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Mudhoney- Castaic Lake Amphitheater, Castaic Ca 9/26/92 xfer f/ Hi8 Master tape NEW audio w/Cobain

Here’s what I remember of this show. I could not get my equipment through security, so I asked Scott K (Spiral Stairs) for help. He looked suuuuppeerrr put out but he came through with a pass about an hour later (thanks and sorry Scott). It was shortly before Pavement’s set, so I had to hustle out to the car, grab my stuff, and then hustle back in.
Later on, I realized that the pass was an all access pass and I really had to go to the bathroom, so I went back and grabbed a water and stuff. I remember walking by Kurt and Courtney, and I vaguely remember seeing a baby… but Frances was only like a month old at the time so maybe I am misremembering.
Sorry these sets from Castaic are such crappy camerawork. I had a tripod, but the entire place was just one huge, flat dirt field. There was no place to go. I should have just gone up on stage to film.
This was the last time I would see my friend Matt Polish(randomly saw him at the show) for over 20 years.
This is one of my favorite Mudhoney sets. I really liked Piece of Cake, so this set with songs from that new release, plus the classic stuff, plus Cobain joining them for a couple songs including the Fang cover was just perfect.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TR-81
Audio recorded by: Jonathan Wolff
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C & ECM909 mic
Audio/Video synch by King Bean. Thanks- this one could not have been easy to synch, since there was no drummer to see, to time it properly.

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Mudhoney- Reading Festival, England 8/30/92 Live xfer from 1st gen VHS tape Japanese TV Proshot

Here’s the last of the Reading Fest clips that I am posting. The other 2 bands from the Japanese TV special are Teenage Fanclub (better copy posted on YT already) and Nirvana (commercially released, I think)
Love the song selection here.

Recorded by: Sakiko Honma
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: JVC HRS9800 and Caopus ADVC300

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Mudhoney- Kennel Club, San Francisco Ca. 7/17/90 Xfer from 8mm Master Enhanced

The Kennel would sometimes bring in a psychedelic light show group to project their show behind the band. It was cool, but the band played in near darkness except for the light show. These videos were close to unwatchable before because they were so dark. They are much better now that we can brighten & enhance them.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Aiwa CV-80 Camera & Sony ECM909 mic.

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Mudhoney- Burro Room, Chico Ca. 9/4/89 xfer from 8mm master!

Wow, I forgot how good thing video is. This is the night after the Cattle Club show. We had not planned to go to Chico the next night, but the Sac show was so good that Mark Martin convinced us to go. The most vivid memory of this show was when me and Lawrence Crane (from Vomit Launch and Tape Op Magazine) were nerding out about music and bands. We got so obscure with our love for SF “early alternative” bands like Donner Party that Mark Arm (who was sitting in between us” threw up his hands and walked away! Ha ha, classic. Juanita’s (the burrito place connected to the venue) used to get kegs of special Sierra Nevada beers before the whole microbrew thing was a big deal. We had some special ale that tasted like aspirin and TRASHED us. Video sounds great and looks ok. Happy with it, 27 years later!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

 

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Mudhoney- Burro Room, Chico Ca. 9/4/89 xfer from 8mm Master Enhanced

Wow, I forgot how good thing video is. This is the night after the Cattle Club show. We had not planned to go to Chico the next night, but the Sac show was so good that Mark Martin convinced us to go. The most vivid memory of this show was when me and Lawrence Crane (from Vomit Launch and Tape Op Magazine) were nerding out about music and bands. We got so obscure with our love for SF “early alternative” bands like Donner Party that Mark Arm (who was sitting in between us” threw up his hands and walked away! Ha ha, classic. Juanita’s (the burrito place connected to the venue) used to get kegs of special Sierra Nevada beers before the whole microbrew thing was a big deal. We had some special ale that tasted like aspirin and TRASHED us. Video sounds great and looks ok. Happy with it, 29 years later!

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80 & Sony ECM909

Mic Enhancement: Adobe Premiere to increase brightness & exposure, Neat video to reduce noise

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Mudhoney- Berkeley Square, Berkeley Ca. 8/29/89 master audiotape transfer Sony D6 Pro Walkman Grunge

Here is another show that Anonymous taped with his D6. It was a little thin so I EQ’d it to bring up the low end. Sounds great! I don’t always listen to 100% of everything I post- I just don’t have time- but I enjoyed this one so much that I kept on listening. I forgot to trim the blank space after Side A, so there is 2 minutes of dead air from 40:00 to 42:00, then it picks back up.
This was about a week before the Cattle Club show- they played SF and So. Cal before hitting Sac and Chico then heading home.
Here is setlist and show details from the Mudhoney Tourbook website.

8/29/89 Berkeley Square. Berkeley, CA (50 min)
Supported By: The Lemonheads

Set: Magnolia Caboose…, Get into Yours, No one Has, Sweet Young Thing, If I Think, Here Comes Sickness, The Father I Go, Come to Mind, Chain that Door, Flat Out Fucked, When Tomorrow Hits, Dead Love
Encore: In ‘N’ Out of Grace, Touch Me I’m Sick

Notes: Get into Yours, The Farther I Go, Flat out Fucked and When Tomorrow Hits are performed for the first known times. Come to Mind is played for the first known time with the music that appears on the recorded version, and the rave-up of The Farther I Go had previously been played as part of the music to the early Come to Mind. After The Farther I Go Steve is asking for some adjustments to be made to his monitor. Someone in the crowd is shouting about Mudhoney manager Bob Whittaker while he’s doing this, so he shouts, “Bob’s in jail, shut up!” to which Mark adds, “Free Bob! Free Bob!” It’s apparently sweltering in the club, and before If I Think, Mark announces, “You can turn off the lights if it’ll make it any colder.”

Recorded by: Anonymous
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: (Recording) Sony WMD6C and ECM909 mic (Transfer) Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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