Here’s another OLD VHS tape that hasn’t surfaced online as far as I can see. I think I got this from Michael Pemberton who got it from the filmer. I think I have all 10 sets over the 2 night festival on VHS tapes here, in similar quality to this.
It looks like Michael taped this on DAT as well so one day we can synch the better audio with this video.
Recorded by: ? Michael’s friend Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/contrast/exposure/denoise)
I pulled this CDR out for today’s On This Date in history. I am almost certain that Michael Pemberton recorded this, but a) he never matrixed sbd and aud recordings together to my knowledge and b) he knows how to spell “Fibbers”… so I don’t know where I got this but michael mastered at least 1 source. Anyway, the guitar and vocals were pretty low in the mix so I rebalanced it a bit. This is from the run of shows they did opening for Golden Smog.
Recorded by: Michael Pemberton Matrix by: Michael Pemberton CD Rip and rebalance by: Shayne Stacy Rebalance settings: Vocal +3, Guitar +4.
SMUD shut the power off at the Sac Music Archive for pretty much the entire day yesterday, so I am still playing catch-up with posts. This is LAST week’s Patreon voter’s choice- Patreon $10 and up members got to vote on a concert that took place on leap day- Feb 29. You know, to kinda close out the “on this date” project and complete the project by posting something from every date in a year.
Voters chose 2 shows- the vote was a tie. After some investigation, the Soul Asylum show that was voted in actually took place on 6/29, not 2/29 so that leaves this one. It’s a good one- this one is really nice quality. I loved this era of Son Volt- I saw 2 week-long runs in California around this time. One in December of 1995 and one in March of 1996, but none of my recordings are as nice as this one. Well done!
I have the taper of this show narrowed down to two people. I think it was Norwood, but it could have been Pemberton.
Recorded by: Michael Pemberton Recording Equipment: Denon DTR-80P and Coresound Battery Box w/Bass Rolloff Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here is another Steve Rogers video, this one from Raleigh NC. Man, that American Recordings travel budget must have been sweet in the heyday of alt/grunge. Haha.
Edit: This was from the Raleigh hotel in Miami, same time frame as the slayer/etc respectable cafe show. This one is filmed outdoors with an odd effect that is present on the source video. As the sun sets, the the effect gets more prominent. If there is interest, I could enhance/brighten this in a couple of batches to make the end of the set more watchable.
Recorded by: Steve Rogers Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation Enhance in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Here’s a late “on this date in history” post for you today. I was trying to figure out where I got this tape from- I thought it might be from the guy who came to my place in 1991 to get some tapes for their Camper van Beethoven book, and a search in newspapers dot com confirms it. Uncle Tupelo opened for the David Lowery band for this show. DLB was Cracker before they had a name. This comes from a copy off his tape, which was copied from the master. Great early set.
Recorded by: ? (I think someone mentioned taping this show in an earlier post- please speak up!) Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Collections post from Anonymous’ tape collection. We had a day of Anonymous today- his recorder was used for the on this day post, and this is a show that he traded for back in the late 80s.
I am pretty sure that Todd Goss recorded this show. People like Todd and Jon Vogel were super helpful in the early days of trading. Anon and I (well, more me than him) were punk rock dipsh*ts using equipment that was not designed for live concerts. Jon and Toss (and others) were already using the Sony Pro Walkman and they totally influenced us to do the same. I guess they are to blame for all this gear, haha. Anon got his D6 in May of 1989 and I followed in October… thanks to Radley and Whole Earth wholesale. Thanks guys.
Dino Jr were notorious for being impossibly loud in the late 80s, even moreso than today. Even with Todd’s nice gear, this recording was a bit distorted before I was able to EQ and rebalance it out. Not bad now.
Check out that Raleigh late 80s nightlife. Yow. Music starts at about 3:40.
Recorded by: Todd Goss? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10 Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3
For today’s On This Date in History, here is a “What the Heck was I Thinking” moment from tape trading in the 80s. Like I had said before, Anonymous and I have been taping/trading shows since the 80s. He seemed to be trading with all of the cool early SST/indie tapers who had good equipment and I was more focused on video.
I was over at Anonymous’ place sometime in the late 80s, looking at Todd Goss’ tape list and I see this show listed. I loved that Pianosaurus album so I bugged the hell out of him to get this. Let’s just say that the concept of playing on toy instruments does not translate well into a live setting… sorry man. Fast forward to today and I learn that Pianosaurus were opening for one of the greatest bands ever, Guadalcanal Diary at this show. Should have grabbed that one instead.
Recorded by: ? Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
