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Dirt- WFMU Live in Studio, E Orange NJ 1992 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette

Hopefully I can get some help on this one. This is another one of those uncirculated WFMU tapes that Jason Ross got from a guy named Matt back in the 90s. Dirt is a fairly common band name, and I cannot figure out which Dirt this band is. None of them on Discogs make any sense. The closest one that fits the description (Hardcore punk w/a woman on vocals) is an Anarcho-Punk band from London, but they were not active in 1992. If you know who this is, please let me know. They kinda rip.
From Jason Ross’ collection

Update: Thanks to dl_bass26 for this info: Dirt (Dirt (13) on Discogs) were a post-hardcore/noise rock quartet from Atlanta who existed from about 1989-1992. They released 2 albums and 2 singles before they split up. Their singer/guitarist John Forbes later formed Mount Shasta, while the other members formed Seersucker.

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

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The Queers- WFMU Live in Studio, E. Orange NJ 10/24/91 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette Lookout Punk

Continuing the rotation from the collections I am digitizing over here. Here is another one from Jason Ross’ collection. More early WFMU goodness.
Jason got this from a guy named Matt who taped this off the radio in NJ. Matt didn’t trade a whole lot so this one might be uncirculated. It sounds pretty damned good.
Oh, and for the lookout records group- my old fb account was hacked and I do not have access to it currently. This is another account I used to keep the daily posts going, please friend me here if you’d like.

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

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23 More Minutes- WFMU Live in Studio, East Orange NJ 9/19/91 xfer f/ low gen tape Very Small Records

This past weekend, I flew over 5500 miles to see one of my favorite bands play 2 concerts. On top of seeing them, I met so many people whose work I have admired for many years: Jim Foster, Keith Hartel, Jesse Malin, Vicki Torch, Tommy Koprowski, and this guy- Pat Duncan.
I went to say goodbye to Dave Scott after the 2nd show and he introduced me to Pat- I told him how much those WMFU shows meant to me and went to show him the sac music archive page- and he tells me he loves the site without even knowing I was behind it! It was mind blowing. Tommy & Vicki also told me how much they enjoy the site- it’s nice to be appreciated. Thank you.
Pat talked about somewhat randomly falling into the WFMU DJ/ Thursday night live host role, and I could totally relate… kinda like falling into this hobby 37 years ago.
The cool thing about Pat’s show was that he welcomed local bands and touring bands into the studio. Some of those appearances became legendary (Green Day, Jawbreaker, Queers, Operation Ivy are a few off the top), while others became some of the only quality documents of the band in a live setting. This one falls into that second category- 23 more minutes was on Very Small Records, David Hayes’ label post-Lookout. Good stuff.
From Jason Ross’ collection.

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

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Nuisance- WFMU Live in Studio, East Orange NJ 7/25/91 xfer f/1st gen audio cassette Lookout Records

Collections post from Jason Ross’ tapes today. I had no idea that this was from WFMU- the tape just had Rancid and Born Against from Phoenix theater, then it said “Nuisance 7/25/91”. I opened it up, expecting another muddy Phoenix tape and there was this killer WFMU set. Thanks Jason!
I am pretty sure that this was from that guy he traded with who taped these and did not trade much.
This is from the tour after releasing Confusion Hill.

Recorded by: Matt (from Jason Ross’ collection)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Mr. T Experience- WFMU Live in Studio, E Orange NJ 5/4/89 Xfer f/1st gen audio cassette MTX Dr Frank

Sorry, I am in brain fog today. In order to get my old ass through filming 6 bands with 2 cameras at Punk in the Park, I had to hit up the energy gum.. which always gives me this dull brain the next day. It’s like drinking monster but in terrible tasting gum. I’m really selling it! I should be a spokesperson.

Today’s On This Date is History was an easy choice. I was checking the list for any cool things that happened on 5/4 and this one popped out. I got it from the taper and it’s not online, so I assume it’s uncirculated. I love this era of the band- Jon Von was a force and his songs were goofy and fun. Just listen to What is Punk from the broadcast (or album) and you’ll hear it.

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

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Das Damen- WFMU Live in Studio, E Orange NJ 3/11/89 xfer from audio cassette complete

TLDR version: Forward to 3min to get rid of the tape issues

For today’s This Day in History, I pulled this one out of the tape collection. It doesn’t seem that I got this from George Norton (who taped a bunch of these), as this one has some hiss and bad phasing for the first 3min. Forward past that if you want to hear decent quality. So, unknown taper/unknown gen.

This takes place after their 2 SST albums were released, and about 2 months before they recorded the Mousetrap LP for Twin/Tone.

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

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Crimpshrine- WFMU, E. Orange NJ 8/25/88 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette East Bay Punk

This was another random pull that I noticed while looking for another tape. I saw that this is already on youtube, but in lesser quality. I got this from George Norton, who taped it off the radio. Thanks George!
This is such a great performance, loved these guys. Big thanks to Pat Duncan and WFMU for bringing little known bands (at the time) to play in studio.

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

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Danzig- City Gardens, Trenton NJ 4/9/88 Audio only xfer from 1st gen cassette FIRST SHOW EVER

Carl Sylvester asked me to digitize this one a few months back, and it finally got to the top of the list. I traded with a really cool and dependable guy named George Norton (not sure if my FB friend is the same guy). He taped a ton of city gardens & NYC punk/hardcore shows.
He taped Danzig’s first show at City Gardens and sent me a copy pretty much immediately. We listened to it about 50 times before the debut LP came out 4 months later. Good times. Note the track listing on the cassette J-card, we didn’t even know the name of most of the new songs yet.

Recorded by: George Norton
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon/Audiophile 2496 card

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Danzig- WTSR-FM Interview w/Randy Now, Trenton NJ 4/5/88 1st int as Danzig the band

I wasn’t planning to post this today, but Randy Now (legendary booking agent of City Gardens) asked me for it. We all owe people like Randy and Sacramento’s own Stewart Katz a huge debt of gratitude. They were the promoters who found venues and booked punk bands into those venues back when no one else would, which “trailblazed” a circuit of clubs that allowed bands like Black Flag, D.O.A., DKs and others to tour the United States in the very early 1980’s. And Randy did all of this on top of being a mail carrier during the day!
In this interview, Randy mentions that Glenn had not done an interview for a long time. I assume this is the first interview as the band Danzig. Randy also booked Danzig(the band)’s first show ever at City Gardens the next month, in May of 1988. You can find that City Gardens set on sacramento music archive as well.
Now, if Glenn would just pick up the damned phone…

Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
De-static in Izotope RX8 (it still has some static)

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Adrenalin O.D.- WFMU Live in Studio, E Orange NJ 6/11/87 xfer f/ 1st gen audio tape AOD A.O.D. NYHC

I didn’t have time to transfer a tape for today’s post so I poked around the hard drive and found this classic. I digitized some tapes for the AOD reissues and this one didn’t get used, but I really loved the WFMU in studio sets. The one from 1985 with White Flag is the best one, I think. I might have listened to that tape more than their albums.
The quality on this one is decent, but you can tell that they were playing pretty loud in the studio. This performance was just before their US tour in the summer of 87. Sounds like it may be one of the first shows with Keith Hartel (he is referred to as the new kid).

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

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