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Old 97s- Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville Ca. 3/29/23 4K UHD Multicam with Schoeps Audio 97’s Rhett

Alright, here’s a really cool one that has been a few months in the making. My old friends Old 97s came to Roseville in March. I arrived early and the club was totally cool with me setting up SIX cameras, as long as I had permission from the band. Since I have known the band since.. well.. 97 (1997), Murry and Co gave me the all clear. Thanks to the band for always being cool about the hobby. I want to also thank a lady named Barbara, who was kind enough to watch my balcony camera when I was on the floor (“you can trust me, I was a girl scout”). Lol, thanks. Thanks to Anonymous as well for the schoeps audio. There is also a soundboard source for this show- once that one is finished it may warrant an audio re-synch and post.

This was part of their 30th anniversary tour, which is still in progress almost 6 months later! So lots of songs from the early days, along with the best of the newer ones. Great set.

My only complaint was with the camera in front of Ken- I had it all set up perfectly, and someone took it off stage and put it on the floor. D’oh! I debated using the angle at all, but it still has some cool shots of Ken and his pedalboard so in it goes.

Video Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG60 mounted to pole/HFG50 Tripod on balcony/ Panasonic Lumix GH5S on monopod/3 Gopro’s on or close to stage
Audio Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Schoeps MK4, Aerco Preamp
Multicamera edit by Tromster (THANK YOU)

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Old 97s- Senator Theatre, Chico Ca. 3/27/23 4K UHD Master w/ DPA 40661 audio Complete Show

Alright. First of all, I REALLY appreciate live music venues in general. The ones who were able to survive the COVID lockdowns need and deserve your support. I rarely have anything negative to say about any venue- most are pretty good. I had this long rant about the venue here that I deleted. Never mind. Support live music.

I had brought all of my cameras, but after assessing the environment at the show, I only shot with the GH5S. Sorry about the audio, these are my nice DPA mics. I did my best…. and I shot the Roseville show with 6 4K cameras and it sounds MUCH better, so stay tuned!
Thanks always to the band for 25 years of friendship and being so cool with my exploits.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S, Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens
Audio equipment: DPA 4061 mics and Church Audio 9200 preamp

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Old 97s- Fillmore, San Francisco Ca 10/12/01 xfer from master DV Tape Incomplete Old 97’s Americana

This On this date in history video has a long story. I will try to keep it short.

This was the Old 97s’ first time ever playing the Fillmore, so there was quite a bit of excitement around the show. I get a video pass (back when the Fillmore allowed those- I could go on about this) and get right up front to video. It was so loud that you can see the volume actually affect the image quality at times. You can see the camera dip a few times- this is because I was getting asked if I had a pass to video from Fillmore staff about every 5 minutes. Super annoying.

About 35 minutes into the set, the camera stops. I figure that it needs a new battery but nope. I think the volume killed the camera. It was totally dead- I had to send it in for repairs.

The audio is super glitchy to start but it gets better a few minutes in. My old friend KN has superior audio- if I ever get the OK to synch it, we can do a better transfer of this videotape on the commercial/industrial machine I have and synch up his audio. Someday hopefully.

Rhett mentions a “Live at the Fillmore” audio release at the beginning. Never happened. You see some dude with a huge camera on stage- also never released. I hope that audio/footage is on a tape somewhere still…

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC consumer MiniDV camcorder (don’t remember model)
Transfer via camcorder firewire into Dell workstation
No enhancements- this is raw

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Old 97s- UC Davis Quad, Davis Ca. 5/6/01 xfer from master tape!

There was a time when I was a huge Old 97s fan. I would see every one of their shows in California. This is the time that they played the UCD quad for FREE at lunch. It was hotter than hell, so I started my DAT machine plugged into the soundboard and went to video. I came back after the show and my poor DAT had heat stroke- the display was black and it stopped. What a bummer. At least the video turned out nice. Filmed with an Aiwa DV camera(don’t know model #) and stock microphone.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa DV

 

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Old 97s- KTCK-AM, Dallas Tx 6/27/00 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette 97’s alt.country

Here is a crazy one- Old 97s make an appearance on a sports talk radio station. The radio hosts clearly are not accustomed to hosting musicians, or maybe their demeanor is always this abrasive.. but it is an entertaining listen.
Interview and 3 songs in studio: Lonely Holiday, Jagged and Crash on the Barrelhead.

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

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Murry Hammond- KNON, Dallas Tx 6/00 Interview and Live in Studio xfer from 1st gen cassette Old 97’s

Sorry for the late post. Given the storm and its aftermath, I am pretty sure that nobody in Sac was missing the post for today anyway. Since it is so late, you get a short audio post. Murry is the secret weapon of the Old 97’s. Looking forward to seeing them in a few months in Chico and Roseville.
I have another really cool Murry related post ready, but I wanted to ask him if it is was ok to post… and I can’t find his email. Murry, please message/email me if you see this- thanks!

Recorded by: A guy named Riley I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I tried de-static’ing in Izotope and it made it sound weird.

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Old 97s- Fight Songs Outtakes xfer from 2nd gen cassette 97’s alt.country

Many years ago (20ish?), I got some really cool stuff from a guy- I think his name was Riley. It’s been a long time and lost a lot of my lists and correspondence. Anyway, he was friends with the band so look for some really cool/old stuff coming up.
This one was at the end of one of the tapes he sent. I think some of these versions were released on the 3-LP reissue of Fight Songs a couple years back, but I can’t tell if all of them are exactly the same.
Tracks are: Weightless/The Villain/Murder or a Heart Attack (w/organ)

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

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Old 97s- Ft. Worth, Tx November 1998 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Early Internet Proshot Capture Complete

It’s time for Patreon Voter’s Choice! And what a choice it is. There are no professionally shot videos of the 97s from (imho) their best era in the mid to late 90’s, except for this one… well, and the complete Austin City Limits which the band WANTED me to post and then was whacked by the PBS affiliate in Austin. So, the only one publicly available.
This is when they were the best band on the planet- just absolutely ripping.

I commend Merge Radio for broadcasting this in the early days of the internet and to the person who captured this online- this was not easy to do back then! Sure, it is primitive and clunky by today’s standards (yes, that is an internet pause at 3:50), but I love this. Hope you do too.

Recorded by: Maggie(redmags) maybe?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Old 97s- 7th Note, San Francisco Ca. 11/6/98 Xfer from master video tape DAT Soundboard Master Audio

Here’s one that I have been wanting to get enhanced and synched up for a long time. Finally, thanks to King Bean, Adobe Premiere/Neat Video and Izotope we can get it done. There are a lot more Old 97s videos still to do from the 1998-2002 time frame.
The 7th Note was a pretty big venue in SF for the 97s at the time- I think it was the old Wolfgang’s building- King Crimson played there around the same time as this. The band played the tiny Starry Plough the night before, and then this huge place the next night.
I remember it being full and stuffy in there. I don’t know if that is why my auto-focus freaks out often, or if it due to the disco ball in the foreground. It corrects itself during closeups, so it is still watchable… and it sounds pretty nice.
The last song cuts off (they played longer than expected), but the soundboard is complete. So when you see a blank screen with audio only during the last song, that is how it is supposed to be.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video Equipment used: Sony TR81
Video Transfer Equipment: Sony DCR-TRV320 firewire into workstation
Audio Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 into soundboard
Audio Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Enhanced/denoise in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat video
Audio/Video synch by King Bean

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