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Social Distortion- Aftershock Festival, Discovery Park, Sacramento Ca. 10/10/21 Live 4K DPA Audio

This was the surprise set of the fest for me. I used to be a huge Social D fan back in the early 2000’s. I loved the Sex Love and Rock and Roll album- it was one of my most listened-to albums of the past 20 years. When they came out with that Hard Times album, it bored the hell out of me. I went to a show in 2011 and it also bored the hell out of me. So I had kinda written them off as a nostalgia band for the pompadour and classic car crowd.
They do 2 songs from the Sex Love album- not even the hits but a couple of my favorites. They also do a new song called “The Way Things Were”, which sounds like it could be off the Sex Love album. Wow! Sorry I doubted them.
Looking forward to the new album now.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 (video); Sony PCM-A10, DPA 4061 mics, Church Audio preamp.
Enhanced (brightness, denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Audio/Video synch via Plural Eyes 4

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Social Distortion- Eddie Egan’s Party, Perris Ca 7/4/88 Lossless VHS xfer from low gen tape enhanced

After posting the Flower Leperds show yesterday, I learned that the filmer is Dave Brooks AND that his master tapes have been digitized by Nicholas Serra. D’oh, I didn’t connect the dots with this one- Nicholas sent me a list of his stuff about 6 months ago and I forgot. Oh well, this version is still way better than the one already posted on youtube (240p resultion vs. this one). R.I.P. Eddie Egan

Recorded by: Dave Brooks
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S990U, Datavideo TBC-1000, Tevion capture card
Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Social Distortion- Goodie’s, Fullerton Ca. 6/21/87 Audio Only xfer from master audio tape Live Ness

I had planned to post this one yesterday- under the running joke that for father’s day, here is the ultimate dad punk band. But the kids kept me busy and I missed out on that joke. Damn. And I just realized that yesterday was the 33 year anniversary of the show. D’oh.
Anyway, this was recorded by a friend of Anonymous. Anonymous lived in the L.A. area up until 1987, and he had the older brother of a friend take his recorder and tape this show, as Anonymous wasn’t yet 18. This older brother was a typical 1980’s L.A. punk, and would get drunk/thrown out of shows often. He even passed out drunk while taping a different show- you were able to listen to the staff wake him up and get him out of there.
This is a rare recording, as it was during Social D’s dark period, when they were dealing with some personal issues and did not tour. Really cool, unique setlist.

Recorded by: Friend of anonymous
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Recorded with a consumer grade handheld recorder. Transfer with Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ’s and rebalanced in Sony Soundforge and Izotope RX7 to reduce midrange distortion and boost bass.

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Social Distortion- New Varisty, Palo Alto Ca 1/4/85 xfer f/2nd gen VHS tape Soundboard Audio

Today’s On This Date in History has been online for years, but not in this quality. The only ones up have substantial generation loss. This one is pretty clean. I had this since the early 90s, but this is an upgrade from ⁨@bootlegcowboys⁩ VHS collection. Thanks BC!

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S VCR (9800 or 9911U) into Canopus ADVC300, firewire into Dell workstation

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