Another NEW Collection! I mentioned that I drove to Columbus Oh to pick up a collection. This one belongs to Ryan Gear. I have known Ryan for about 20 years through the Postcard (Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt) list. We finally got to meet face to face last week and he gave me a lot of DATs and Minidiscs. This is the first DAT collection that I have picked up- thanks Ryan!

Ryan had really nice taping equipment and he hit a very diverse set of shows- the expected alt country/americana, but also a lot of recordings from the local DIY basement punk show house- Legion of Doom. I checked out photos of the place online and it reminds me of Casa de Chaos… a lot.

Anyway, the suitcase full of his and Jim Utz’ tapes is not even unpacked yet so I just stuck my hand in and grabbed 3 random DATs. It was pretty cool to pull a Bay Area band playing in that basement first.

Recorded by: Ryan Gear
Equipment used: Schoeps MK4-DZC20-Sund Devices MP2 Preamp-Sony D7 DAT
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500-M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10 (boost highs a bit)