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The Dickies- Hollywood Palladium 1/17/86 xfer from 2nd gen soundboard cassette Punk

I put way too much work into today’s “on this day in history” post. The mix on this was pretty terrible, it lacked high end, and the volume goes from 5 to 10 for the last couple tracks.
Here’s what I did:

  • EQ in sony sound forge 10 to bring up the high end.. which also brings up the tape hiss, and normalize to 0.
  • Rebalance in Izotope to get some guitar and bass in the mix… but not too much as this is one of those tapes where the soundman pushed the guitar up during the leads.
  • discover that the first rebalance job blew the levels to peak at +4db for those last 2 songs, overblowing them.
  • tear down and start steps over again with lower levels
  • Normalize/vol boost everything except for last couple songs to make it even throughout.
    Was it worth it? Probably not, but I love the Dickies and I didn’t see this one out there on youtube. Before anyone asks, I have not seen the Toy Dolls set around from this night.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +4, Guitar +7.5

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Exodus- Palladium, Hollywood Ca 4/19/85 xfer from master tape Ultimate Revenge Thrash Metal

Back to Tour Manager Doug’s treasure trove of tapes. I still need to send pics to confirm that he did tape this one (it sounds slightly different), but this one is pretty awesome- an uncirculated Ultimate Revenge show!
Let’s start with Exodus’ opening set. They only had 30min and made good use of it. Ripping set of mostly BBB tracks. More to come tomorrow. (Hint hint)

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Slayer- Palladium, Hollywood Ca 4/19/85 xfer from master tape Ultimate Revenge Thrash Metal

Onward with the next set from the Ultimate Revenge show that Doug taped. This appears to be the only one that ever circulated in audio form- I got it in a trade back in the 80s, but it sure didn’t sound this good.
It’s a return home for the band and the crowd is clearly going ape shit.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Venom- Palladium, Hollywood Ca 4/19/85 xfer from master tape Ultimate Revenge Tour Black Metal

If you have been paying attention, you knew this was coming today. Uncirculated Venom from 1985, thanks to Tour Manager Doug! This one sounds pretty good(no volume distortion) for most of the set, until they turn it up too loud for human consumption. Classic venom.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Metallica- Palladium, Hollywood Ca 3/10/85 xfer from master audio cassette Audience Recording

It’s election day AND Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! Get out and vote, and try not to OD on the endless political talking head news programs going on today. We won’t know results until tonight at best, so I suggest you spend your time doing something positive rather than worrying about the outcome.
This tape would have been super exciting if we digitized it 10 years ago, as it was a true rarity back then. Since then, Metallica released a soundboard of this show on the Ride the Lightning box set… anyway, here it is for the completists.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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