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Luna- KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, Santa Monica Ca. 4/3/94 xfer from DAT Master Dean Wareham

I lived in Whitter, Ca from Sep of 1992 through November of 1995. I loved the fact that I could see a bunch of shows in driving distance from my house- I could see some bands play 3x: Hollywood, Long Beach, and San Juan Capistrano or San Diego. It was awesome. One of the downsides to living in Whitter was that I would get spotty reception to the college radio stations. I taped this one myself and it had a bunch of radio static. I was able to de-static most of it without making it sound overprocessed. If I tried to push it more, it sounds odd.
Classic Luna performance on KCRW, before the station started archiving performances online.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
spectral de-noise in Izotope RX7.

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Luna- Warfield, San Francisco Ca 3/19/93 xfer from DAT Master Audience Galaxie 500 Nakamichi CM300

I didn’t have much time to play around with remixing this one (5 hours of meetings before noon!)- this is totally flat right off the DAT. The bass is a little boomy, but sounds pretty decent for a recording from the balcony.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3 and Nakamichi CM-300 Mic
Transfer equipment: Sony PCMR500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Luna- Coach House, San Juan Capistrano Ca 11/4/92 Hi8 Master xfer Enhanced w/DAT Audio Galaxie 500

Here is a show that I posted before, but it was the raw hi8 tape with the camera’s audio. This time, I took the superior DAT audio and synched it up with Pluraleyes 4. plus, I cleaned up what little grain there was in Adobe Elements/Neat Video.
Unfortunately, my DAT battery decided to croak on me about 10min into the show, so this version is only 24min long- the first 10 and last 15min of the show. I will also post the full enhanced version of the show with camera audio in a bit.

recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TR-81 camera (video), Sony TCD-D3 and Nakamichi CM300(Audio)
Transfer equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card (DAT), Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into windv (video)
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Audio/Video synch in pluraleyes 4

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Luna- Bogart’s, Long Beach Ca. 11/7/92 Transfer from Hi8 Master for first time Ever!

It was strange. Every time I went to Bogart’s, something bizarre and memorable happened. One time, it was when Uncle Tupelo played there and broke their snare on the first song and had a huge delay waiting for another. Another time, it was Penelope Houston and meeting Todd Nakamine, and we have been friend ever since. Or this one- Dean Wareham mentions this show in his “Black Postcards” book, because a guy in the front row was so irritating that he agreed to fight at the end of the set. Like I said, bizarre. The vibe of the club just seemed to invite it.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

 

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Luna- Whisky a Go Go, Hollywood Ca. 11/5/92 Part 1 Dean Wareham Direct Xfer from hi8 Master

This is one of only 2 times that I paid a club money to videotape. The Whisky’s policy was $50 to tape. I was (am) such a huge Luna fan, I could not resist. I plunked down the cash and still don’t regret it. Great set, and the best sounding Luna show I have. Taped with the Sony TR81.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Sony TR81

 

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Luna- Coach House, San Juan Capistrano Ca 11/4/92 Hi8 Master Live Video xfer Enhanced

I am going to try to post a 4k video from last night’s show, but it shows “processing HD version” 8 hours into the upload, so it may be late. Here is an early “bonus post” of a Luna show I taped back in 1992. This is the 3rd and last version I am posting. This is the complete show with the stock camera audio, enhanced to remove the graininess. Enjoy!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TR-81 with stock mic
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video

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Luna- Khyber Pass Pub, Philadelphia Pa. 10/19/92 xfer from 1st gen audio tape

Here is the last concert on the DAT with firehose’s last show and Luna’s KCRW performance. At this show, Dean gets a bottle thrown at him- you can hear him end the show abruptly, mid-song but they come back and finish the set. Man, Philly is a tough town- they live up to their reputation.

Recorded by: ?
Lineage: Analog cassette audience recording- cassette-DAT-you
Transfer: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Luna- Maxwell’s, Hoboken Nj 2/22/92 DAT Clone xfer 2nd show ever Dean Wareham Galaxie 500

It wasn’t easy getting a post ready for today. The original audio I had prepared would not read from the disc, so I will need to recapture that one. This one was next and Stanley’s drumming dominated the recording, so I rebalanced it… and totally buried the vocals. This is the second rebalance attempt (an hour processing each) and the vocals are still buried but it sounds as good as it is going to get.
I remember getting these in trade from taper Jim Romeo right when they happened and being so excited to hear the new songs.

Recorded by: Jim Romeo
Equipment used: Portable DAT and ? mic
Transfer/rebalance by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX8: Vocal +5, Bass +4, Guitar +4.

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Luna and Babes in Toyland- San Antonio Community Cable 1992 xfer f/master VHS tape Interview & Live

My video transfer setup is still giving me trouble, so let’s pull this one out for today. You should get a Chris Eng video tomorrow- and it is a rare one! I hope I can keep up with this “collections video every day” thing. Lossless capture has been finicky and it is time consuming when it goes well… I think it is time to stand up a 2nd lossless capture setup.

Craig Hilmer taped this off TV when he lived in San Antonio and mailed it to me back in 1992. Really neat interview and live footage. Are there any other video interviews of Luna from this time frame? I don’t recall seeing one.

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

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