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South San Gabriel- SXSW Bigsby’s, Austin Tx 3/20/04 xfer f/ DAT Soundboard Centro-Matic Will Johnson

I spent a ton of time working up this one for today’s On This Day in History. Not because a lot of people will listen, but because I love this band. They also play 5 of my favorite SSG songs ever.
South San Gabriel were a side project of Centro-Matic. My personal favorite release is their 2003 “Welcome Convalescence” CD, which is why this set hits just perfect. My only complaint is that it is too short.
I worked to rebalance the set since vocals and drums were buried and bass was a bit prominent. I like it a lot now.
Everyone should listen to this.

Recorded by: Berkeley Mike Mayer
CD Rip and Rebalance by Shayne in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +5, Drum +4, Guitar +2

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South San Gabriel- Emo’s, Austin Tx 6/25/01 Minidisc master-CDR. Centro-Matic Will Johnson Project

I was in L.A. the past few days- got back late last night. I discovered that you can make it from San Fernando (north of Burbank, south of Magic Mountain) in 5 and 1/2 hours if you take hwy 99 and speed like hell and take no breaks. The prius was telling me to take a break. Like “sir, are you ok”?
On the bright side, thanks to Mark at FET electronics, ALL of the digitizing gear has been repaired… except for the beta machines. Bane of my existence, I tell ya. So Lizz Fisher, that means that I can finally make clean audio and video transfers of your umatics…
Anyway, here is one that was not only quick and easy to prep, but a really nice recording. I am also pretty sure I figured out who taped these Austin minidisc shows- George Savage (Lowdog)! The man with the minidisc.

Recorded by: George (Lowdog) Savage
Extract from CDR and prep for upload: Shayne Stacy

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