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Verbal Abuse- Wellingtons, Winnipeg Canada 10/24/84 xfer from master audio cassette

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! This recording was well-circulated among traders in the 80s. It was so clean, it was listed as a soundboard tape even though it is a Doug audience recording. It’s nice to make a clean transfer of the source tape to EQ it- it sounds pretty good.
Doug also sent across a few pages of photos from that 2 night stand in Winnipeg. Wellingtons was a hotel and performance venue, and the band was well cared for. In fact, the liner notes of Hell Awaits makes reference to “MAROUSHKA LIVES IN OUR BRAINS!” — Maroushka worked at the Wellington Hotel, the club was in the basement. There’s your Slayer trivia for the day. Pay attention, there will be a test.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Slayer- Wellington’s, Winnipeg Canada 10/24/84 xfer f/ master audio cassette Thrash Metal Kerry King

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday!
Last month, I posted the first night of Slayer’s residency at Wellington’s in 1984. Here is night 2. The photo comes from Doug and is of Slayer playing at Wellington’s.
The audio is a bit tinny, but it is super clean and clear sounding. These shows are legendary- a quote in the liner notes for Hell Awaits has a reference to a worker from this hotel/venue.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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Slayer- Wellington’s, Winnipeg Canada 10/23/84 xfer f/ master audio cassette rebalanced Thrash Metal

Another Doug tape today- a Slayer show to honor Jeff on the date of his passing. Hard to believe it has been 11 years already. I think that Jeff even yells to Doug for a drink at about the 13:30 mark on this recording. It’s one of the band asking…
The Verbal Abuse Welington’s opening set was well-circulated in trading circles in the 80s, but I was not aware that they were opening for Slayer. These recordings are so clean that the Verbal Abuse was misrepresented as a board tape back then. Hopefully the EQ and rebalance will help these recordings out a bit- I like how it sounds.

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocals +5, Bass +2.

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Sinister Witch- Wellington’s, Winnipeg Canada 10/23/84 xfer from master audio cassette Cranium Metal

It’s Tour Manager Doug Tuesday! Here’s a rare/obscure one for you. Sinister Witch were a Heavy/Thrash Metal band from Canada, who later changed their name to Cranium. They released an album/demo on cassette only in 1988 which was impossible to find until Cult Metal Classics reissued it on CD 30 years later. SW opened for Slayer at one of those legendary Wellington’s shows, so Doug recorded them. Thanks Doug!
Looking at youtube and google, there seems to be a grand total of 0 live recordings of this band. It’s cool to get this type of stuff out there. Enjoy!

Recorded by: Tour Manager Doug
Equipment used: Sony Walkman WM-R2
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Sound Forge

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