The Cynics- Lawrence University Coffeehouse ,Appleton Wi 10/14/91 Transfer f/master VHS tape Garage

Here is a BONUS POST from Jason Ross’ collection. I have been packing and moving and came across an absolute motherlode of stuff in his stacks that were totally buried. Expect some really cool stuff over the next year-plus. There was that much of it!

This must have been one of the first shows that Jason filmed. The venue had poor lighting so I did my best to boost the lighting and denoise. Lighting was also uneven, so I pushed the lead vocalist to near-over exposure so you can see the rest of the band. Hope you like it.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
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

Live Concert Video

The Cynics- Club Underground Madison Wi 3/10/90 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette Garage Rock Get Hip

It’s a laaaate collections post today. This was one of the more physically demanding days in a while. Thanks to Bill and Cory for all the help. What a day.
One good thing about it was that Jason Ross had all day to reply to my questions about this tape from his collection:
“my copy is first generation. It was taped by the co-owner of a used record store that I worked at an Appleton. His name was Stan Erickson. He would have taped that with Awai an deck, the same model I used for a Rawlins Band and some others. Not sure of the generation. Remember around that time it retailed for about $129 at Best buy. I’m sure if I saw a picture of it, I’d recognize the model.” I think I know the model – anonymous used it for his early tapes as well.

The 5 second space of nothing at the start of this one is intentional, so we could avoid the F Bomb within the first 8 seconds of the video. YT gets excited when Early F-Bombs drop

There was some high end distortion that I was able to EQ out of there. Sounds pretty decent now.

Recorded by: Stan Erickson
Transfer by: shayne stacy
equipment used: nakamichi dragon and m-audio audiophile 2496 card

Audio Live Concert