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MDC- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 7/25/87 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette rebalanced M.D.C.

Yet another M.D.C. board tape- this one comes from Wayne Vanderkuil via Radley Hirsch. Radley always hooked us up. Dave is a comedian at the start of this set.
The mix slides around a bit, but I did boost guitars +6 and drums +2. Sounds better now. This appears to be the complete set.
Also, I am using a new program (vegas pro) to create these audio posts. Is the thumbnail all blurry for you? It looks like crap from my side, but after I post on YT it seems to resolve itself.

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

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M.D.C.- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 5/17/87 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced Hardcore Millions of Dead

I was planning to post a video by a new contributor to the archive today, but I got busy and did not get it uploaded in time. Expect some really cool uncirculated early 1990s videos of bigger artists from Los Angeles arenas… next weekend. Stay tuned.

Instead, let’s head back over to Chris Eng’s endless collection of shows he taped with his VHS camera in the late 80s. We were so lucky back then, with great bands like D.R.I., Verbal Abuse, Attitude/Adjustment and so many more playing every weekend seemingly. I am pretty sure that Chris has soundboard tapes to pair with a lot of these Gilman shows, so don’t be surprised if this gets reposted with better audio someday. I need to dig into his audiotapes and get them all prepared.
Another great set by MDC during the “Smoke Signals/Blood’s for you” era with Gordon on guitar.

Recorded by: Chris Eng
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub

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M.D.C. – On Broadway, San Francisco Ca. 4/17/87 xfer f/1st gen soundboard tape Incomplete Millions

Today’s audio collections post comes from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. This tape had a bunch of short soundboard clips of punk bands in the late 80s, which means it’s gotta be a Radley tape. This one is only 2 songs/5 minutes, but there is a guest flute player. How often do you hear MDC with a flute?

Recorded by: Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +2, Guitar +10

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M.D.C.- Live Unknown Location 1986/87 xfer from low gen soundboard cassette rebalanced Millions Dead

This is the 4th and last set on Wayne’s CoP 4/25/87 tape. This one was immediately after the Christ on Parade Farm 1986 set, but MDC did not play the farm that day. This one has less hiss and was easier to rebalance. There is no banter in between songs that tells us where it is from. If anyone has any ideas of a venue/date, let me know. It’s definitely not the farm, since he refers to a packed stage and bouncers in between songs.
From Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +5, Drums +3, Guitar +6

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M.D.C.- Jockey Club, Newport Ky 7/20/86 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape MDC Millions of Dead Cops

Oh man, I got consumed mixing another multitrack. This one is late!

It’s time for the Patreon Voter’s Choice for the week! Unfortunately, I inadvertantly lied about this video. I thought that all Jockey Club videos had soundboard audio, so I put this one on the poll as soundboard… nope. Sorry. To make it up, I will post one of the 2 2nd place vote winners tomorrow. More posts!

Anyway, this one is from Jason Ross’ collection and it is pretty nice. I transferred it years ago and It’s a little dark and could probably benefit from a lossless transfer and enhancement and an audio level fix, but this is good enough for now. Turn it up! Man, I can’t believe how clueless I was when I started this project, 10+. years ago “Oh, you can boost audio? I should have been doing that for years.” lol.

Recorded by: The guy who did all the jockey club stuff
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: One of the JVC HR-S decks and Canopus ADVC300

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MDC- New Varsity Theatre, Palo Alto Ca 5/24/86 xfer from master tape M.D.C. Millions of Dead Cops

Another day, another MDC post. It seems like I have been posting at least 1 MDC thing each week for months now. Here is a long set, possibly the longest set I have seen, from the Smoke Signals era. Sounds decent for a 1980’s punk recording.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I think I EQ’d this one in Sony Sound Forge 10 to bump up the bass

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M.D.C.- The Farm, San Francisco Ca 4/3/86 xfer from master soundboard tape rebalanced Millions Dead

Since yesterday’s Bam Bam tape was pulled down, here is a bonus post to make up for it. This is M.D.C.’s set from the same night. Man, this sounds great as well. Probably one of the best MDC mixes I have heard. This AND the Bam Bam was on one side of the tape- wow!

Recorded by: James R Edmonds
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rabalance in Izotope Rx8.

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M.D.C.- Zeleste, Barcelona Spain February 1984 xfer from Soundboard cassette MDC Multi Death Corpora

This show is already up on youtube, but this tape seems to be a lot better quality. It makes sense that it would be as it comes from Barry Ward’s collection. Barry was in Texas in the early 80s and then became a member of MDC in recent years.
I think this might be both nights’ shows – as you can see from the Flyer, they played 2 nights at this venue. Decent quality board tape.

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

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