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King Diamond- El Dorado Saloon, Sacramento Ca. 8/13/86 xfer from Beta master tape

and finally, here is what exists of the King Diamond set. I will ask Marc why this is so short, when I drop the tape off today. I bet he got shut down.

Recorded by: Boston Marc
Equipment Used: Old beta camcorder

Here’s the backstory on the whole thing:
So I am probably going to go on forever about this one. I knew of a guy who filmed concerts in Sacramento back in the mid-80s. In fact, I gave him $20 to film my old punk band in 1987. I have been searching for this guy for YEARS. I was happy to reconnect with my old friend Jeff Maxwell a while back, and he remembered him but only had a first name- Mark.
So I was hanging out with Mike Parisi and I mentioned my search for 80s video guy, and he connected me to Mark Horner(formerly “mark the dark” of Arson), who told me he knew the guy! He gave me his name and number and I “cold called” him. It turns out that he has been wanting to get his videos on the internet, and Sac Music Archive sounded like a great place to do it! Thanks to everyone for making the connection happen!
So we hit a snag- he could not find the tapes. He finally found 1 of the tapes- a 30 year old BETA (not VHS) tape that was recorded in EP mode… and it looks AMAZING considering the age and equipment back then. WOW! Thanks Marc for filming and for loaning this to me.

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King Diamond-WRTN Midnight Metal interview, New York 4/26/86 Complete hour long w/Mercyful Fate Demo

Alright, since the Exodus Bonded by Blood 40th anniversary show happened last night, I figured that I would post a couple metal related things this weekend for On This Date in History. Oh, semi-pro tip for folks who bought the Exodus live stream- I noticed that they broadcast Exodus live last night, but if you go to the replay, there is about 15 minutes of Blind Illusion at the very start of the replay. I am screen capping it now (for my own personal use of course), but there is no Death Angel. I wonder why… Anyway, how about that tribute to Paul? Those audio clips of him were classic!

Here is a really interesting one. WRTN was a left of the dial FM station out of New Rochelle NY that existed from 1953-2006. They had an underground metal show on friday night/saturday morning at midnight each week. I am a sucker for these independent underground radio shows. So cool.
Anyway, it sounds like King Diamond actually came in studio with them and sat for an hour-long interview. Lots of Mercyful fate history is discussed. It’s a really fun listen to fans of the king.

This one was either heavily traded or the FM signal was not great because there was a lot of noise on the tape. I use Izotope Rx8’s Spectral Denoise to take the edge off without affecting the sound quality.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Spectral Denoise in Izotope Rx8

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