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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- Heart Health Park, Sacramento 10/12/21 Live 4k DPA Audio Dolly Parton

I took a day off after Aftershock, but went to yet another show on Tuesday. Thanks to Bonnie London for the nice gift of tickets for the show! It was my anniversary, so we went to the show and saw Me First, then went to a Korean BBQ joint. It was kind of a “let’s do each other’s favorites” kind of night.
I had never seen Me First, so I was looking forward to it. It was even more ridiculous than I expected. Nice Dolly cover to start the set.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 (video); Sony PCM-A10, DPA 4061 mics, Church Audio preamp.
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Audio/Video synch via Plural Eyes 4

Live Concert Video
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- Radio Promo for KWVA w/Incredibly Strange Wrestling ISW Spike Audio

This is the last thing I have digitized from Barry Ward’s audiotapes for now, so you get this short little thing today. Not only was Barry in early incarnations of GWAR, but he was apparently in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes back then as well! A true punk rock renaissance man. RKL, MDC, Crosstops, Hotbox, GWAR, Me First… I know I am forgetting some.

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

Audio
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes- Mancow’s Morning Madhouse Show, Chicago Il 10/97 xfer f/pre-FM sbd

When I pulled this from Barry Ward’s collection this morning to digitize, I figured it would be Spike in studio for an interview with Mancow. Nope. It is the full band performing live with interviews in between. I can’t pin down a date- they were touring with Incredibly Strange Wrestling, which I learned Spike’s wife Aurda managed. So I am going with late 90s/early 2000’s, since it was probably back when barry was in the band. Mancow says “their CD is out” which implies one CD out (1997).

The lineage is also mysterious. When you get one of these generic clear shell tapes, it usually means that it is from the studio- pre FM soundboard.. but this one has FM reception static at times. So who the hell knows, but it is a fun listen. Live mix improves after a couple minutes.

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

Audio Live Performance