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!!! (chk chk chk)- KDVS Studio A, UC Davis, Ca. 1998 xfer from master audio cassette Yah Mos

Hey, remember when !!! played KDVS’ Studio A? Yeah, me neither but thanks to Ken Doose and his awesome collection of tapes, we can all hear it!

!!! were formed in 1996 in Sacramento, California, by members of The Yah Mos, following the demise of that band. There is no date on the tape, but I think this is from 1998 or 1999 because the band asks the DJ to play something from Fugazi’s End Hits album, which was released in 1998.

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

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D.B.S. Live in KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca 3/23/95 xfer master FM Tape Dirty Black Summer Vancouver Punk

Here is one from Ken Doose’s collection. Ken taped a ton of bands off the radio when they performed live in KDVS’ studios. We are just getting started with these.
DBS were a punk band from Vancouver and they were down our way while touring their first full-length LP, Tales from the Crib. They dropped into KDVS and did a 30 minute set.
For fans of the (in)famous KDVS radio show The Pirate and Angel of Death, there is a hilarious disclaimer for their show at the end of this tape. Classic! I guess 1995 was at the end of the ol’ “album lyrics can get you sued” era.

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

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The Creamers- Live in KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca. 7/93 xfer from 1st gen cassette

Damn, this sounds amazing! Thanks once again to Mike Siou and Sam Habash for this one. Mike was a KDVS DJ and made a cassette copy off of the master reel, and Sam recently digitized it with his Nakamichi. Great document of a much loved semi-local band, by way of L.A.
One quick note- youtube detected a copyrighted song about 19min in and blocked the entire thing from being posted. The algorithm was likely wrong, but I just trimmed it out and posted. So if it sounds like something got cut, it is because it did!

Recorded by: Mike Siou from master reel onto TDK MA110
Transfer by: Sam Habash
Equipment used: Nakamichi DR-1

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The Mighty Strangers- Live in KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca 1/23/92 xfer from 1st gen cassette indie rock

Thanks once again to Mike Siou and Sam Habash for this one. Mike was a KDVS DJ and made a cassette copy off of the master reel, and Sam recently digitized it with his Nakamichi. Mighty Strangers were a Davis band who were active in the early 90s. Dave Thompson on Bass, Rusi Gustafson on drums, Mike Duey on guitar, Eric Janssen on guitar and vocals. They had some stuff released on comps, but I am unsure if they had any proper full length releases.

Recorded by: Mike Siou from master reel onto TDK MA110
Transfer by: Sam Habash
Equipment used: Nakamichi DR-1

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Kai Kln- Live KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca. 1/11/90 xfer from reel to reel master

Here’s a fun one- I got these from former band manager Marc Malakie last year. We had talked about making them a free download for the Jerry Perry benefit, but we ran out of time. I bought a reel to reel machine to transfer this (and future reels, and then had to get it refurbished for $400! So, enjoy this $550 transfer.

Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Teac X-10R into Audiophile 2496 card.

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Verbal Assault- KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca October 1986 xfer from cassette

Let me remind you that Verbal Assault is playing the TINY Cafe Colonial tonight! They are playing alongside a stacked bill of bands, including Gel.
The tape itself is a bit of a mystery. I clearly got this in trade with someone outside of the Sacramento area, which is odd. Almost all of my KDVS tapes came from Ken Doose, Mike Siou, or the bands themselves. As a result, the tape sounds a bit fast due to multiple high-speed dubs I would guess. I am terrible at fixing pitch so I kept it as is. Enjoy, and come on out tonight. Ticket link in FB comments.

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

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Dissonance- KDVS Live in Studio A, Davis Ca 7/2/86 xfer f/master audio cassette Flint Mi Punk Hardco

The last time I grabbed a handful of tapes to digitize from Ken Doose’s collection, there were a ton of KDVS Studio A sessions. Here is one from a band that was on tour out here from the midwest. Pretty cool. There was some light reception static that cleaned up nicely (after a few minutes) in Izotope.

This one is pretty distorted, but that is just how the band sounded in studio. Stick with it for a few minutes and it gets better- both with the mix and the reception static.

Recorded by: Ken Doose
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
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Identity Crysis- KDVS Studio A, Davis Ca 6/4/86 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette mystic records

Oh man, what a day. I had digitized a VHS tape and was all ready to post it at about 5pm and realized that show took place on June 5. D’oh! You’ll see that one tomorrow.
So I found an Old 97s show from Harlow’s that I could have sworn I had posted before AND that Jim McLain and I multicam’d, but it’s not on youtube. Sooo I start processing that one and it is going to process for 5 hours, past my bedtime. So here is plan C. Not a bad one.
I got this in trade from Ken Doose way back in the 1980’s when I first started trading tapes. Ken has had some health issues so this one goes out to him, hope you feel better soon!
One day we will do proper transfers from Ken’s master tapes. He taped a bunch of stuff off the radio from studio A.

Recorded by: Ken Doose
Transfer by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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