Half-Life: Demo/Self released Cassette Album 1985 w/2 members of Mx-80 Sound xfer f/master demo tape

NEW Collection today! Phil Go reached out to me a while back and let me know that he had 23 boxes of tapes that he wanted to donate to the Sacramento Music Archive. 21 boxes of videos and 2 boxes of audio tapes. It took us months to connect- I fractured my wrist and could not lift anything, and then finding time to get over to his place took a while… but I am so glad I did! What a killer collection!!

A lot of Phil’s tapes came from my old trading friend Tony Philputt. Tony gave them to Phil when they both lived in Southern Cal. I need to wait until the TBC comes back before I start digitizing video, so let’s start with this. Lots more to come.

The 2 co-founding members MX-80 sound (Bassist Dale Sophiea and Guitarist Bruce Anderson) formed Half-Life in the mid-1980s and this appears to be their only release.

A huge thanks to Phil and Tony for the contribution to the archive!

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

Audio Demo

MX-80 Sound: Iguana Studios, San Francisco Ca 2/10/80 xfer from master audio cassette

Today is Scott Davey/Iguana Studios’ tun for a collections post so I started grabbing tapes off the top of 1 box(they are all piled in the middle of the studio because of the broken wist).. and wow. There is so much amazing stuff in here. There are 6 big boxes and they are all filled with unique stuff like the JC Burris and this.
I think this might be a party at Scott’s studio for is birthday. It’s an audience recording and there is a small group of people there while MX-80 Sound plays. I had never heard these guys before and they kinda floored me. Talk about ahead of your time!

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

Audio Live Performance