Judas Priest- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/12/24 full complete show Schoeps Audio

Although Till and Body count had the best sets (IMHO) at Aftershock, this one was by far the most enjoyable. Judas Priest holds a special place for me, as British Steel was the first heavy metal album I bought in 1980- from the Columbia House record club. I remember putting it on for the first time. I’ve seen priest twice before- once in 1988 (thanks to Slayer for the passes to that one) and in 2018(?) on that Deep Purple co headline thing.
I saw some folks on the aftershock facebook group complaining about Rob’s vocals. He is a power vocalist who is 73 years old- he’s not gonna sound like he did on Unleashed in the East. If you take that mindset going in, you can enjoy the show.
What made it so great for me was the choice of setlist. It was the perfect “greatest hits” set, plus I finally got to see Rapid Fire- one of my all time favorite priest songs- performed live. In fact, we were supposed to cut out toward the end to get to the main stage for Iron Maiden, and I told my friend Matt that I was staying- it was too good.

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 (EXCEPT pt2 which was done manually in Sony Vegas 15)

Live Concert Video

Joe Fraulob’s birthday Jam- The Boardwalk, Orangevale 3/16/24 4K UHD Gary Holt Exodus Black Sabbath

Bonus post for you- Joe Fraulob (Danzig, Deconstruct, many others) threw a concert last night for his birthday and a ton of people came out, including Gary Holt from Exodus/Slayer. The show was over 2 hours long, so here is an early snippet. Gary came up and played on 2 songs- he was scheduled to only play one, but there were guitar issues during Paranoid, so he stayed up for the Priest cover.
Man, the schoeps sound nice in that room. Looking forward to recording more shows there. Derek Clark and his partner, along with the staff there have completely transformed the club into something… warmer. No dig on Mark, it’s just got that Hawaiian laid back vibe now. I really enjoyed it. They even have tropical/theme drinks for each show!
There were 4 different lineups who played a mini set each. I think I will post each lineup’s set separately. This was part of the sabbath set which featured Joe, Gary, Bobby Real, Ash Hades and Tom Frost.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Audio synch in pluraleyes 4, synch in Sony Vegas 15

Live Concert Video

Joe Fraulob’s birthday Jam- The Boardwalk, Orangevale 3/16/24 4K UHD Def Leppard Judas Priest Pt 2

Here is the Second installment from Joe Fraulob’s birthday last weekend.
There were 4 different lineups who played a mini set each. I will post each lineup’s set separately. This set had Mike Parisi on drums, Carlos Yniguez on vocals, Jud Wheeler on guitar and Bobby Real on bass.
Man, the schoeps sound nice in that room. Looking forward to recording more shows there. Derek Clark and his partner, along with the staff there have completely transformed the club into something… warmer. No dig on Mark, it’s just got that Hawaiian laid back vibe now. I really enjoyed it. They even have tropical/theme drinks for each show!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic GH5S, Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH Lens
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Audio synch in pluraleyes 4, synch in Sony Vegas 15

Live Concert Video