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NAR- Corpus Christi, Texas Nov 94 xfer from 8mm master tape Enhanced Sacramento Punk Band

OK, video Friday/Sat/Sun.
The NAR November 94 tour marches forward- there are 4 or 5 shows to post from this run, here is #2. Huge thanks to Ed Carroll for loaning the tapes and helping to ID the locations. This one has not one cover penned by Tom Hutchison, but TWO: Sleep til Noon (Captain 9s) and Rumble in the Housing Project (Knockoffs). These guys know the good songs to cover, for sure.

Recorded by: Ed Carroll
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into workstation
Enhanced (Degrain in adobe premiere elements/neat video)

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Mazzy Star- Trees, Dallas Tx 3/9/94 Live Audience Recording xfer from DAT Master Clone

Here’s another show from that DAT that I got from David Patterson about 25 years ago. It looks like this one is also uncirculated. It’s a little bassy, but sounds pretty good!

Recorded by: David Patterson
Equipment used: Portable DAT and Sonic Studios Mics (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Richard Thompson- KGSR,Austin Tx 2/24/94 Live in-studio interview and acoustic xfer DAT Master Clone

On this day in history- February 24.
I realize that I have been posting a lot of short “live in radio studio” things for the On This Day project, but this one is special. This is a very honest and intimate interview with RT (like, “did he really say that” honest) and a bunch of songs live in studio. It’s almost an hour and it’s great. Highly recommended.
Some of these songs might have appeared on KGSR’s “Broadcasts” series of CD’s released from the 90s until now… but not the whole thing. Really good for even casual fans.

Recorded by: JEMS (I think)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Fifteen- Emo’s, Austin Tx. 11/16/93 xfer from unknown gen VHS tape Live east bay punk

It looks like I have 3 more shows to post from the stuff I digitized for the Turn it Around doc. I sent a lot more, but I think the rest are probably on youtube already. There are still hundreds more audio & video shows to be digitized, so stay tuned…
It looks like the first 4 songs of the show are already posted to YT, this one is 6min longer. Shaky camerawork, grab the dramamine.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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The Muffs- Emo’s, Austin Tx 5/22/93 xfer from ? gen audio cassette Kim Shattuck punk

This one did not sound good at all when I digitized it. In fact, I could not make out the songs due to all of the distortion. Once I found a song I could understand, I did my best to EQ it in Sony Suondforge, then rebalance it in izotope. It still sucks, but you can at least make out what’s happening.

Since I had to push the rebalance on the vocals to hear them at all, you will get super loud crowd between songs. It’s a wonderful feature- Izotope doesn’t differentiate between the vocal you want (Kim) vs. what you don’t want (crowd).

From Scott Hamilton’s collection. Not bagging on Scott btw, his tapes were much appreciated.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
EQ in Sony Sound Forge (boost bass, drop highs), then rebalance in Izotope Rx8- Vocal +11, Bass +4

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Monks of Doom- Emo’s, Austin Tx 12/12/92 xfer from 1st gen soundboard cassette Counting Crows Camper

FINALLY, here is today’s On This Date in history. When I was checking the spreadsheet for stuff to post and I saw this one there. I knew it came from Craig Hilmer and I have his master here so I went digging through the tapes… nope… this one isn’t in there. Maybe we’ll get a master transfer when Craig comes for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass again. Haha.

The mix was pretty uneven and it changes often, but it was super low on guitar throughout so I went ahead and rebalanced it. More guitar and more vocals. There are portions of the show that are pretty badly out of balance, but it sounds good for the majority of the set.

I love the contract and setlist J-Card cover that Craig made. I think we are still adhering to its terms by putting it up here. They are getting paid, they basically gave consent through the archive.org “approved band” status. I’m sure I’ll hear about it if not. lol

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +4, Guitar +10!

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Ned’s Atomic Dustbin- Indievision, San Antonio Tx 11/92 xfer f/Master VHS tape Community Cable

Good news and Bad news today over here at the archive. The bad news is that after extensive work on the video capture PC, it still won’t provide a clean capture. The good news is that I decided to go with the “screw it, let’s start over” option and build a new PC with a Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro 4K Capture/Playback Card. Might as well go for the best, right? Don’t feel bad for the old windows XP PC. It will live out its days as the audio only capture PC. Nice and easy.

Until the Blackmagic card shows up, you get a hodgepodge of stuff that has already been transferred.

This is from that tape that Craig Hilmer recorded off TV and then sent to me. I did Metallica, Luna/Babes in Toyland, and now this one from that tape. One more to go! Thanks Craig!

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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F.S.K.- Emo’s, Austin Tx. 3/14/92 xfer from 1st gen cassette D6 Pro Walkman David Lowery Cracker

Here’s something of interest to Cracker/Camper ven Beethoven fans- a tape recorded by my friend Craig at SXSW in 1992. David Lowery joined forces with German alternative new wave polka band FSK at the time and an early version of the song “Dr. Bernice” is on a FSK CD. Anyway, here is FSK with Lowery.
Craig also recorded FSK/Lowery on Mountain Stage radio show and it doesn’t appear to be on YT yet. If this isn’t enough FSK, let me know.

Recorded by: Craig Hilmer
Equipment used: Sony WMD6C and Sony Mic
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Victims Family- Jelly Club, Austin Tx 2/20/92 transfer from 2nd gen VHS tape

Now one from my VHS collection- this was on the same tape as the Tiger Trap set I shared a couple weeks back. The lighting was pretty bad so I did my best to make it more watchable. It’s grainy but I enjoyed it. Features a mystery guest vocalist during World War IX. The camera cuts so we get no intro’s or anything.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Cramps- Dallas, Tx. 2/5/92 Unknown gen VHS xfer Live full show

Sorry about the quality on this one. I wouldn’t normally post something like this, but it was requested from someone (I won’t name them) and I had no time to pretty anything up today.
Here’s why he requested it:
“I was at that show and tripping hard on acid. I remember it as a fantastic show. I’d like to confirm that.”
So, please report back and let us know.
From Jason Ross’ collection

Recorded by: ? (Joe Hunter, did you do this one?)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9800 and Canopus ADVC300

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