On with the Lollapalooza 94 posts…
Here is another band that I was pumped to see at the show. This was the only time I ever saw Stereolab. It was good, but they seem best suited to be performing in the clubs with a light show to accompany the drone. They played in the middle of the afternoon here. Another “clear but thin” second stage recording.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 & Nakamichi CM300 mic
Transfer with Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Memory is a strange thing- I have a memory of watching the Green Day and 2nd stage sets pretty vividly and I remember being bored with Smashing Pumpkins, but I do not recall seeing the Breeders at all. I know that doesn’t sound like a nice endorsement of their set, but the performance is good and it sounds fine. Don’t know why I can’t recall a thing. It was my first ( and only) time seeing them and I was a casual fan. Hm. Cuts in during the set, so we must have just come from the 2nd stage or something.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 & Nakamichi CM300 mic
Transfer with Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
OK, this is going to be short. I just got back from skiing and I got back in time to see Kepi/Kevin/Jonah’s Christmas show. It always fell on the 24th in the past so I could never see it due to family conflicts.
Anyway, this one would have been good for mediocre Monday. It’s incomplete (battery packs finally conked), it has a little diginoise, and it’s the Smashing Pumpkins. Sorry.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 & Nakamichi CM300 mic
Transfer with Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I did not have time to remix this one, so it will sound a bit raw. Turn up the bass on your stereo a little, haha.
I took my step son to this show. He was 11 year old and weighed about 80lbs. When Green Day and Beastie Boys played, the crowd went apeshit and we were crushed/blocked in with a bunch of other people. We would pick our feet up and move 10-15ft at a time. It was both fun and terrifying. You will hear that the recording suffers a bit from the chaos & me yelling to my stepson(safety was a priority at that point) , but I like it anyway.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 & Nakamichi CM300 mic
I don’t think I have shared this but I am digitizing ALL of Todd Nakamine’s VHS tapes. Even stuff like Welcome Back Kotter and Soap.. every. single. one. That was part of the deal to get all of this great stuff. Anyway, there was a tape in there labeled “Beastie Boys Vegas” and I do a quick google search and see that they played a set in 2004 for MTV and the $2 bill show, so I figured that’s what it was… and then I hit play. If the Las Vegas label is right, this seems to be a not-on-youtube video of their LV stop on the Lollapalooza 94 tour. Hot damn!
The camerawork is comically bad to start but it settles down. Fans will enjoy this one I think.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U — Canopus ADVC300 — firewire into Dell workstation
Light denoise in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Back to the DAT project- here is DAT #4. I posted the Nine Inch Nails show a while back, I’ll be posting most of the sets- at least until my DAT batteries conked out.
This was the first big show I taped with the DAT- I got it less than 4 weeks before the show. I was all stressed out with trying to sneak the gear in (I could not get a D6 in for a show in 1989), but it was easy. I snuck in the TCD-D3, 2 battery packs, Sony ECM-909 mic, Marantz PMD-430, 2 nakamichi CM-300 mics, and a hundred feet of mic cable. We put the battery packs in the bottom of snack cracker boxes, and the PMD430(which is HUGE) rolled in a blanket. So funny.
I was super sick at the show, so you can hear me coughing at times.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3, Sony ECM-909 Mic
Transfer with Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I don’t think I am going to have much time to post today, so it’s now or never. Here are the first 11min of the Living Colour set from Lolla 91. My DAT battery died and I had to switch the the Marantz PMD-430 with 2 nakamaichi CM300 mics.. so I will put those 2 sources together some day. I’m sure they will sound radically different.
This was the first big show I taped with the DAT- I got it less than 4 weeks before the show. I was all stressed out with trying to sneak the gear in (I could not get a D6 in for a show in 1989), but it was easy. I snuck in the TCD-D3, 2 battery packs, Sony ECM-909 mic, Marantz PMD-430, 2 nakamichi CM-300 mics, and a hundred feet of mic cable. We put the battery packs in the bottom of snack cracker boxes, and the PMD430(which is HUGE) rolled in a blanket. So funny.
I was super sick at the show, so you can hear me coughing at times.
Not the greatest recording. I should probably de-“woo” it at some point.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3, Sony ECM-909 Mic
Transfer with Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Hello! Today is the Mediocre Monday that (almost) never was… I had digitized this cassette last week, then either lost the burned data DVD or deleted it from hard drive without burning. D’oh! Luckily, I was able to do it again this morning.
There is a funny story behind this one- after we discovered the “secret” concession stand at the back of the lawn, we proceeded to drink way too much beer. By the time Jane’s came on, I could not hold it anymore- I had to find the bathroom. I found it ok, but I got lost trying to get back to my spot on the lawn. I wandered around forever, hopelessly lost, and finally just went to the car. That’s why you hear my friends saying “shayne’s a dick!” in between songs. I left the deck, mics and everything there. They found me asleep in the car. What a day!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Marantz PMD-430 and 2x Nakamichi CM-300 mics
Transfer with Nakamichi Dragon and M-audio Audiophile 2496 card
Next up on the bill was Butthole Surfers. I had seen videos of their performances, but this was the first time I had ever seen them live. I don’t know if a 2pm start time suited them well- they are better in the dark with strobes, videos, and dancers. Still cool.
This was the first big show I taped with the DAT- I got it less than 4 weeks before the show. I was all stressed out with trying to sneak the gear in (I could not get a D6 in for a show in 1989), but it was easy. I snuck in the TCD-D3, 2 battery packs, Sony ECM-909 mic, Marantz PMD-430, 2 nakamichi CM-300 mics, and a hundred feet of mic cable. We put the battery packs in the bottom of snack cracker boxes, and the PMD430(which is HUGE) rolled in a blanket. So funny.
I was super sick at the show, so you can hear me coughing at times.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3, Sony ECM-909 Mic
Transfer with Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Ice-T was next up, and this set was super memorable. He was billed as Ice-T and at that point, we did not even know he had a metal side project called Body Count. This was my first-ever rap performance so the 1st half was very enlightening. Seriously, it was mind blowing. Then Body Count came on and it was hard to even comprehend what we were seeing. The crowd was going nuts as well. So great, and happy to be one of the lucky ones to be surprised by the performance. Or maybe everyone knew about Body Count and I was clueless- wouldn’t have been the first time.
This was the first big show I taped with the DAT- I got it less than 4 weeks before the show. I was all stressed out with trying to sneak the gear in (I could not get a D6 in for a show in 1989), but it was easy. I snuck in the TCD-D3, 2 battery packs, Sony ECM-909 mic, Marantz PMD-430, 2 nakamichi CM-300 mics, and a hundred feet of mic cable. We put the battery packs in the bottom of snack cracker boxes, and the PMD430(which is HUGE) rolled in a blanket. So funny.
I was super sick at the show, so you can hear me coughing at times.
Not the greatest recording. I should probably de-“woo” it at some point.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3, Sony ECM-909 Mic
Transfer with Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rap set remixed in Sony Sound Forge (Boost bass and high end +2db)
Rock set rebalanced in Izotope (Bass and guitar boost)
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