Equipment Used: Lomo LC-A, Handheld flash, Kodak Ektachrome 100vs 35mm slide film (cross processed) and Fujifilm Color 400 35mm film
Tag: Los Angeles
The Elected- The Troubadour, Hollywood, CA. 2/7/2005 Photos
Equipment Used: Lomo camera, handheld flash, Scotch slide film (expired and cross processed)
Eisley- The Troubadour, Hollywood, CA. 2/7/2005 Photos
Equipment used: Lomo camera, handheld flash, Scotch slide film (expired and cross processed)
Grandaddy- Spaceland, Los Angeles Ca. 3/17/00 Audio Only Jason Lytle
I ran out of time to transfer something from my archive of stuff, so I dug through a box of discs that I received from Matt Hargrove for something Sacramento related… and happened to pull out one of my favorite bands from Northern Cal- thanks Matt!
I was late to the party with Grandaddy. I heard KEXP play “Now its On” from Sumday in 2002 and was hooked. Then I learned that the band was from Modesto and I missed out on years of local shows, doing (even better) early stuff. D’oh! I am still hoping that Brian McKenna finds that demo tape (1 of 5) that the band gave him.
This recording has unknown lineage, but it seems like all recordings of the band are really nice quality.
recorded by: ?
equipment used: ?
Wayne Kramer- John Sinclair Benefit, Spaceland, Los Angeles Ca 2/28/00 xfer from 1st gen VHS Tape
More VHS transfers now that Adobe is working again! This is from Todd Nakamine’s collection. Like I mentioned before, it is always a fun treasure hunt going through Todd’s tapes.
This one doesn’t have any date or lineage listed, but it is probably a 1st generation copy off the master. I looked through newspapers dot com and could not find any mention of a John Sinclair benefit at Spaceland. Maybe Dan Johnson can help ID it- he is the man with the Kramer Spaceland residency audio recordings! From Wayne’s appearance, it was probably late 90s or 2000’s.
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
The Verdicts- Los Angeles 10/19/96 xfer from Hi8 Master Tape Steve Rogers Surrogate Brains Cover
I missed yesterday’s post- my flight home was cancelled yesterday, which caused all sorts of work and travel chaos. I made it home last night, on an indirect flight. Air travel is a nightmare right now.
Anyway, here is a fun one- Steve Rogers’ mid-90s band The Verdicts. They even do a Surrogate Brains cover of If The Things They Say Are True (from Surrogate Serenades) at about the 4:00 mark.
If anyone recognizes this venue, please let me know. It’s pretty unique with the stage being small, but with a tall drum riser. I do not recall a venue looking like this when I lived in L.A. in the mid-90s.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation
Enhanced (degrain/brightness/contrast) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Barkmarket- Dragonfly, Los Angeles Ca 10/18/96 xfer from Hi8 master tape Enhanced
Youtube’s automatic thumbnail picking machine must be on the fritz today. The video is quite a bit better than the thumbnail. This is another one from Steve Rogers’ collection of Hi8 videos he shot in the 90s. I am not 100% sure of the year- the tape only said “barkmarket 10/18”. I assume it is 96 since that is when Steve videotaped a bunch of stuff, and 10/18/96 is a weekend day.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Enhanced (degrain) in adobe premiere elements/neat video
Donovan- Largo, Los Angeles Ca. Mid-1990s xfer from Hi8 Master Enhanced
Here is a nice sounding video from Steve Rogers’ collection master tapes. We think this is Largo from the mid-90s, and it looks like he made a couple of radio appearances in the area that might narrow down the date- either February 1995 or October 1996.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firwire into workstation
Enhanced (degrain) in adobe premiere elements
Son Volt- KSCA Music Hall, Los Angeles Ca 3/26/96 xfer from DAT Master Jay Farrar live in studio
Here’s another Son Volt radio appearance from their March of 1996 tour- this one from KSCA. KSCA was the big commercial “adult alternative” station, and the interview reflects as much. They handle it pretty well.
Recorded by: Kevin Haynes and gifted to me
Equipment used: He had a TCD-D7 I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Fugazi- Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles Ca 11/8/95 Master Video w/ DAT Master Soundboard Audio
I usually post obscure audio on Monday, but since I didn’t post on Saturday I will make up for it here.
Huge thanks to Gary Davis for digitizing his master video and sending it my way to be synched and posted- that was very kind.
This one had a funny story- I had heard that Fugazi was OK with soundboard recordings, but this was L.A. and the Shrine was huge. I was not holding out much hope plugging in to the board for this one. I sneak the DAT in and head over to the board and my old friend Greg Dean was there! We had worked together at Valley Parcel and now he was running one of the biggest? (best for sure) audio production companies in L.A. along with his friend Greg. He plugs me right in and lets me stand in the board area (the place was PACKED). Meeting Greg here and at the Geraldine Fibbers show in Aron’s records parking lot earlier in the year reconnected us permanently. It’s fun to watch Greg’s world travels with Green Day, Social D, Megadeth, and now Riot Games. Awesome.
The mix was great- I did a little rebalancing in Izotope RX8, boosting guitars and such.
Video recorded by: Gary Davis, courtesy of Rock-Steadi-Cam (subscribe to his youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wo3cgmYY-HhDTSh5oTMeQ)
Audio Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 lined in the soundboard
Audio/Video Synch by King Bean
Rebalance in Izotope RX8