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Neurosis- Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma Ca 6/9/92 xfer from master soundboard cassette rebalanced

Yet another awesome gift from James R Edmonds- a master soundboard of Neurosis. At least I think he told me it was the master. And by the way James- I am still working on your CD’s- that turned out to be a HUGE project. I am trying to get them all done by end of week. There will be about a 50 spindle of discs coming!
Anyway, this recording is super clean but was almost all drums and vocals. I tried to rebalance it in Izotope and it happened to boost the high hat to obnoxious levels, so I EQ’d it in Sony Soundforge then rebalanced… and the high hat is still too high. Oh well, I hope you can still enjoy it. It does settle down a bit later on.

Recorded by: James R Edmonds
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10 (15khz minus infinity)
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +9, Guitar +8

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Green Day- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca 9/28/91 Uncirculated Preshow clip xfer f/VHS Master Enhanced

A couple weeks back, my friend Arica Pelino flew into Sacramento with a suitcase full of tapes. There is SO MUCH amazing East Bay Punk stuff in there- it has been a joy digitizing the tapes for her… and we are just getting started! Thanks for bringing them, Arica!
This one is a short teaser for you- before their show on 9/28/91 at Phoenix Theater, Arica filmed Green Day getting prepared (makeup and all) before the show.
The video was a little dark and grainy (90s video technology and all), but I tried to brighten it up a bit and denoise as much as I could without giving everyone that “iphone beauty” look. I mean, look how beautiful they are without it!
If you all want to be in the loop about the release of this archival East Bay audio/video from her collection, you all should subscribe to YT, sign up for email on the sacramentomusicarchive website, or join the facebook group for the archive.
Enjoy!

Recorded by: Arica Pelino
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (brightness/contrast/denoise)

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Mr. Bungle- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca. 3/1/91 xfer from band VHS tape Mike Patton

Here’s an exciting one- an uncirculated Mr. Bungle video from that same 3/1/91 show as my other posts! This is before the release of the 1st album, so you get a mix of album tracks and stuff from their demos. I prefer the demos, but I’m sure most of you will like it all.
From the collection of Eddie Jorgensen- drummer for opening band Chomphard

Recorded by:?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC300

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Deli Creeps- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca. 3/1/91 Xfer from Band VHS Tape Buckethead

Huge thanks to Eddie Jorgensen for trusting me with his video tapes. Here is 8 minutes of Deli Creeps’ set from an amazing bill featuring Chomphard, Mr. Bungle and Disciples of Ed. This is a transfer from a 30 year old tape that was dubbed in EP/SLP mode, which sat in a garage for years. Please excuse the slight flaws.
This video is wild- buckethead gets stuck on top of his full stack of amps and tries to climb down, and FALLS BACKWARD onto part of the drums… without missing a thing. It happens at about 1:57 in. The band doesn’t miss a beat. Unreal.
PS: Why is everyone wearing aprons?

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment: JVC SR9800 w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC300.

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Lung Butter- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca 1/25/91 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk

It’s Wednesday, so let’s continue the weekly Arica Pelino video posts. Not much info out there about Lung Butter- they recorded their demo at Gilman and played some shows there. They put out 1 demo which is what the facebook pic image is from. Members were: Sean on Guitar and Vocals, Russ on Bass and vocals, Jason on Drums. Kind of like the TM Doug post yesterday, there appears to be zero videos of this band on YT. Thanks Arica for filming and sharing!

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

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Econochrist- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca 1/25/91 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced East Bay Punk

Another Wednesday, another rare as hell Arica Pelino video. This one is an apparent uncirculated Econochrist video from that same show as Lung Butter. Same with a lot of Arica’s video, this one sounds ok- not distorted. Nice closeups. Thanks Arica!

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

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Chronic Decay- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca 1/2/91 xfer f/ Master VHS tape Enhanced Manteca band

Here’s the first full show video from Arica Pelino’s collection. Chronic Decay were from Manteca (if my halfass Discogs sleuthing is correct, but it may not be- they are listed as a heavy metal/thrash band) and were clearly influenced by bands like Victims Family- jazz punk sound. Really great stuff!
If this is the Manteca band on discogs, members may/may not have been:
Bass, Vocals – Acy Guin
Drums – Mark
Lead Guitar – Paul

One last thing- I know that this has VHS copy-looking degeneration. It’s a master tape because A) Arica told me that she taped it herself and B) It was mastered in 6 hour (SLP) mode. Even oriringal recordings can have that shadowing in SLP mode. Lighting comes up at about the 28:00 mark and looks much better. Sounds great- love those old VHS camcorders.

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

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Bad Religion- Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Ca 1/2/91 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced

It’s Friday! Man, what a long week. Here’s a pretty cool one from Arica Pelino’s suitcase of goods- a Bad Religion set that she filmed back in 1991. The audio is really good on this for a camcorder- like I mentioned before, some of those old VHS camcorders had solid mics. The camerawork and lighting get much better about 7 minutes in. BR fans will dig it. Thanks Arica!

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

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