— Leave a Comment

Dan Abbott- Day of the Zombie performance, Portland, Or 7/17/05 master audio tape Bobby Joe Ebola

My apologies to James R Edmonds- it has taken me too long to get this last batch of tapes digitized. Here is an previously uncirculated recording of Dan Abbott from Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children Macnuggits doing songs from his acoustic rock opera, Day of the Zombie. From what I can tell, this is the most complete live performance that has surfaced. Cool! Thanks James!

Recorded by: James R Edmonds
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ(Bass boost) in Sony Sound Forge 10

Audio Live Concert
— Leave a Comment

Drunk Horse- Sabala’s, Portland Or mid-2000’s xfer from 8mm master tape Oakland Stoner Doom Kozik

I was planning on posting something from Arica Pelino’s collection since it was her birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday Arica! I discovered that I only have Green Day stuff ready to post and we are waiting until the tour ends to do those, so you all have to wait a week.
Instead, here is one from Craig Babb’s collection that I somehow missed posting when I did that project a couple years back. Drunk Horse was formed in 1998 by guitarist/singer Eli Eckert (formerly of local garage-punk outfit the Pants), drummer Chris Johnson (aka Cripe Jergensen), and guitarist John Niles and bassist Cyrus Comisky. They were one of those early stoner/doom metal bands that followed in the steps of Sabbath, Trouble, St Vitus etc. They were on Frank Kozik’s Man’s Ruin records for a bit.
Anyway, here is a 9 minute clip of a show- probably from the mid-2000s. Sorry for missing it, Craig!

Recorded by: Craig Babb
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Dixie Witch- Sabala’s, Portland Or. 11/6/04 xfer from master videotape Stoner Rock Texas

Here is another cool video from Craig Babb- he filmed so many heavy stoner rock/doom bands in the very early days of the genre. This one is a 10min clip from a show in Portland in 1994 by Dixie Witch. Audio is slightly distorted but still listenable. This kicks ass.

Recorded by: Craig Babb
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV350 firewire’d into Dell Workstation
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Jello Biafra and the Melvins- Crystal Ballroom, Portland Or 11/5/04 xfer from master tape

it’s time for the Patreon Voter’s Choice for the week! That means that you get TWO videos today. You all need a palate cleanse anyway I bet.

I think I got this from someone I traded with in Spain- like, a real “mail the disc from Spain to here” type of deal. I can’t remember if he taped this show or traded for this, but it’s not too bad. Audio is a little thin but it is clear and not distorted. Nice live document of their collab.

Did they really play 3 and a half hours, or is there an issue with this disc?

Recorded by: My Spanish friend?
Extract from disc and prep by Shayne

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Party Time- Last Show, Portland OR 5/22/04 pre- Red Fang xfer from 8mm master enhanced

Here’s a rare one. Before David Sullivan, John Sherman and Bryan Giles were Red Fang, they were 3/4 of this Portland-based band… Or this might have been a side project. Anyway, this looks to be the only complete video of them around.

Recorded by: Craig Babb
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere elements and neat video

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Quasi- Crystal Ballroom, Portland OR 3/10/00 DAT Master to CDR Coresound Mics Pink Floyd Sam Coomes

I really enjoyed prepping today’s “on this day in history” post. I love the band and this is a great performance and sounds nice. The vocals were a little buried so I izotope’d them up a bit.
I am still a bit irritated about missing their show at The Chapel last summer, when they played all of “Featuring Birds”. I love that album and it would have been great to see it performed. They do quite a bit of it on this one.
Killer jam into Pink Floyd’s Interstellar Overdrive to end the show.

Recorded by: Joanne Chu, I think
Recording Equipment: Coresound Minaural mics and Sony TCD-D8 DAT
Transfer by Joanne
Equipment used: Roland UA30-G4 Mac
Rebalance by Shayne in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3

Audio Live Concert
— Leave a Comment

The Dickies- Eugene, Or 11/25/95 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape Punk

On this date in history- Nov 25. S E E B E L O W

I am in a bit of a hurry today, so I will keep it short. This is another one from Jason Ross’ collection for On This date in History. Once again, it was done with the old canopus setup and clearly before I knew how to adjust audio levels. Haha.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Probably a JVC (HRS9800 or equiv) and Canopus ADVC300

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Satan’s Pilgrims- Lost Forest, Portland Or? Mid-1990s Surf Rock

Big thanks to Krista Wheeler in the Pacific Northwest Music Archives FB group for confirming that this show looked like it took place in Portland- there are going to be a lot more questions about vague dates & venue names coming up! She also told me that I messed up and put some of the Satan’s Pilgrims footage at the end of the galaxy trio post. Here is the rest of the Satan’s Pilgrims footage from that night.

Recorded by: Gern (Craig Babb)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Enhanced (brightness/exposure/contrast) and denoise(neat video plugin) in Adobe Premiere

Live Concert Video
— Leave a Comment

Galaxy Trio- Portland, Or. Mid-90s Opening for Helios Creed xfer from 8mm master enhanced

It’s mediocre Monday, on a holiday week!
This one is mediocre due to its length. Only 2 and a half minutes. The venue was super dark- I cranked the brightness and contrast for this enhancement so you can at least see it. Glad that Craig captured these guys so much- love the surf space rock.

Recorded by: Craig Babb
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Live Concert Video