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Thin White Rope- Burro Room, Chico Ca. 3/22/91 Part 1

Man, what a night this was. The Burro Room was a legendary venue- the Room was a standard venue- long and narrow. Next door was Juanita’s Burritos- they had cheap burritos and was one of the first places in the nation to have Sierra Nevada on tap. So we would drive up there, have a couple of pitchers and a burrito and wait for the show. This show was one of the best (and longest) I ever saw of TWR. I found a great little perch above the door between the 2 venues thatwas not only great for a tripod, but also sounded excellent because it was close to the PA. Recorded with the old Aiwa CV80 camcorder with a Sony ECM-909 mic velcro’d to the top. Enjoy! PS: Guy is in a beautiful polka dot dress for the show.

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

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80, Sony ECM-909

 

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Thin White Rope- Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Davis Ca. 2/2/91 Pt 1

This was the only time that I was able to see TWR in their hometown. The venue was interesting- there was no good place to place my tripod so I had to film handheld from a distance, so it is a bit shaky at times. This was the most animated crowd I ever saw at a TWR show.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used: Aiwa CV80 Camcorder, Sony ECM909 Mic

 

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Thin White Rope- Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Davis Ca. 2/2/91 Live xfer from master Enhanced

I am taking all of the darkest videos first and trying to enhance them. This one turned out ok. Man, I wish I used a tripod for this one. There was no semi-level place to film from there.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV-80 & Sony ECM909 mic
Enhanced with Adobe Premiere (contrast & brightness), Neat Video for noise reduction.

 

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Thin White Rope- AJZ, Bielefeld Germany 6/1/90 Audio Soundboard xfer from 1st gen band archive tape

I was digging through a tray of tapes a while back for something else and came across this one. This is one of my favorite TWR tapes, out of the ~100ish that I have. ML told me that this is just a straight board mix, but it came out amazing. TWR board mixes are usually unbalanced because they played so loud, but this one was close to perfect- all I had to do was boost the high end a bit. A rare case when the band sounds amazing and the mix works. Thanks ML for sending this to me about 30 years ago!!
Listen with headphones- Roger’s guitar is in one channel and guy’s is in the other. Kick ass, espcially during Mr. Limpet.

Recorded by: ML Compton
Equipment used: House deck, I assume
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496
EQ (high end +2) in Sony Sound Forge

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Thin White Rope- AJZ, Bielefeld Germany 6/1/90 Audio Soundboard xfer from 1st gen band archive tape Rebalance

Bonus post today- I posted this a couple weeks back and one of the band members mentioned Guy’s vocals being buried in the mix. His vocals were almost always low in the mix. I rebalanced this one and pushed the vocals up as much as possible and got some feedback that this one sounds better. So here is the boosted vocal version for you.

I was digging through a tray of tapes a while back for something else and came across this one. This is one of my favorite TWR tapes, out of the ~100ish that I have. ML told me that this is just a straight board mix, but it came out amazing. TWR board mixes are usually unbalanced because they played so loud, but this one was close to perfect- all I had to do was boost the high end a bit. A rare case when the band sounds amazing and the mix works. Thanks ML for sending this to me about 30 years ago!!
Listen with headphones- Roger’s guitar is in one channel and guy’s is in the other. Kick ass, espcially during Mr. Limpet.

Recorded by: ML Compton
Equipment used: House deck, I assume
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496
EQ (high end +2) in Sony Sound Forge
Rebalanced in Izotope rx7 – vocals +5

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Thin White Rope: I-Beam, San Francisco Ca 2/16/90 xfer from soundboard cassette incomplete

For today’s On This Day in History, Thin White Rope played with Young Fresh Fellows and American Music Club at the I-Beam. It was a Frontier Records showcase. Man, Lisa Fancher had great taste in the bands that she signed to Frontier. What a lineup.
This is about 20 minutes of Thin White Rope’s set. My tape is a bit longer but the first few i=minutes is unlistenable due to a bad tape dub. Hopefully ML or someone has the full set because it sounds great!

Recorded by: ? (possibly ML Compton)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Thin White Rope- Cattle Club, Sacramento CA 12/2/89 2 cam edit

Video from the archives of Jerry Perry and Shayne Stacy. Editing and audio mix by Jim McLain.
Recorded by: Jerry Perry and Shayne Stacy
Edited by: Jim McLain

One Velvet Morning 0:00

Hidden Lands 5:21

Red Sun 8:20

Everybody’s Been Burned 12:22

Don’t Know This Song 16:44

Mr Limpet 19:28

The Triangle Song 23:25

Elsie Crashed the Party 28:20

Lithium 32:40

Americana/The Ghost 35:50

The Napkin Song 44:40

Don’t know this: Country Polka One with Jazzy interlude, nice guitars 46:20

Yoo Doo Right 48:21

ENCORE: It’s OK 56:05

Moonhead 1:06:00

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Thin White Rope- I Beam, San Francisco Ca. 3/20/89 Enhanced xfer from Master VHS Tape

Again, HUGE thanks to Paul Ashby for trusting me (and usps) with his master VHS tapes.

Here’s what I did to enhance this one:
VHS Playback/Transfer with JVC HRS9800U w/TBC on, into Canopus ADVC300
Adobe Premiere Elements to birghten, increase contrast, haze removal. Noise reduction via Neat Video.
Export to MP4 at 1080p.

Recorded by: Paul Ashby
Transfer/Post Prd by: Shayne Stacy

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