull out a greatest hits set and make the people happy. Oh well, I am not in charge of Iron Maiden Inc., they can do whatever they want to their brand.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder.
Audio EQ in Sony Sound Forge
Video degrain in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat video
Audio/Video synch via Pluraleyes

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Iron Maiden- Golden 1 Center, Sacramento 9/9/19 New Audio Source DPA 4061 mics LIVE

Here’s my audio recording from Monday night’s show. The bass was a little overpowering so I shaved off about 2db of low end, and it is STILL boomy. Much better audio than the camera’s audio in my opinion. It starts out a little muddy and they get it dialed in at about 45:00. Fwd to at least 7:30 to see how it sounds- the beginning is a little messy.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: DPA 4061 mics, Chuch audio preamp, Sony M10 digital audio recorder.
AWESOME Photo by Paul Piazza, Beet Seeking Missle

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Iron Maiden- Golden 1 Center, Sacramento Ca. 9/9/19 4K UHD Live Full Complete Show

I have mixed feelings about this one. The ZS70 has a “feature” where it loses focus when you pan and zoom, so you can see me constantly refocusing… which annoys the hell out of me. With that said, I was able to get some really nice closeups. I do have a much better audio source, so please let me know if you think it is worth synching that audio with this video. I am on the fence.
The video is still processing- it has been more than a day so far and is currently at 1080p. If you want to see it in 4k, give it a day or so.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 w/Stock mic

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Rampage Radio Show- KUSF, San Francisco Ca. Early 80s xfer from 1st gen Audio Tape Anvil Chorus AIIZ

During lockdown, I have been trolling Ebay more often than usual and I saw this tape for auction. It was listed as “Metallica Demo”, but when I saw the tape, I knew exactly what it was… and I know Ron’s handwriting from trading tapes with him back in the 80s. I was able to snag it for kinda cheap to share here. This is the best quality recording I have heard from the old Rampage Radio shows.
Side note: You will hear Ian or Ron talk about The Sweet at one point- this video was blocked because of the Sweet content, so I had to edit it out.

Recorded by: Ron Quintana
1st gen tape transferred by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon, M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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