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Raven- Harpo’s, Detroit Mi 4/27/85 complete show xfer from low gen FM broadcast cassette NWOBHM

Here is the last metal-focused post for On This Date in History for now. Don’t worry, there are thousands more tapes of metal over here. I have not even picked out the one for tomorrow, so who knows.

Anyway, I used to trade with a guy in Detroit who had a bunch of awesome stuff. We traded audio and video in the late 80s and I got this from him. I think he taped these off the radio, but I am not sure…

I don’t know what the deal was with the live metal FM broadcasts, but they were always super muddy sounding, at least to start. I think the station tried to matrix together the board with some audience mics, and it turned into this. It gets a bit better a few minutes in. Full 90 minute set from the Stay Hard tour.

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

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Russ Gibb- Back Porch Video on PM Detroit TV Show 1984 Summer xfer master/low gen tape Burt Reynolds

It’s been a day and a half without my BS. Did anyone miss me? I was driving home from Las Vegas- I don’t recommend it.
Here is one that is not strictly music, but there is enough music related stuff that it is worth a post. Plus it has the original commercials- that’s how I was able to date it. This is another one that I snagged off Russ’ estate on Ebay. Glad I did! There is a bit of hum in the audio. That along with a couple picture flaws lead me to believe that Russ might have gotten a copy of this instead of taping it himself.

Recorded by: ? (Russ?)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
I can’t remember if this is VHS or Beta, but it was done with my usual gear

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Discharge- Paycheck’s Lounge, Hamtramck Mi 11/20/83 f/1st gen audio cassette (and an announcement)

Where do I even start with this. Years ago, once I started to get serious about audio and video transfers, I realized that I needed to have some extra gear/redundancy here in case something went down and needed repair. So I have 2 nakamichi tape decks, (more than) 2 VCRs, etc. The thing that was the hardest to get were the datavideo TBC-1000’s, which is the key component to clean video transfers. I finally got 2 of them and had one completely re-done by an expert.

So, fast forward to now. One of the TBC-1000’s (the non-refurbished one) was having a lot of problems- seizing up and becoming pretty much unusable. I grab the 2nd one and start it up… and it’s acting strange. I got it to do 1 video (posting tomorrow) and it croaked. No output.

So despite my best efforts for redundancy, I am now totally dead in the water for video transfers. My apologies to Joshua, Gary, Mike and all the rest of you waiting on video transfers. First the fractured wrist, now this. Ugh,. I was able to contact my TBC repair guy and he is going to prioritize one of them to get me going ASAP.. which is probably a month or so from now.

Anyway, this is today’s on this date in history. It came from a guy named Foxtrotter and digitized by a guy named Creatured (these screen names, I tell ya). It sounds pretty damned good for the era- a boom box recording or similar.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Creatured

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The Misfits and Necros-Community Cable Commercial Last Show Graystone Detriot 10/29/83 Umatic Master

This one is from Russ Gibb’s collection. I got this one off Ebay years ago and now that the good umatic machine has been repaired, it finally gets a proper transfer. This is a 30 second commercial for the last Misfits show ever, taken right off the original TV production master tape.

GLENN AND HIS COPYRIGHT MINIONS- PLEASE READ:
I know that you guys like to give out takedown notices and copyright strikes, but please hear me out on this one. This video is ineligible for me to monetize- Glenn is getting EVERY PENNY of streaming revenue from this. It also doesn’t show this Misfits performing at all- there is nothing to hate about this. I paid over $30 for this tape and I am getting nothing for it, so think of this as my gift to you. Don’t throw away my gift. OK? Thanks.

Recorded/Produced by: Russ Gibb and crew
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony BVU-800, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion USB adapter into virtualdub
Light Denoise in Adobe premiere elements

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Minor Threat, Meatmen, Whipping Boy, Crucif*cks- Civic Players Hall, Lansing Mi 6/16/82 1st gen VHS

Every morning, I check what is on the ol’ tape list vs. what has already been posted to youtube or elsewhere for the On This Date in History post. There are some things that you just automatically assume are out there because fans have already dug up all there is from the band(s). I’m glad I did a quick search for this one- it’s not out there anywhere.
Apparently this was broadcast on cable TV. Michigan cable was ALWAYS the coolest, mainly due to Russ Gibb… but this doesn’t seem to be a Russ video. I wish I could get access to this 1st gen VHS tape so I could give it a proper lossless transfer, denoise and audio normalize. This one is good, but it would be nice to make it as good as possible.
Few songs from each band. Crucif*cks is 2 camera, the rest single cam.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: “Squirly”
Extract and prep for upload: Shayne

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Unknown (need help)- Dearborn High School, Mi 10/79 Lossless xfer master beta tape Russ Gibb Archive

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

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Mercury Crib- Dearborn High School, Mi. 10/79 xfer from master beta tape Russ Gibb Archive

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.

UPDATE: Thanks to former band member Matt Borden, we have confirmed the band name and some members:
“The singer and front man in video is Matt Allen (at the time, of Dearborn).

The “original” Mercury Crib band was formed in 1974 with members from Dearborn High and fell apart in late 1975 or early 1976. I was the drummer. Another member was Harvy Irla, on lead guitar, Paul Schmitt on keyboards and a few bass players rotating in and out.”– Thanks Matt!

Recorded by: Russ Gibb and/or crew
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: SONY SL-HF900 – Datavideo TBC-100 – Tevion capture unit – Virtualdub
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Bombardier(?)- Dearborn High School, Mi. 10/79 xfer from master beta tape Russ Gibb Archive

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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