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Mummydogs- Old Ironsides, Sacramento Ca 12/16/99 DAT Master SBD Roland MX5 Live mix Thin White Rope

Here’s yet another one of those Roland MX5 mixes that I used to do. Even though I tried to fix the mix live, it was still heavy on drums and vocals so I rebalanced it in Izotope. Sounds pretty good!
Here is background on the MX5 (nerd alert):
So back in the late 1990s/early 2000’s, I had the nerdiest audio setup ever. I had some custom patch cables made that would tap into the insert signals of the soundboard without affecting the sound in the club. I would then use a battery powered mixer (Roland MX5) to mix the show- boost guitars/snare, pan guitars in stereo and the like. I would string a headphone cable outside the club and listen to the mix, then go back in the club and adjust, then repeat. Patrons on the sidewalk of the club would look at me like “who’s the nerd?”. Well, here’s the output of some of that work.

Recorded by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 into Roland MX5 into soundboard
DAT Transfer with Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope RX8 (guitar +5, Bass +5 )

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Mummydogs- Old Ironsides, Sacramento 9/22/99 xfer from DAT Master tape Thin White Rope Rebalanced

This was my first time seeing The Mummydogs- in fact, this might have been their first show. I recorded 4 of their shows over the span of 9 months, and then they were gone.
I was pretty excited to see Guy’s new band play and of course everything that could go wrong, went wrong with the recording. I used the Roland MX-5 battery powered mixer to remix the board levels live. I kept losing signal and I would plug channels in and out, trying to get them to work again. The original recording was a total mess, with channels dropping out and signal loss. I spent way too much time fixing this up and normalizing each song, so this is as good as it is going to get.
This one is for Onedin- he is a big fan and asked that I post them.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Roland MX-5 into soundboard, mix recorded onto Sony TCD-D7.
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R 500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 Card
Vol adjustments & channel/dropout fixes in Sony Soundforge 10
Rebalance in Izotope RX8: Vocal +5, Drums and Guitar +3

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Paul Division- Aggie Hotel, Davis Ca. 12/31/96 Davis Musicians doing Joy Division Thin White Rope

I was planning on posting something else today, but Paul Ashby just posted this and it was too good… and how often do you get to hear Guy Kyser singing “new to us” joy division covers?

Here’s Paul’s summary of the show:
23 years ago tomorrow, “Paul Division” played the Aggie Hotel, ringing in the New Year with a cheery selection of festive Joy Division covers. I think we might have rehearsed once or twice.

Eric Janssen (guitar, bass on “Decades”), Paul Takushi (drums), Paul Ashby (bass, keyboards), and Guy Kyser (vocals).

We played at the Aggie twice. This is the only one that got taped. I have to believe it’s no less embarrassing than the universe intended.

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Thin White Rope- Rock Herk Fest, HERK-DE-STAD, stedelijk park OLMENHOF Belgium 6/27/92 xfer f/1st gen

Today’s On This Date in History actually IS Thin White Rope. I know I threatened to post a lousy quality FM broadcast from Roskilde yesterday, but this one is much better quality… even with the odd “taping outdoors” high end swirl.
This is the band’s 2nd to last show ever, with the final one being the well-documented show from Democrazy in Gent Belgium.
The recording was lacking bass and guitar (I think the taper was right next to the PA main) so I did my best to fix it up in Izotope.
I got this directly from the taper, but I (once again) can’t remember their name.
Whatta festival lineup, btw!

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +7.5, Guitar +6.

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Thin White Rope- Last US Show, Cattle Club Sacramento 2/7/92 Pt. 1

 

This is probably my best TWR Cattle video. The lighting was way better than any of the others. They were so loud that my Sony ECM909 mic was having issues early in the set. I thought that the problems persisted throughout the set, but they didn’t. I never watched this because I thought the audio was screwed up, but it turned out ok! Watch from part 3 forward if you want to get decent audio. I also have a DAT soundboard of the show but the mix is almost all vocals (because of the volume). Anyway, enjoy. Looking back, I was pretty lucky to be at TWR’s last show in the USA.

This is part 1 only- you can find the rest of the show on Youtube

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80 Camcorder, Sony ECM909 mic

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Thin White Rope- Cattle Club, Sacramento Ca. 2/7/92 DAT Master xfer Soundboard Last US Show Ever

TWR were so loud at this show that the Sony mic that I had velcro’d to my camcorder stopped working properly- I had to replace it. Maybe it had nothing to do with the volume, but it was insanely loud. The board mix was almost completely Drum and Vocal. I really had to push the processing of this one and I think it sounds weird. Hopefully you will like it. I might synch this up with the video at some point. It’s worth a listen just for historical purposes, since it was their last show before the final Euro tour.
Drums drop in the mix at about 12:45 to a reasonable level.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D3
Rebalance in Izotope RX7: -1 Vocal, +7.5 bass and guitar

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Thin White Rope- RCKNDY, Seattle, Wa 11/9/91 xfer f/1st gen soundboard tape Complete Frontier Record

Here’s today’s On This Date in History. I can’t remember who I got this from, but he claimed that he taped it off the board. The guitar was buried in the mix so I popped it in Izotope and it did a pretty nice job with it. You never know how Izotope will behave with imperfect board tapes, especially ones on cassette but an impressive job this time. Between the lack of hiss, Izotope’s ability to repair, plus a few minutes of intro music (trimmed out), I guess it really is a 1st gen board. Cool. In fact, it might be the best unreleased Ruby Sea-era recording I have heard.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +3, Bass +1, Guitar +9.

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Thin White Rope- Rytmeposten, Odense Denmark 9/6/91 xfer from DAT Clone Audio

I think I mentioned before that I have 90 audiotapes of Thin White Rope that need to get digitized over time. Other than some of my master tapes, I haven’t had a chance to do very many. I pulled this one out because it was listed as a soundboard on my list, but after a closer listen it is an audience recording… but it sounds really good. TWR would play so loud that many audience tapes are not too great.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Thin White Rope- Joiners Arms,Southampton England 8/29/91 Cassette Master-DAT Complete Show Hawkwind

There were quite a few choices for today’s On This Date in History, but I was in a TWR mood this morning.
It still blows me away that so many great bands played this tiny pub in Southampton. Green Day, MTX, Samiam, tons more.
The show starts out with no vocals due to a microphone cable issue. It’s fixed, then the vocals are buried in the mix as usual. Pretty good audience tape.

Recorded by: Clive Jones
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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