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Rancid- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 2/8/92 xfer f/master soundboard cassette 1st show ever East Bay Punk

Another Monday where I am unprepared to post. That warrants a dip into Radley’s folder of goodies…
This one is labeled as Rancid’s first show ever. I can’t find a flyer online for a show at Gilman on 2/8/92. The mix and levels start off low, then jump up at the 1:40 mark. You will hear a little dip and rise in the levels- that was my attempt at a seamless vol adjustment. Eh, close enough.
No need for a rebalance, really nice mix.

Recorded by: Radley Hirsch
Transfer by: Radley on one of those professional Denon cassette/CD recorder units
Vol adjustments by Shayne in Sony Sound Forge 10

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Generator- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca 5/3/91 Xfer f/master VHS tape Tim Matt from Operation Ivy Rancid

Last June, I posted a video of this show from Arica Pelino’s VHS tape. She thought that she taped it, so I labeled it as a master and posted away. A while after that, my old friend Rodney Parker let me know that he actually filmed the show! That led to us discussing/figuring out how we can get these tapes re-transferred with the lossless setup and that finally happened late last year.

So here is a very clean version of the Generator video. There is also a soundboard tape of a different Generator show on the website/channel if you want a better audio experience. Thanks Rodney for sharing the tapes!

Generator was a very short-lived band that Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong started prior to Rancid, and after Downfall ended. Someone from the band commented with the rest of the band info and I can’t find it. Please let me know so I can update the description.

Generator:

Tim Armstrong – Guitar, Vocals

Matt Freeman – Bass

Martin Ros – Guitar

Mike Branum – Drums

Recorded by: Rodney Parker
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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Downfall- 924 Gilman, Berkeley Ca. 10/27/89 Audio only soundboard rebalanced Operation Ivy Rancid

Here’s something interesting. Big thanks to Tood Pritchard who came over to the studio last December and pulled out a bunch of cassettes from Jason Ross’ collection that I have not started to list or digitize.
This appears to be Downfall’s first show- some of Lint’s between song banter makes it seem that way. I think this was an opening slot for Bad Religion.

Downfall includes Lint (Tim Armstrong) and Matt Freeman from Rancid and Operation Ivy. Dave Mello plays drums, also from Operation Ivy

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon, M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in izotope (voice +5, bass -4, percussion +2, Guitar +1)

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