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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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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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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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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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RKL- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca. 2/21/86 xfer from band archive cassette R.K.L. Rich Kids on LSD

It’s mediocre Monday! I thought this one qualified because the quality is not great at the start of the set, but it improves dramatically. I wonder if this comes from 2 different sources- the 1st part of the set sounds like a rough audience tape, and the 2nd part is clearly a board tape. Great set.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi 670ZX and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
From Barry Ward’s collection

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Attitude Adjustment- Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 2/7/86 xfer f/ master cassette R.I.P. Chris Scaparro

Today’s planned video post is cancelled. While I was at the Oakland A’s game yesterday, I heard the awful news that Chris Scaparro passed away. He had posted about tongue cancer just 4 weeks ago- I can’t believe cancer took him so quickly. Such a shock.
I got to know Chris while promoting 2 Condemned Attitude shows in Sacramento in early 1987. From there, I became the Sacramento support “hub” of the band, copying and stocking demo tapes to sell at Dimple, and sending the band money and supplies. Chris was pretty soft spoken, I knew Andy and Rick the best, but Chris was always super cool to me.
It was fun interacting with him online- I have been posting a lot of AA stuff from Wayne Vanderkuil’s (and my) collection and he would comment from time to time… you could tell he was proud of what AA/CA/Attitude accomplished.
R.I.P. my friend

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

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Sacrilege B.C.- Eastern Front Fest, Ruthie’s Inn, Berkeley Ca 12/31/85 xfer from master cassette EQd

I posted this set from a 1st gen cassette last year, before taking on Wayne Vanderkuil’s collection to digitize. I came across the master so since it sounds pretty good for a recording from that era, it was worth a re-do and EQ. I will never understand why these guys didn’t enjoy the popularity of their peers such as Possessed, Forbidden, Death Angel, etc. I have always liked them just as much if not more. Was it because they were not on Combat/Metal Blade? No idea, and Alchemy was a better label anyway. Yep, I said it out loud.
Anyway, enjoy. This is what happens when I drink energy drinks due to lack of sleep.

Recorded by: Wayne Vanderkuil
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10 (increase bass, drop mids and highs slightly)

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