Motorhead- California Theatre, San Diego Ca 11/29/85 xfer f/1st or 2nd gen VHS tape Complete Show

You get an early video collections post and a late audio one today. I think this one is pretty rare- Megadeth (opener) is on YT but I don’t see this one.

I am still having some issues with the lossless VHS transfer setup- I think I will set up a 2nd one and start using that, then wipe/reinstall everything for this one. The big issue is with stutters- it will hang up and then speed up for a half second. Let me know if you see any. I did see a blast of diginoise at the 14 min mark. I will end up re-doing this one anyway to see if I can make adjustments in virtualdub to help with the brightness/over exposure. When it is like this, it is usually impossible to fix.

This is from Chris Eng’s collection. I think I remember him telling me that even though taper Cliff Cunningham did not trade, he met with him and copied from his tape. There are some signs of generation loss so I can’t tell if this is a 1st gen or a copy from Cliff’s safety copy. Anyway, new old Motorhead!

This one is sentimental to me since Motorhead came to Sacramento a couple days later and destroyed my hearing at Oasis Ballroom. Imagine all of those cabinets in the Oasis. Insanity.

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

Live Concert Video

Motorhead- Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica Ca 11/27/85 xfer from 1st or 2nd gen VHS enhanced

Happy Friday before the holiday weekend! Here is another one from Chris Eng’s collection. This was on a tape that he received from Cliff Cunningham. I am not sure if Cliff taped this, but it does look a bit like some of the other videos he filmed back then. This one looks WAY better than the generated version that is currently on YT.
This took place a few days before Motorhead played the smallest show in their history- a 2/3 full show at the 300ish capacity Oasis Ballroom in sac. That oasis show was 1 of 2 reasons why my hearing is shot now.

Recorded by: ? (if Cliff Cunningham, this is a 1st gen)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)

Live Concert Video