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Isocracy- The Place, Davis Ca. 2/19/88 Audio only transfer from master tape East Bay Punk

I didn’t think I would get a chance to post something today, after spending all night (until 1:30am) prepping stuff for tomorrow’s benefit webcast AND work kicking my ass today. You can thank Todd Pritchard- he came over last December and pulled this tape out to be digitized, and I happened to have it on a DVD here. 10min later, it’s up.
Jason from Isocracy calls out a distinguished guest in the crowd… JED BREWER! I had to listen to it twice to be sure I heard that right. Worlds colliding.

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

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Isocracy- 924 Gilman Battle of the Bands, Berkeley Ca 6/14/87 xfer f/Master VHS Lookout Records Punk

The “on this day” post is not quite ready yet, so let’s do this one first today. Isocracy was one of the more well-known bands in Gilman’s early days. That might have been due to their wacky stage antics- the first time I saw them, they threw hundreds of pounds of shredded paper into the audience. It was chaos, For this Battle of the Bands set, it looks like they have a guy onstage with a stop sign repurposed into a “pogo” sign. Joel Wing sighting on side stage taking pictures.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)

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Isocracy- Dave’s Garage,Albany Ca 5/16/87 xfer master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk Turn it Around

Another late post day. For those of us who traded tapes back in the 80s, we were excited and super appreciative to see Chris Eng’s videos of bands like Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, and many others including these guys. I have always felt that Isocracy had probably the best song on the first bunch of Lookout 7″ released with Rodeo. My favorite releases were Op Ivy and Corrupted Morals, but that one song was so great.
This Dave’s Garage 5/16/87 show did not have the same quality as the earlier shows, but it is legendary in its own right- here’s Chris with an explanation: “Worst possible recording setup. Dave’s shitty camera that plugged into my shitty VHS VCR.”… but it exists at least. I did everything I could to brighten this up and fix exposure and contrast. This probably the earliest Isocracy video recorded. Thanks Chris!

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/denoise)

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