Toad the Wet Sprocket- Trax, Charlottesville Va 11/14/91 xfer f/Cassette Master-DAT Soundboard

I digitized this one for you last night and this morning. It’s a decent soundboard tape but the guitars were distant. I was able to pull the guitars up a bit in Izotope, but they are still a little thin. Good listen anyway.

I think I got this one from Marcus Winfree. Before he moved to Austin, he was in the bay area and then Charlottesville for a bit. He has a bunch of great board tapes from the area in the mid-90s. He also got these cassette masters from someone there and bumped them to DAT.

Recorded by: ?
Cassette transfer by: Marcus Winfree
DAT transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Bass +1, Guitar +8.

You know what, I am not real happy with that rebalance. Here is the raw board tape, without my interference.

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Toad the Wet Sprocket- UC Davis Quad, Davis Ca 5/31/91 xfer f/ master audio cassette Marantz PMD430

Here’s another one I taped for On This Date in History. Continuing on the Rosebuds post from a few days ago- I think the PMD430 was new to me, so I was out taping as many shows as I could with the new setup. Toad the Wet Sprocket was playing a free show at UC Davis as part of the Take Back the Night event, so a bunch of us friends went together- John Conley, I think Mike Yoas was there, Jason Ellis..

According to Davis Wiki: Take Back the Night is an annual event that aims to support survivors of sexual violence, raise awareness, and promote action within our community to end sexual and gender-based violence. This event is held to create a supportive space for survivors and allies in the community.

What’s really cool is that the band stops playing and you can hear people marching and chanting. I can’t remember where on the tape it is, but I remember it pretty well when I was there and you can hear it on the tape.

Someone from internet archive uploaded this as an unknown source, and lists the gear as the PMD430 and a Sony ECM-909 mic, which is probably correct. That means that the Rosebuds show was probably done with the Sony mic and not the Nak. I shoulda taken better notes, man (in my Tommy Chong voice).

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Marantz PMD430 and Sony ECM909 mic
Transfer with the Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
no EQ or enhancements.

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