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Guns N’ Roses- Warfield, San Francisco 2/5/88 xfer from audio cassette complete full show

I pulled this tape for today’s On The Day in History post. I have had this tape since the late 80s (tape #872 lands it at about 1988/9 time frame), but I don’t know the lineage of the tape. It must be somewhat hard to find, as it isn’t online anywhere. It might have come from Ron Quintana or another old school metal tape trader since Diamond Head’s set at Reading in 82 was at the end of the tape. I really wish I kept better track of the people I traded with.
Anyway, it’s an average sounding audience recording for the time. I EQ’d out some light distortion and it sounds alright. It’s listenable.
If anyone knows who taped it, let me know.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in sony sound forge 10- boost lows, mids somewhat flat, drop highs.

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Accept- Warfield, San Francisco Ca 4/17/84 xfer from master cassette tape U.D.O. Heavy Metal

Another one from Tour Manager Doug today. This is the other show that was related to a great personal memory. I saw this tour the next night (in San Jose)- it was the first time that we ever went out of town for a concert. I was so excited to see Accept- they were one of my favorite bands and this was my first time seeing them. I went nuts, annoying the hell out of everyone around me during their set. I was also a big Saxon fan, but Accept were #1 in my book.
This one is unfortunately incomplete. Doug mentioned that he went to the San Jose show (for Accept only, then over to the Stone for Megadeth– what a time to be alive) AND the Santa Rosa show, so we might see those posts in the future. I still have vivid memories of Udo up there with those fingerless gloves on. Haha.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge 10

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Saxon- Warfield, San Francisco Ca 4/17/84 xfer from master tape NWOBHM Metal

One more from Doug to close out the audio posts for the week- Saxon’s headlining set at the Warfield on their first headlining tour of the US. Like I mentioned before- I saw the San Jose show from this tour and I was a huge fan… until Crusader came out. It was still a great show and the start of set with Power and the Glory/Princess of the Night was awesome (even if they screwed up the end of PotN). It still blows me away that he got such great results in that room- all of my recordings sound like an echo chamber there.
Speaking of Doug, look at this absolutely INSANE run of shows for this week. You know it’s a good one when you need to bail on Saxon’s set in San Jose to make one of Megadeth’s first shows ever:
4-14-84 Berkeley Ruthies Megadeth Blizzard
4-15-84 San Francisco The Stone Megadeth Razors Edge Empire
4-16-84 Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Saxon Accept
4-17-84 San Francisco Warfield Theater Saxon Accept
4-18-84 San Jose Civic Accept (I left before Saxon)
4-18-84 San Francisco The Stone Megadeth Steele +1

Then he went to work the morning after- that’s dedication!

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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