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Victims Family- Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma Ca 3/7/25 4K UHD Multicamera Schoeps Audio Late Years Set

Here is one from my collection that was supposed to post yesterday, but youtube took over 12 hours to process it up to 4k! I waited until midnight for it to finish, then finally just went to sleep. You get TWO collections posts today! Lucky you.
This set is totally unique. Tim had a last minute conflict with his Drum Tech job, so Ralph and Larry had their friend Brian Polk (Joy Subtraction and others) fill in on drums. This set leans heavily on latter era stuff, which is really cool since a lot of this is rarely played. So if you are looking for Voltage and Violets/Things I Hate to Admit played in their entirety, you’re in the wrong place. haha. They do a few old ones, but there are a lot of songs I have never heard live here.
One last thing. This should have been a soundboard/audience matrix, but the soundman pulled the drive out before it finished finalizing. I can usually rescue files like that, but this one had glitches throughout. PSA for sound people- please leave the drive in for a minute! So many issues with this lately.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; Gopro Hero Black 7 x2
Audio: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
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Victims Family- Big Easy, Petaluma Ca. 11/30/24 Schoeps Audio 40th Anniversary Complete Show

Where do I start with this one. What a show! This was a one-off local headlining show to commemorate their 40 years of being a band, and they made sure that it was a special occasion to celebrate. The band starts with playing songs off of Voltage & Violets- there were so many from the album that I wondered if they were going to play the entire album. Then they moved on to Things I hate to Admit.. and I realized that they were playing songs from each album in chronological order. It was amazing- almost a 2 hour show, easily the longest VF show I have ever seen.
The band was remarkably tight and well-rehearsed. These songs are not easy to pull off, and pulling off about 50 of them had to take a ton of prep. Massive thanks to the band for this gift. It was really amazing. I counted 2 false starts, which warrants an A in my grade book.
The first hour of the show sounds a bit harsh- I had to move to an area to video that was not the best sounding. Vocals are a bit squelchy and guitars were distant. It still sounds good- it’s hard to screw up too bad with these mics. I think it sounds a lot better after I moved back. Apologies for the chatter in the 2nd hour- I had a small health issue and friends were checking on me. More on that when I post the video this weekend. The video is over 95gb- it’s gonna take some time to process

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder.
EQ in Sony Sound forge 10
1st 60ish minutes Rebalanced in Izotope RX8- guitar +6

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Victims Family- Big Easy, Petaluma Ca 11/30/24 4K UHD w/Schoeps Audio Early Albums Set Partial 84-94

Alright, this might be a bit long. Also, I adjust my light settings about 15min in so it is a bit brighter from then on.
Here is the first hour of the Victims Family 40th anniversary show from last Saturday night. I had intended to film the entire thing, but my body apparently had other ideas. Here’s what happened.
I get to The Big Easy and I see that there is no stage. In most cases, I could work around that but Ralph has a strict “keep the f*cking cameras out of my face” policy(love you man, just ribbin’ you), which means no gopros on stage/close to the band. So, I brought the 3 DSLR cameras expecting to mount them to the poles in the club, until I saw there was NO STAGE. Plans are trashed- pole mounts won’t work so I use 1 DSLR and stick the monopod in my pocket to get the camera elevation up to the ceiling that I need. The problem with this is that it requires me to stand dead still, since I need to act like a monopod for my monopod or the camera would be swimmin’. I call this “punk rock yoga”
So about an hour into the set, I could feel my energy draining. I did not have time to eat dinner and I was thirsty. I break out into a SEVERE cold sweat and start seeing spots in my eyes. Shit, I am going to pass out. So, I had to go sit down and ask Jennifer to bring me a water (THANK YOU). There was no way to continue filming while sitting down, so off the camera went. The funny thing is that this happened to me once before in 2018, and what was I doing? Filming while staying stock still with a monopod in my pocket! I think I have identified the issue.
Anyway, my apologies, you get the early albums up to Headache Remedy- the first 26 songs. Now I know. Hydrate (I was sober) and bring a protein bar.
At least there is Schoeps audio of the full set.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens

Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder

Audio/video synch in Pluraleyes 4

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Victims Family- Wednesday Night Live KZSU Live in Studio, Stanford 7/31/91 xfer f/1st gen tape Audio

Today’s On This Date in History comes from one of my favorite bands. KZSU has been doing a Wednesday Night Live show since the late 80s and VF played a set there in 1991.
Unfortunately, the person who taped this must have used either a flawed tape or a malfunctioning deck since it encounters some high end issues at the 45min tape flip. Otherwise, it’s awesome.

Recorded by: ? Can’t remember
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Victims Family- 924 Gilman 10/13/89 xfer from Master Soundboard Cassette Enhanced

So here is the VF full show audio I promised. This was probably the best VF show I had ever seen. Amazing set with brand new “White Bread Blues” songs, including an instrumental version of “Anti satan song for mom”!

PS: There were shockingly few VF images on the internets. I had to chop this one from my Gilman flyer archive for a different show :-O

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment Used: Sony WMD6C into soundboard
Enhanced in Izotope (bass/guitar boost)

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Victims Family- New Method, Emeryville Ca 1/26/86 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette

Oh crap. 10:30pm- it’s been a while since I posted this late, but I am keeping the “one post a day” streak alive for 2023.
This was on the same tape as the COC set, and it is just as important to some people. This is the earliest known live recording of the band. It doesn’t sound perfect, but it is really cool to hear all of those old Voltage and Violets songs played in a punk squat warehouse, opening for COC. Now if we can just find the Sacrilege set…

Recorded by: ? (Possibly a guy fro Clown Alley)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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