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Centro-Matic: Mercury, Austin Tx 10/3/02 DAT-CDR Soundboard clone w/ Jay Bennett on Encore Wilco

Wow, I pulled this one for On This Date in History and did not recall that Jay Bennett played “California Stars” with them on the encore. What an unexpected treat! The Bennet/Burch/Will Johnson tour in 2002 was so great as well. I think Jim Mclain might have audio of that one from Old Ironsides on his channel.

I rated this “EX-“so I was fully expecting to do a rebalance but it sounds fine. Mix moves around a bit but everything is there. Good enough.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree I think, but I don’t recall trading CD’s with him. It was DAT only. Hm.
Extract and prep for upload: Shayne Stacy

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Slobberbone- Rudyard’s, Houston Tx 6/1/02 xfer from DAT Clone Soundboard Complete Brent Best

Here’s that other Patreon Voter’s Choice I had promised earlier. This one sounds really nice. Thanks to Marcus Winfree for taping it. At the time, I didn’t really think about how much he had to travel within Texas to see these shows. I realized it when I was following 7 seconds around texas in 2022!

Speaking of Patreon, this is last call to sign up before the prize drawing takes place this evening, and the new ballot goes up. This week’s theme- Lookout Records!

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +3.

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Grand Champeen- KUT-FM Live in Studio, Austin Tx 2/20/02 On This Day in History

Anyone who has listened to me blather on about bands over the past few years knows that Grand Champeen is one of my all time favorites. In fact, I have flown to Texas THREE TIMES over the past 6 years to see them since they do not tour anymore and shows are rare. The latest one was in October and we were treated to one of the legendary cover-heavy sets. That multicam is coming, as soon as audio is ready.
I can’t remember where I got this one. It is from unknown origin then converted to mp3, then burned to cdr. Despite all of that lineage abuse, it still sounds good. 2 mellow songs in studio, including “Step into My Heart” from their classic “The One That Brought You” album- you should check that one out if you haven’t heard it.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Also ?
Extract from CDR and prep: Shayne

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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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Centro-Matic: Emo’s, Austin Tx. 1/27/01 Minidisc Audience Master Full Show Will Johnson

For today’s “On This Day in History”, I pulled out a CDR that I received in trade over 20 years ago. I wish I could remember who recorded this. It probably wasn’t Marcus Winfree, who was the main guy in Austin at the time.. he had a DAT.

Anyway, Centro-Matic are one of my all time favorite bands. I have been a fan since the late 90s. I helped bring them to Sacramento (thanks to Charles Twilling for doing all of the actual work) in 2002, and I flew to Dallas a couple years back to video and entire weekend of shows of theirs at Dan’s Silverleaf.

They still play an occasional show- I think they recently played Jason Isbell’s destination festival in Mexico or the Caribbean. Makes me happy to see that the songs are still being performed.

Anyway, the mix on this one was not good. It was all drums. I did my best to rebalance in Izotope. The mix moves around a bit as well, so this one sounds decent early on and then gets worse later. If you have never heard them, I encourage you to check them out- great stuff.

Recorded by: ?
CD extract by Shayne Stacy
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +3, Bass +8, Guitar +5, Drums -3.5

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Old 97s- KTCK-AM, Dallas Tx 6/27/00 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette 97’s alt.country

Here is a crazy one- Old 97s make an appearance on a sports talk radio station. The radio hosts clearly are not accustomed to hosting musicians, or maybe their demeanor is always this abrasive.. but it is an entertaining listen.
Interview and 3 songs in studio: Lonely Holiday, Jagged and Crash on the Barrelhead.

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

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Centro-Matic: Good Records, Dallas Tx 3/31/00 xfer from early internet download-CDR Live in-store

Since a lot of my time and the audio capture PC is taken with the reel to reel captures, it is all video or CDR for the On This Date in History.. not that I am complaining, this one is great!

Speaking of the reels, what a goddamn pain in the ass these are. They are ancient and all gummed up, so I need to “help” the Otari mx-5050 rewind them by manually spinning the reels with my finger while it unit struggles. So, I guess these upcoming posts will be hand-pulled artisan reels. The squealing of the reels behind me during playback is driving me kinda nuts right now.
Today’s post is from a CDR that someone burned for me 25 years ago- it says “CDR download from web”, as it was a novelty to get your live shows in this way at the time. Great performance from Will and Scott at this in-store.
On a more serious note, we received news of Christopher Todd Penn from Good Records suffering a catastrophic fall at the store that has left him paralyzed and in ICU. I will post his gofundme below today’s audio post.

Recorded by: Good Records
CD rip by Shayne

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Slobberbone- SXSW, Club Deville, Austin Tx. 3/16/00 xfer from DAT Soundboard Master Clone

I got this from the person who taped it, but once again I can’t remember who that was. It might have been Marcus Winfree, Maybe Mike Shiner, or any of my friends who would bring their DAT to sxsw every year.
I was about 15 minutes into this one and it sounded like a standard set so I stopped the DAT transfer, but about 20min in it gets really good. Scott Danbom gets up there and plays violin on some songs. Say Zuzu appearance as well.

Recorded by: One of my old DAT taping friends who went to SXSW
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Drums +2, Guitar +2 (I think, I did not save the settings)
Photo by Anne Warth (pic is from the 12/31/02 show I posted the other day)

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Murry Hammond- KNON, Dallas Tx 6/00 Interview and Live in Studio xfer from 1st gen cassette Old 97’s

Sorry for the late post. Given the storm and its aftermath, I am pretty sure that nobody in Sac was missing the post for today anyway. Since it is so late, you get a short audio post. Murry is the secret weapon of the Old 97’s. Looking forward to seeing them in a few months in Chico and Roseville.
I have another really cool Murry related post ready, but I wanted to ask him if it is was ok to post… and I can’t find his email. Murry, please message/email me if you see this- thanks!

Recorded by: A guy named Riley I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
I tried de-static’ing in Izotope and it made it sound weird.

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Slobberbone- Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton Tx 3/27/99 Set 1 Minidisc Soundboard Master xfer f/ DAT Clone

Aw crap, I forgot to trim the beginning. Fwd to 1:30 for the start of the show.
Here’s another Slobberbone audio only gem. This starts as an acoustic set with Scott Danbom on violin and then moves into the rock. Pretty good mix that I was able to help a bit in Izotope.
The 2nd set has not one, but TWO Uncle Tupelo covers.
RIP Jess. Banjo sounds great on this one.

Recorded by: I don’t know. If anyone knows who taped TX shows with the minidisc in the late 90s, let me know.
DAT Clone Transfer by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Photo grabbed from Brent Best’s post. Photographer unknown to me.

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