The Fastbacks are one of my all-time favorites and a band that I feel doesn’t get nearly the love they deserve. Here is a show from the legendary Blind Pig in Ann Arbor Mi.
The recording is clear but it was lacking in low end. I had to boost the hell out of the lows, and drop the mids and highs to get this result. Just imagine what it sounded like before! Yikes!!
Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card
Huge thanks to youtube commenter James Lee for the help in identifying the venue and date of this show… and also he sent me to the concert database and I discovered that Teenage Fanclub were not on the show. Whew.
Here are the Notorious Johnnys, featuring Johnny Badanjek. Johnny was drummer for Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels. After the group disbanded in 1967, Badanjek toured and recorded with Edgar Winter, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Bob Seger, Ronnie Montrose, Nils Lofgren and others.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer equipment: JVC HR-S9900U into Datavideo TBC-1000 into Tevion capture card
Enhanced (light denoise only) in Adobe premiere elements/neat video.
Here is the last set from that Rob Tyner tribute VHS- a band called Loudhouse. They were from Detroit, but out 1 album on Virgin in 1991 then disappeared. One of the members ended up in Sponge.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer equipment: JVC HR-S9900U into Datavideo TBC-1000 into Tevion capture card
Enhanced (light denoise only) in Adobe premiere elements/neat video.
Man, am I kicking myself over this one. There were more vague Russ Gibb videotapes over on Ebay- this time, there were 3 tapes up for auction with the title “Tyner Tape 1” tape 2, etc. I got Tape 1 and the next few days of posts will be from this tape. It is a nice quality multicamera of a show in an unknown venue in Detroit. What kills me is that the MC says that Teenage Fanclub is at the show- I wonder if they are on tape 2 or tape 3? If these are the openers, what big acts also played? Damnit.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer equipment: JVC HR-S9900U into Datavideo TBC-1000 into Tevion capture card
Enhanced (light denoise only) in Adobe premiere elements/neat video.
Here is the next one from Russ Gibb- I posted the ALL set last week, here is the Doughboys set. Who is that talking about a lawyer at the end of the set? Is that Smalley? Haha, talking about suing the video guy is VERY punk rock imho.
A little about these tapes: Russ Gibb was a legendary promoter from the Detroit area in the 1960’s/70’s- who did a ton of other things: TV Station manager, School teacher, Disc Jockey, etc. Check his wikipedia for more info (in comments).
Russ passed away in 2019 and someone on Ebay has been auctioning off a bunch of his archival items- show posters, demo tapes, etc. Some of the items that got me interested were these videos. These are beta master tapes with raw footage for the back porch video series/TV show?.
Man, these beta video cameras must have been NICE studio cameras for the quality to be this good for 1988.
I just bought a used high-end beta player from Japan that will arrive next month, so I will try to get a better capture of these.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer equipment: Sony SL-2300 into Datavideo TBC-1000 into Tevion capture card
Enhanced (degrain only) in Adobe premiere elements/neat video.
Here is another one from the Russ Gibb archive. I bought a hi-band super beta machine from Japan to play these (and other tapes) back. I start with this tape and the machine dies after playing the tape. The tape is stuck in the unit and this is all I have to show for it. Shout out to the Ebay seller for taking care of the problem. I just received the same model (US version) yesterday, so the beta transfer party will continue.
Anyway, this is just amazing footage of GI. The only downside is that they played so loud, you can’t hear Stabb’s vocals from the stage. The cameraman moves to the back of the room at the end of the set and it sounds much better. They keep losing power to the stage as well. Typical punk show.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used- one time only!: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
This was also on the Government Issue tape. I was hoping that this was Zack De La Rocha from Rage Against the Machine’s early hardcore band. I was wondering if they made it out to Detroit… alas, this is not that Inside Out. Here’s what Discogs has to say about this Inside Out band:
“Inside Out (Detroit USA) are an all-female power trio who formed in 1985, and specialised in a brand of hardcore punk / grunge / psychedelia in the vein of female grunge bands such as Babes in Toyland and L7. They released a number of singles in the period 1990 – 93, along with 2 LPs. The singles were on Meantime Records, Icon Records and Anti-Music Records. The LPs were both released by Meantime Records. The band also recorded a Peel Session for Radio 1 DJ John Peel.”
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used- one time only!: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
OK everyone, I am hoping for your help in identifying this band. This is from Russ Gibb’s archive and the tape says “Rock Band Concert Oct 1979 D.H.S.” If anyone knows who this band is, or if any of these band members went on to any other bands, I would appreciate it. I tried googling some song titles and nothing.
The band kicks ass and the soundboard audio, while a little distorted, is pretty sweet for a 1979 show.
After super beta machine #1 died transferring another tape, I bought another one and transferred this tape… and then it dies as well. I bought a third one (from japan) that seems to be dead on arrival as well. My garage is starting to fill up with dead super beta machines.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
Here’s the next band from that Russ Gibb Dearborn high School tape. It sounds like they announce the band as “Mercury Crib”. If anyone can help me ID or confirm, I would appreciate it. The Mercury is clear, the second word of the name not so much. Nothing on the google or discogs.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
Here’s the last band on that Russ Gibb Dearborn high School tape. It sounds like they announce the band as “Bombardier”, but once again it is hard to tell. If anyone can help me ID or confirm, I would appreciate it.
Unfortunately, none of the other bands who played that night are on this tape.
Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in adobe premiere/neat video
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