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Thin White Rope- UC Davis Coffeehouse, Davis Ca. March 1989 Enhanced Xfer from VHS Master Tape

HUGE thanks to Paul Ashby for trusting me (and usps) with his master VHS tapes.
Here’s what I did to spruce this one up:
VHS Playback/Transfer with JVC HRS9800U w/TBC on, into Canopus ADVC300
Adobe Premiere Elements to birghten, increase contrast, de-grain. Noise reduction via Neat Video.
Export to MP4 at 1080p.

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

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Thin White Rope- Olive Pit, Davis Ca. 8/17/88 Live Xfer from master Enhanced

Here is the “famous” TWR show where Guy is naked throughout the performance. I have increased brightness and exposure & de-noised with Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video. Thanks to Robert Toren for loaning me the master tape to transfer, and for his excellent camera work! Well done!

Recorded by: Robert Toren

Transfer/enhancement by: Shayne Stacy

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Thin White Rope- Napoli, Indepenti Italy 5/29/88 xfer f/ 2nd gen FM Soundboard audio cassette Davis

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything from the mighty Thin White Rope. I loved this band and still miss them, even though they have been broken up for almost 33 years now. I still have about 100 TWR shows on cassette and DAT to work through, so don’t be surprised if there are more of these throughout the year.
It seemed that Europe was always very big on TWR. This tape alone has a radio broadcast of the band (here), plus them playing live on RAI-TV 3 days prior to this. In the USA, TWR was on the radio… once I thnk (Spin radio concert) and on TV… once I think (Sacramento Sammies). They do both in 3 days in Italy. The flipside of the tape has another radio broadcast from Sweden. Well done. The announcer does need to be quiet at the start of Red Sun, but otherwise good.
There was no photographic evidence of this show, so the pic is from the night before, at KGB club, Naples Italy May 28, 1988.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Thin White Rope- ARENA DEL CHIONSO, REGGIOMILIA ITALY 9/13/87 xfer f/ 2nd gen soundboard tape Davis

Here’s one for today’s On This Date in History that sounded ok, but I figured I could make it sound GREAT in Izotope. Hm.. Not really. The original mix of this has guitar buried in the mix, so I tried to boost in Izotope. That did bring the guitar up a bit, but it also brought up the bass which is already too loud in the mix. After I did that, I realized that Joe was too low in the mix from about 30min-on. In the end, I am not sure if this is any better than the raw board tape. Oh well. I tried.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Guitar +7, Drums +3

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