Here is a set from NYC D-Beat punks Nomad. I don’t know how often they toured out to California, but I don’t recall them playing in our area since this show.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: Canon HFG10, Canon HFM30
Audio: Sony PCM-M10 and DPA 4061 Mics
Edit by Tromster
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday today, and that you are happy and healthy. I debated posting anything today, but why break the streak now? Here is a set from Diatribe at Manic Relapse. It is a 30 year set- not sure if that meant a reunion or just a set with older tracks but here you go.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG10 and Canon HFM30
Audio: Sony PCM-M10 and DPA4061 mics
Edit by Tromster
I first saw Moses when they opened for Proudflesh at Eli’s Mile High Club. The vocalist was so high at that show that he was climbing an imaginary ladder into the sky- then do his vocal part without missing a beat. Never seen anyone perform that obviously high before. They blew me away so I went to them to buy a CD. He was so out of it, he just handed it to me. He couldn’t transact. Haha.
For this show, I had just dropped my wife and daughter off at the SFO airport to fly to China and I needed a distraction, so I hit some of this show on the way back. I only filmed them, unfortunately. What a lineup! (Hornss/Necrot/Moses).
I have a board tape of this somewhere. Maybe I can synch it someday.
I still have that demo CD- let me know if anyone wants as an audio post one day soon.
I wonder what happened to them…
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG10 and Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Today is supposed to be the local spotlight, but I have done a ton of local stuff lately so I am doing this instead. It’s a northern california band, so close enough.
I have been looking for this disc for years, and it finally showed its face while I was packing some stuff up in the studio. I love this band.
Back Story- I first saw Moses when they opened for Proudflesh at Eli’s Mile High Club in 2011. The vocalist was so high at that show that he was climbing an imaginary ladder into the sky- then do his vocal part without missing a beat. Never seen anyone perform that obviously high before, and I am pretty sure it wasn’t an act. They blew me away so I went to them to buy a CD. The vocalist was so out of it, he just handed it to me. He couldn’t transact. Haha. They wore their love of drgs on their sleeve- their old website (now gone) was called “mosesdoesdrgs dot com”. Lol, own it I suppose.
I think this might be their only physical release. I don’t see anything else anywhere and I searched quite a bit. I just discovered that they have 7 more songs on reverb nation that I need to download. A few are on this EP, but I don’t know if they are the same versions. And right on brand, this CD is kind of a mess. It is a silver (professionally pressed) CD, but there are tracks of nothing right in the middle of the EP, and one song has about 4 min of silence before the next track starts.
I wonder how the band is doing now. I hope they are still a band- GREAT stuff. No date on the CD but it must be from 2011 or earlier.
Recorded by: Moses
CD rip and prep for post by Shayne
Video collections post is first today, and it is from my friend Josh Parten. I really wish I could have digitized all of his videos before he passed- he reached out and asked me to do a “round 2” but we never were able to connect. R.I.P. Josh
I picked this one because I was at a Cafe show recently and had to eat, so I skipped video’ing a band, who happened to be Sad Boy Sinister. I caught some shit for that, haha.
Recorded by: Josh Parten
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC DV camcorder firewire into Dell workstation
Here’s a short one from Robert Eggplant’s collection. A lot of his video tapes are not clearly marked, this is all I know about the tape. I was able to figure out that Purple House is a DIY venue in Oakland. I don’t have a time frame or band name, but Eggplant plays guitar.
Recorded by: Robert Eggplant
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Collections time- here is another one from Josh Parten’s collection (R.I.P.). Before Josh passed, we had discussed digitizing more of his tapes. If anyone knows where his tapes are, let me know. I feel that it’s a nice way to memorialize people who filmed shows. Happy to do it in his memory.
Anyway, this is a really nice shot of one of those Germs reunion shows with the actor who played Darby in the movie on vocals. Unfortunately, the audio is badly distorted. If anyone knows of better audio, let me know. I can attempt at synching with the video.
Recorded by: Josh Parten
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Consumer DV camcorder firewire into Dell workstation
This one is from Josh Parten’s collection and I think it is from oakland. His tape must have been labeled as Oakland Metro in one spot and “British Invasion 2k6” in another. The British Invasion show took place in San Bernardino a few days after this with a ton of old British punk bands and ended in a riot. There is a tiny clip outside the venue after the set here which might have been Josh trying to film the riot, but it is too short to tell.
But…From what I remember of the Old Metro location, this looks like it was filmed in the sound booth up there and it does look like the venue, so let’s go with that location.
Recorded by: Josh Parten
Transfer Equipment: Consumer DV camcorder firewire into Dell workstation
Huge thanks to James Edmonds for sending this tape my way two and a half months ago. Sorry for the delay- I just unboxed it from the move.
How cool is this? RARE EARLY pre-recording contract show from WitTR. The mix was better than I expected from the Stork- that room is small and the board mixes can be spotty. It was light on bass so I did what I could in Izotope to fix it.
Recorded by: James Edmonds
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +10, Drums +3
James R Edmonds sent this VHS tape over to me last month- even though I don’t know the artists well, it’s nice to see the old Stork Club on video again- no footage of the doll collection behind the bar unfortunately. I think James is the green guy with the big nose. If anyone has info on the performers of both bands, please let me know. Discogs has nada.
Recorded by: James Edmonds and ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9900U – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (brightness/contrast/degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
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