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Regurgitor- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco 8/9/87 xfer from master VHS tape Parody Death Metal

LATE post today- sorry about that. I finally figured out the Adobe Premiere issues so you get more VHS transfers today! That’s one of many reasons why this is late.

When I was asking Chris about this video and band, he said that Jim Pittman is playing bass and singing. When I looked up Jim Pittman on discogs, the only logical match is Jym, drummer from Mr. T Experience. But that can’t be, right? Naaah.

This is worth a watch just to hear the ridiculous song titles. They were ahead of their time- kinda like the Steel Panther of death metal! Well done.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
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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Slambodians- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 8/9/87 xfer f/ master VHS tape Thrash Crossover Metal

TLDR Version: Please like and share every single youtube post I make. on youtube.Thanks.

Before I get to the details- here is a story and an assignment for you.
Early last year, I posted a Slambodians video from 924 Gilman from Chris Eng’s collection. It got about 100 views if I remember correctly, which is about what I expected. Then, a couple months later, I post a Slambodians video from Sproul Plaza in Berkeley and it gets 15,000 views. WHY?

It has to do with YouTube’s algorithms. When people like and share a post often enough when it is first posted, the Algo tips and YT shoot is out to tons of people as a recommended watch. I guess people thought the name was funny, shared it around and 15,000 people ended up watching it.

So if you want to help the Sac Music Archive and you don’t have the money to support the patreon, please help by liking and sharing. It’s a huge visibility boost.

This is another Slambodians video from Chris Eng’s collection. Nice quality for 1987. The stage was very spotty, lighting wise so I kept it as it was shot- over exposed in spots, dark in others.

Thanks Chris for all of these early SF/East Bay videos. This is almost a year before I bought my first camera.

recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (light denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Tyrranicide- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 8/9/87 xfer f/ master VHS tape East Bay Thrash Metal

Today’s patreon “Voter’s Choice” bonus post was a tie between this and Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. I flipped a coin and you get to thrash. If you want in on this action, hit up the patreon link in comments! You get to pick from 10 videos each week!
This one comes from Chris Eng’s collection.
Tyrranicide was a thrash metal band from Pleasanton, California. Formed in 1984 and disbanded in 1993. They were briefly known as Mayhem between 1984-1985. One of their members played with Breakaway as well.

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

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Condemned Attitude- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 6/6/87 xfer from master VHS tape enhanced Adjustment

Let’s make up for the lack of recent Chris Eng video posts this weekend. It’s funny, I was already planning on posting this one sometime this weekend, and Andy called me the other day. I miss that guy- need to hang out sometime soon.
Anyway, this is probably the best quality Condemned Attitude video I have ever seen. There is one of those soundboard camera things from The Farm which is great as well, but this is a full set.
Condemned Attitude formed after the breakup of Attitude Adjustment in 1986- Andy, Rick Strahl and Chris Scaparro joined up with Keith Chatham from Condemned to Death to form the new band. They played Attitude Adjustment songs along with their new compositions. They lasted 6 months or so, then they changed their name to Attitude.

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

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Death Angel- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 6/6/87 Xfer f/ Master VHS Tape Enhanced Thrash Metal

Here is a really cool one from Chris Eng’s collection- an apparently uncirculated Death Angel video from 1987! They played with Condemned Attitude – what a great lineup. The show took place just 6 weeks after the release of their debut LP, The Ultraviolence. Most of us had the demos of some of the tracks for years, but this was their first full length.
I would definitely pay the $3 for this show.

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

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Sacrilege B.C.- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 5/23/87 xfer f/VHS Master Enhanced Bay area thrash

Last video for the weekend, and it is a good one. I love this band, and they never seem to get their due. When people talk about bay area thrash bands, you hear Metallica/Exodus/Death Angel/Forbidden etc etc… but Sacrilege was easily at the same level as many of them.
This one was hard to clean up- the lighting at the Mab goes from too dark to overexposed, so I could not do much with lighting. I was able to denoise it a good deal. I like this one better than my set at the Lite Rail a year later. This one sounds way better than that one.

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

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Blind Illusion- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 5/23/87 xfer from master VHS Primus Les Claypool

More goodness for you this Friday from Chris Eng’s collection. I think that Chris might have posted a portion of this one to the official Blind Illusion channel, but this is the complete set, degrained in 1080. Thanks Chris!
This show features Les Claypool on bass, who would become well-known with Primus. Larry Lalonde (Primus, Possessed) was at the show, but not playing with Blind Ill yet- he was still learning the songs. A cool piece of history here. This one sounds great for a stock videocamera mic!
Again, like the Sacrilege posted earlier, this one is dark at times, over exposed at times. Not much I can do about it.

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

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Tragic Mulatto- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca 10/24/86 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette

This one comes from Radley Hirsch- he gave a copy of his master soundboard tape to Anonymous back in the late 80s. Pretty nice mix, so I didn’t attempt a rebalance.
For the uninitiated, Tragic Mulatto were an art punk band that released a few things on Alternative Tentacles back in the 80s.

Recorded by: Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Samhain- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca. 5/11/85 xfer from low gen audio tape Danzig Misfits Punk

Well, here is something interesting. I have been a huge misfits/Samhain etc fan for 35 years– getting into them in early 1986, just in time to miss this show. I have never seen this show circulated, on any trade lists, or even heard a rumor of its existence until Eric told me he had it. This show doesn’t sound great, but it appears to be due to the sound in the club that night. When I EQ’d the show, it sounded like a pro walkman recording after I mixed some of the yuck out of it. This might have been taped by Verne Inhell, but no confirmation.
I really want to hear from The Fastbacks- one of my favorite bands! Why were you picked to open, I wonder. What an odd pairing- You are the least evil band I know. Any good stories out of this one? Any rock star tantrums? Man, I wish I had a recording of The Fastbacks’ set as well.
From Eric McIntire’s collection

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony soundforge

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Social Unrest- Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco Ca. 4/20/85 Audio xfer from Master Soundboard Cassette

Here’s another one from Eric Mcintire’s amazing collection of early SF tapes. Eric taped this one himself from the mixing board. I am going to try to enhance these old soundboard tapes with an application called Izotope. I hope to get time this weekend sometime.

Recorded by: Eric Mcintire
Equipment used: Mab house cassette deck

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