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The Donnas- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 8/1/97 xfer from VHS Master Tape Enhanced Lookout Records

I think it has been about 4 years since I posted video from Jason Ross’ collection. Jason was kind enough to send me his live audio and video collections back in 2020. I started digitizing some tapes, but then I got buried with work, family and other tape collections and I paused the project. He has some really awesome master videotapes that will be posted soon! In fact, I should probably re-do the fifteen and AFI videos of his that I already posted- this new lossless setup will do a much cleaner transfer.
Here are the Donnas. This one is on youtube, but it is a glitchy generated mess. This one is right off of Jason’s master and looks killer. Sounds pretty decent as well.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Guitar Wolf- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 4/3/97 xfer from master VHS tape Enhanced Garage

It’s Friday, so you all get a video. This one comes from Jason Ross’ collection of VHS master tapes he sent me a few years back. It doesn’t look like it is on youtube either, which is nice. Make sure you forward in about 3 or 4 minutes- it is just line tests and intro music up until then.
I must say that this sounds better than the one album I have by GW. I am a sucker for lo-fi garagey sounding stuff (love that first Thermals record!) but the CD I had was irritatingly unlistenable. This is better.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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The Smugglers- Concert Cafe, Green Bay Wi 9/17/96 xfer from master VHS tape enhanced

Here’s one from Jason Ross’ stack of VHS masters that did not seem to be online when I checked the other day. They must have played LOUD as most of Jason’s videos (even Guitar Wolf) sounded pretty good, but this one has some distortion. Picture quality is excellent.
If you haven’t read Grant Lawrence’s autobiography of the band called dirty windshields, you need to check it out. Very entertaining.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Krupted Peasant Farmers- Lyn’s Farm,Kaukauna Wi 8/1/96 xfer f/master VHS tape Enhanced San Jose Punk

It’s Friday, so you get a video from one of the collections here. When I dug into Jason Ross’ VHS tapes (he sent me hundreds of them), I realized that he sent a stack of master tapes years back that I never digitized. This is one of them. This band still has a following- their CD’s and demos are still in demand I have have seen some chatter about them on the lookout records group… but with a name like that, playing an actual farm in Wisconsin? Perfect. Acoustics in the metal barn/shed are not great, but the camera audio is still pretty good.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Equipment used: GE Full Size VHS Camcorder
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Weston- Columbus Club, Appleton Wi 10/30/95 xfer f/master VHS tape Pop Punk Pennsylvania

It’s time for today’s video collections post- this one comes from Jason Ross’ collection. I had digitized this one quite a while ago but I kept finding a lot of Jason’s videos for the On This Date project, so this kept getting pushed out. Someone even asked for it way back- here it is, finally.

Weston were an American pop-punk / indie rock band from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 1990 and named after original member Dave Weston.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Harriet the Spy- 1022 Smith St, Green Bay WI 10/22/95 xfer f/Master VHS tape Kent Ohio Emo Hardcore

Here’s one from Jason Ross’ collection. That basement at 1022 Smith sure got some bands who had some staying power. AFI (obviously), and these guys. If this is the same Harriet the Spy from Kent Oh, they still have a big following to this day. Wild.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Gojira- 1022 Smith st, Green Bay Wi. 10/14/95 xfer from master VHS tape Midwest Punk

Before everyone gets all excited, this is not the French metal band who played Aftershock a few years back and the Olympics last year. This is a midwest band who had the name before the famous one did. Not sure if they had any recorded output. I don’t see them on discogs, unless Gojira (6) is them.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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Red Aunts- Concert Cafe,Green Bay Wi 9/30/95 xfer f/Master VHS Tape Sympathy for the Record Industry

It’s a video for today’s On This Date in History, and another one from Jason Ross’ collection. I am pretty sure that he filmed this one as well.
The Red Aunts set is only about 30min, but I somehow messed this disc up and there is almost an hour of extra stuff afterwards that is probably marked on the tape, but not documented here. Whoops!

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9800 or HRS9911 w/TBC on, Canopus ADVC30 digitizing box

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Bisy Backson- Columbus Club, Appleton Wi. 9/6/95 xfer from Master VHS Tape Sacramento Punk Band

Here is one from Jason Ross’ collection for today’s On This Date in History. It works out great since Bisy Backson started in Sacramento. I also posted a Bisy Backson demo from Anonymous 1’s collection last month, in case you are dying for more of this

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Probably a JVC (HRS9800 or equiv) and Canopus ADVC300

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Fifteen- Columbus Club, Appleton Wi. 9/6/95 xfer from VHS Master enhanced live Jeff Ott Crimpshrine

Here is the next show I realized that I had digitized already, when organizing spindles. This one was taped by Jason Ross, and it fell into my hands when he gifted me his collection a few years back. Thanks again, Jason!
With this one, I was able to enhance it quite a bit. It was SUPER dark and I cranked the brightness and exposure, and the neat video plugin did a nice job with reducing all of the noise that ensued.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Transfer Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300
Brightened/contrast/exposure/noise reduction in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video.

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