The night after my birthday party at the Blue Lamp, the East Bay Punk movie played at The Crest. I got there late- wow, was it packed!
Being the completest nerd that I am, I videotaped the Q&A session. Sorry for the audio quality- I forgot to plug my mic in, and then once I did, the audio is too low. Wait for the volume to drop and then turn it up, if you want.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40 & Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Here’s a short one from Robert Eggplant’s collection. A lot of his video tapes are not clearly marked, this is all I know about the tape. I was able to figure out that Purple House is a DIY venue in Oakland. I don’t have a time frame or band name, but Eggplant plays guitar.
Recorded by: Robert Eggplant
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Here’s a short one today from the (beloved) source of many of these recent 924 Gilman audio posts. Eggplant would perform at Gilman on occasion, and he played a short set at Geek Fest “Year of the Geek” edition in 1998.
He mentions using Mike’s amp, which was probably Mike Pelino from The Enemies, who also played the show.
Recorded by: Tall Tim
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Here is a verrrry special audio collections post for the day. Robert Eggplant recorded a demo many years ago and Billie Joe Armstrong made an appearance. Unfortunately, there is no tracklist or detail around what BJA actually plays on.. but you can definitely hear him at times.
From Arica Pelino’s golden collection of East Bay Punk history.
Recorded by: A studio
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Collections post from Robert Eggplant’s LARGE collection of East Bay Punk. I know that we just posted a Crimpshrine show earlier this week, but I actually planned ahead for once and had this one done beforehand. And Crimpshrine is one of the greatest EB punk bands ever, so no apologies necessary.
I wish I had kept notes on what I did with this one- I know that I had to push the EQ quite a bit. I probably should spectral denoise that low rumble on the tape at some point.
Recorded by: Robert Eggplant
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
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