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The Accused- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 6/12/88 xfer from 2nd gen VHS tape Punk Crossover

I pulled this DVD for today’s On This Date in History. I digitized some of ⁨@bootlegcowboys⁩ VHS tapes years ago and this was one of them. The filmer did the entire night- NOFX, Paranoia, and The Accused. NOFX was posted (on facebook only) by Daniel Hague, and this Accused set is nowhere online.

Why wasn’t I there? Because I was videotaping TWO shows on this night. Sacrilege BC at Lite Rail inn, then over to Club Obsession (later club me, then cattle club) for Dag Nasty… in Sacramento

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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NOFX- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 6/12/88 xfer from 2nd gen VHS tape Fat Mike Fat Wreck Chords

I screwed up the “On This Date in History” post and I need to get going, so that will happen later. Let’s do this bonus post first.

Speaking of getting going- if you are out today, please be careful.

Thanks to MannMedic for Telling Me What to Do! You can also tell me what to do- head over to Patreon and tell me what tape you want. Link below.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U – Canopus ADVC300 firewire into Dell workstation

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Attitude Adjustment- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 6/6/86 Soundboard Audio Hardcore

I tried to post this yesterday since it was 30 years to the day… So this is one of those tapes that got me totally hooked on taping and tape trading. It sounds kinda awful at the beginning, but it is more listenable about midway through. AA only had their demo out and they played a headlining set at Ruthie’s. They ended up playing the longest set I am aware of, for this era of AA. Crazy between song banter with Andy and the crowd. It sounds like the band has a fight around “Streetwise”, 2/3 of the way through. I listened to this tape so much, I broke it and had to ask for another copy from Mark. I think Wayne Vanderkuil might have taped this one. Man, I wish he would loan me his stuff so I could transfer it.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil

 

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Legion of Doom- Ruthies Inn, Berkeley Ca 5/31/86 xfer f/Low Gen Audio Cassette w/Chris Dodge Spazz

Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection continues to bring the awesome stuff.

Legion of Doom were a metal (discogs calls them punk, but they sound metal to me) band from San Jose, Ca. Members were Chris Dodge (Stikky, Spazz, etc etc), Greg Lynch, Jason McNair, Matt Hubbard, and Mike Allport.

They had 2 releases- one demo tape and 2 songs on the Bay Mud comp, self-released by David Hayes. Wayne told me that they used to cover Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”, but I don’t hear it here.

This is likely to be a first gen cassette since Wayne and Chris were friends, but it is not confirmed. The master might be sitting with Dan Hague/Distort Oakland. Sounds like a boom box recording- not bad.

Wayne also provided the flyer

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
equipment used: nakamichi dragon and m-audio audiophile 2496 card

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Mock- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 5/31/86 xfer f/low gen audio cassette Santa Cruz Punk BL’AST!

This one comes from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection.

After some discussion, we think that this is the Mock from Santa Cruz that released a 7″ and a full length album in 1995- NINE years after this show! Way to keep at it. It makes sense, as Mock were friends with B’LAST! and they headlined the show.

This is likely to be a first gen cassette since Wayne and Chris were friends, but it is not confirmed. Wayne thinks this came from Chris Dodge, which means that the master might be sitting with Dan Hague/Distort Oakland. Sounds like a boom box recording- not bad.

Wayne also provided the flyer

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
equipment used: nakamichi dragon and m-audio audiophile 2496 card

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Suicidal Tendencies- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 4/18/86 xfer from soundboard cassette tape rebalanced

As I was digging through Wayne’s box of tapes, I came across this one. I knew that there were other soundboard recordings from this night, but I had never even heard about Suicidal being recorded. All of the board tapes from that night were recorded in 1 channel but it is pretty easy to fix that with software now.
Not much drums in the mix, so I pushed that and the bass up a bit. Sounds a lot fuller now.
from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +5, Drums +6

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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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Vomit- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 4/4/86 xfer from master cassette tape bay area thrash metal

Hey kids, how about a little Vomit for lunch? This one is a (relatively) nice sounding tape from Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection. I looked through all of the Vomit bands on discogs and I can find nothing about this band. I can’t imagine this being the Greek band Vomit which were active at the time- I don’t think they would come from Greece to open a show at Ruthies. If anyone has info about who does what in the band, please let me know.
It’s not bad! Vocalist sounds like Andy Andersen at times.

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

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Insurgency- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 4/4/86 xfer from master audio cassette- audience rec full set

Happy mediocre Monday! Wayne Vanderkuil blesses us with another early master tape. I had debated posting this since there is a nice quality board tape already posted (by Dan Hague/Distort Oakland), but I realized that this tape is the complete show. They played about 15-20min, broke a string and took a while to replace it… then the board tape seems to be that post-string replacement pt2 of the show. You get the entire thing here. Thanks Wayne!

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

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Manslaughter- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 2/29/86 xfer from low gen audio cassette thrash metal MITFR

Collections post from Chris Eng’s cassette collection today. This is the Manslaughter set, opening for Forbidden Evil. This date has to be wrong- there was no leap year in 1986.
I put out a public plea for help in identifying Manslaughter. Here is what Vincent Charles Reese knows: Mark Merjil on drums, Don Griggs on bass, Dennis Rock on vocals. Guitarist is unknown. I don’t see any of the members in other bands, according to discogs.

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

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