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RKL- Garatge Club, Barcelona Spain 1993 w/Jason Sears show xfer f/ band archive VHS Rich Kids on LSD

Barry Ward gave me a few boxes of tapes a couple years back, and he had this and one other VHS tape marked as a priority. It was in PAL format, so I don’t think he was able to get it digitized until now.
After a LOT of trial and error with Virtualdub, I was finally able to find the right settings to capture this PAL tape. (side note- the higher end the gear, the more manual it is to get set up)
I can’t tell what the writing on the tape says except “RKL” and “Spain”. I thought it said “Garabethe” but there is no venue or city of that name. Maybe “Garage The”? Anyway, hopefully Barry can fill in the blanks around venue, city and date.
RKL is back and they have a bunch of shows scheduled with new vocalist Abe Brennan. Today marks the 19th anniversary of Jason Sears’ passing. R.I.P. to a true legend.

Taped by: Someone in Spain
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Philips VR-1000 PAL VCR- Dataviceo TBC1000- Tevion USB Adapter- Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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RKL- Old European show(s), xfer from band archive VHS R.K.L. Rich Kids on LSD

Since I am heading out the door to see RKL today, here is some old footage from Barry’s collection of VHS tapes. This one was labeled “Another Old RKL Video Not Transferred from PAL”. So I pull out the trusty PAL VCR.. and the tape is super damaged. The top part of the tape is totally serrated. I tried to play it about 5 times and realized the tape was degenerating quickly, so I just ran with what I could get. The screen does stop flipping about 5min in. The band in the middle of the screen does not stop. Oh well. Hardcore fans only I suppose.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Philips VR-1000 PAL VCR- Dataviceo TBC1000- Tevion USB Adapter- Virtualdub
Enhanced (denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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R.K.L. – Chatterbox, San Francisco Ca 7/29/88 xfer f/club archive cassette Rich Kids on LSD

Huge thanks to Alfie Kulzick for sending this tape my way. Here are the 6 minutes of RKL that was at the end of the Twitch show. This thing was ALL drums so I did my best to boost the low end in soundforge and the guitars as much as possible without making it sound weird in Izotope. I’m happy with it.

Recorded by: The chatterbox
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8

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R.K.L.- Covered Wagon Saloon, San Francisco 7/22/88 xfer from 1st gen VHS enhanced RKL Rich Kids LSD

Here is one from Gary Shurtleff’s collection (check out his excellent “fromthenosebleeds” channel for mostly arena rocking coolness)- an uncirculated 1st gen VHS tape of RKL at covered wagon in SF in 1988. I think that 1988 run is peak RKL- they were so amazing back then.
I think this was filmed by the drummer of a band called M.A.R. who lived in the area- Stockton, I think. I forgot his name and lost his contact info, but he filmed RKL A LOT, and I don’t think much has gotten out. Wonder where he is now.

Filmed by: I can’t remember
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800U and Canopus ADVC300
Brightness/contrast/exposure/denoise via Adobe Premiere and Neat Video

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RKL- KCSB, Isla Vista Ca 10/31/87 xfer from band archive master cassette Rich Kids on LSD R.K.L.

I had an hour in between meetings so I popped this in to listen/digitize, and I enjoyed it so much I figured I would post it today. This is a different than the KCSB tape from 1985 that has been well-circulated amongst traders since the 1980s. This is a very raw, kick ass set of mostly newer songs at the time. It this Joe Raposo’s first “show”? I hear Jason introduce the new bass player.
Again, I need to give a huge thanks to Barry Ward for sending these tapes my way, and good idea to bring the 120 minute tape to record the set- otherwise, it would have cut off at 45 min.
The Nak usually freaks out with 120min tapes (it doesn’t like the thin tapes), but it transferred just fine. A few little imperfections at the start, then all good.

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

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R.K.L.- The Farm, San Francisco Ca. 10/24/87 xfer f/ master cassette boombox recording Rich Kids LSD

Here is the last recording from Day at the Farm, then we stupidly left the show and headed to Gilman WAY too early for another Attitude show… but there is quite a story behind it.
We head out from The Farm- I can’t remember why we left so early but we left after RKL’s set. I blow a tire on the Bay Bridge and pull over on the bridge and attempt to fix it. Semi trucks are flying by, blasting their horns at me. Finally an SFPD comes up and nicely tells me that I can’t change the tire here- I need to drive the car off the bridge, flat and all. I popped the trunk with the cop watching to try to get to the spare and a bunch of beer bottles rolled around, making a bunch of noise. It is still a mystery why he didn’t ticket 18 year old me for underage possession, and give me a sobriety test. Instead, he followed me off the bridge and helped change the tire. Still blows my mind.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: step dad’s montgomery ward boombox
Transfer with Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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R.K.L. – The Farm, San Francisco Ca 4/27/86 transfer f/master audio cassette audience rec Rich Kids

It’s been a while since I posted an RKL thing, but I digitized this one from Wayne Vaderkuil’s collection a while back. This set sounds a bit better than the Christ on Parade from the same show a few weeks ago, but the Farm was not known as a great sounding venue and you can tell here.

There is also a soundboard tape of this set that also doesn’t sound great. Maybe we can mash them together and make one good sounding tape out of the 2.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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RKL- The Farm, San Francisco 4/27/86 xfer from band archive master cassette R.K.L. Rich Kids on LSD

Happy Mediocre Monday everyone. This one is only mediocre because the board mix was not good… not good at all. I had to rebalance it and it is still only so-so. The tape’s rarity and source make it pretty damned cool actually.
This was from an amazing Day at the Farm with 6 of my favorite bands at the time- what a show!

Recorded by: ? (from Barry Ward’s soundboard tape)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX8 (guitar and bass +8!)

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RKL- V.I.S. Club, San Francisco 4/5/86 xfer from band archive cassette tape Rich Kids on LSD R.K.L.

Huge thanks to Barry Ward for giving the OK for this one to be posted. It is really cool to hear some early RKL sets that sound pretty decent, quality-wise. Punk recordings from the mid-80s were usually sketchy at best.
I looked for way too long for a photo of the VIS, which is now The Independent. The best I could find was a pic of the club in 1991, when it was the Kennel Club.

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

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RKL- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 4/4/86 xfer from band archive cassette R.K.L. Rich Kids on LSD

It’s mediocre Monday everybody! Gotta love work stress. This show is definitely mediocre quality, but it is so funny. The flyer shows a Beer Drinker’s Night promotion, where you get admission and a drink ticket for $6. It was pretty clear that the people around the recorder were pretty hammered- it was like listening to a party with RKL playing in the background.
Still awesome due to the rarity- from Barry Ward’s archive.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi 680ZX and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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