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Willie Nelson w/ Symphony- West Point Rehearsal Early 1995 xfer from DAT Master sbd clone

This was supposed to be yesterday’s Mediocre Monday post, but I was travelling and my laptop conked out. Nothing like calling tech assistance at midnight, trying to fix your laptop for meetings first thing in the morning!

Anyway, this qualified for Mediocre Monday because even though it is nice quality and the arrangements are unique, it is pretty damn boring. This is most likely a rehearsal for Willie’s shows in early 1995 when he was backed by a symphony. Those actual shows are GREAT- we have one from the Beacon Theatre that will get posted soon and is a really nice listen.
This is another one from DAT trades with Damon Bramblett in the 90s.
One more post coming today

Lineage is most likely willie’s soundman– Damon– my DAT
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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R.K.L.- Practice/Rehearsal for Riches to Rags 1993/94 xfer from band archive cassette Rich Kids LSD

Here’s another really cool one that I found when moving Barry Ward’s tapes- an instrumental rehearsal session from the Riches to Rags era. These sound different than the versions that Barry posted on his channel a few years ago (BK Ward- you should all subscribe)

Recorded by: ? (Barry Ward Collection)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Tiger Trap- 1992 demos

Recorded by: the band, as while this is labelled “demos”, this to me sounds like a rehearsal recording

Shared by: tomzero

Tracklist 

01 For Sure

02-03 Words And Smiles (two takes)

04-05 Supreme Nothing (two takes)

06-08 Unknown #1 (three takes)

09-10 You And Me (two takes)

11 You And Me (bass mix)

12 Puzzle Pieces

13 Tore A Hole

14 Unknown #2

15 Unknown #3 (“Dumb Song”)

16 Sweetheart

This copy is labelled SBD3 meaning master > tape > tape > tape, so it’s not the best, but this does include the *vocal* version of Tore A Hole that Rose stopped singing to because she thought her lyrics are bad, so subsequent live performances of this are instrumental.  

I haven’t done any mastering/cleanup, though there were a few dropouts I patched, as well as clearing out bumps caused by stop/starting recording, it’s pretty much as Tomzero ran these off tape…

I checked against the extant videos since they also have unreleased songs, but the other three aren’t anything that’s out there.

My friend Mike Siou has SBD2 and one day I’ll encourage him to make me a lower-gen copy, but suspect this won’t be a huge improvement. Mike got his version from a fellow concertgoer/fan by the name of “Matt” that we met at a 2016 Guided By Voices SF show, and Matt got his from Rose Melberg.

Listen/download here

Update: Mike kindly provided additional commentary:

  • He received these demos in late ’92, and would play them quite frequently in his car, so factor that into getting his copy, it may be worn out!
  • Mike saw Tiger Trap nine times in the 1992-93 time frame, starting with Matt’s birthday party at his house, up to their final gig at Slim’s in SF with Velocity Girl around October ’93.
  • Mike has a tape from 7/15/93 at the Cattle Club in Sacramento with they playing with Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, as well as a 4/20/93 show where he was very inebriated
  • A full gigography from Mike’s POV:
    • August 1992 – Matt house
    • Fall ’92 – Chico show. Mike noted there’s also a VHS of them with Matt introducing them
    • Jan 1993 – some basement with Karp / Unwound (maybe more Karp). Mike followed up with a note that “Maybe Karp didn’t play the 1/93 Sacramento but I bought a Karp demo tape from someone, who could have been a guy in Unwound. Or from Karp. I did buy another tape that Rose said was awesome but I forget the moniker.”
    • Jan 1993 – like a bowling alley
    • Mar 1993 – chameleon room (Valencia Street) opening for Mecca Normal
    • 4/20/93 – cattle club (no idea how I taped it or who was holding onto the tape / Marantz / mic since I was so intoxicated)
    • May 1993 – cattle club (no taping, ARGH) – the one time I saw them play Supercrush
    • June (??) 1993 – “jazz” club on Fulton Street (next to former Pasquales and across from former Petrinis) by Masonic, Sf (opening Tore A Hole; also played Supercrush; no taping)
    • 7/15/93 Cattle Club with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
    • Oct 93 (??) – Slims opening for velocity girl – friend taped with D6 master.

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MDC- Compilation of live and rehearsal from the band 3/22/92, 2/26/92, 4/3/92 Chris Stikky M.D.C.

This VHS was in the box of stuff that Wayne Vanderkuil handed over. It looks to be 1st or 2nd gen VHS, which makes sense as Wayne was/is good friends with the Stikky guys, and Chris Wilder is in this incarnation of MDC.
MDC 1992 are:
Dave Dictor (always)
Chris Wilder (Guitar)
Erica Liss (Bass)
Al (Drums)

Recorded by: Heather & Chuck
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1960 – Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video

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The Boon- Rehearsal, Sacramento Area 9/24/89 xfer from Master Sony WMD6C Pro Walkman Master Cassette

The Boon was John Conley and Mike Yoas’ (from Desario) band in the late 80s. John & Mike have been playing in bands for almost 35 years now- their first was the hardcore punk band Concerned Children Rebel (1987), then The Boon(1988-89), Ellie (1990), and I lose track from there. Desario has been going for about 10 years now.
This was a home rehearsal, recorded with Anonymous’ D6.

Recorded by: Anonymous
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C and ECM909 mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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John Conley and Brian McCullough- Rehearsal/ 4 Track Demo Deasrio Erie Loch Wiccid 1989? Tape xfer

I love finding stuff like this on the end of old tapes. This was on the tape after the Little Guilt Shrine show I posted yesterday. It is labeled as “The John and Brian Thing” and it sounds like that is Brian on keys and John on guitar and vocals. Great stuff! Who woulda thunk that these 2 would make a killer collaboration. I mean, look at them- it doesn’t look like they run in the same circles. Not that there anything wrong with that.
John has been in many Sacramento bands over the last 30 years- CCR, The Boon, Ellie, Hliday Flyer, Desario, and I am sure I am missing some. Brian has built up a good fanbase with his Wiccid band.
From Anonymous’ collection, who knows from where. John didn’t remember this existing.

Recorded by: Probably Brian
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Anal Babies- Rehearsal, Sacramento Ca. 3/28/87 xfer from master tape R.I.P. Damon Brindle

My friend Robbie Aki broke the news yesterday that our old friend Damon Brindle passed away. Damon was in the bands Poison(the Sacramento based 1980s metal band) and Anal Babies. He was a good friend in the late 80s and then we all went our separate ways and lost touch. He actually commented on an Anal Babies post I made a couple years back, I was so happy to hear from him.
I remember Damon’s family’s big, nice house in Fair Oaks that always seemed to be a bit chaotic. His dad Mick was super cool and let us borrow his video camera to take to punk and metal shows in the early days. He even came to the show I promoted(Spankys 4/15/87) and helped videotape the show. Damon played drums with the Anal Babies at that show. Damon was always a nice, laid back guy. You can find that AB video(and their demo) on the website/channel.
Anyway, this is the only thing that I have not posted yet, that has Damon on drums. This rehearsal has Vonni Groccia on vocals, Greg (Decay) Johnson on guitar, and Damon on drums.

Recorded by: The band
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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R.K.L.- New Bomer Songs Rehearsal Tape xfer from Band Archive cassette Late 80s Rich Kids on LSD

I have been heads-down digitizing all of these new collections and I have not been giving enough time to some of these amazing collections that friends have dropped on me. Here is an example- I pulled this one out of Barry Ward’s pile of cassettes because it looked like it would be amazing.. and it really is if you are a fan of the band. This looks to be 4 track recordings of bass and guitar parts for some of Rock and Roll Nightmare. Really cool.

From Barry Ward’s collection
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Herbicide- Pus Cavern, Sacramento Rehearsal 1985 with original vocalist!

One of the fun things about this hobby/website is that people reach out to me randomly about things. That is how Jim Edwards got his Guns n Roses/Crest tape to me, and a bunch of other folks have given tapes/offered support/etc. It’s nice to hear from folks, so keep the cards and letters coming! One word of caution- if you are looking to trade, my hobby time is 100% dedicated to digitizing collections that have been sent to me. I can add you to a waiting list if you are cool with that. Sorry.
Herbicide were friends (frenemies?) of ours in the late 80s. Our band (CCR) and Herbicide would practice at the same time at Pus Cavern. I thought that Rob D (the Kyle from Dr Know sounding vocalist) was their first vocalist, but this tape has Steve Graham on vocals who apparently preceded Rob. Also on this recording are my friend and former bandmate Scott Oakes (R.I.P.), Scott Campbell, and Jim Woo on bass. This tape comes from Tyla Biale- thanks for reaching out!
First few minutes of the tape is pretty messed up with nothing in one channel. It gets better after a couple min.

Recorded by: Rob at Pus Cavers(too many Rob/Roberts)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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