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The Insignificant- Eagles Club, Sheboygan Wi 5/22/93 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape Pennsylvania Punk

Here is one from Jason Ross’ collection and I have to admit that I have never heard of the band. I tried to look them up and there isn’t much out there- it looks like a band named The Insignificant who was active at this time released 2 7″s on Vandal Children Records. There is 1 2-song live video of a band with the name playing in Reno in 1994. That’s it. No band member names, nothing else that I can find.

So if that is really them, they sure got around on 2 7″ releases. Hopefully Jason or another of the Midwest/east coast punk historians (kelsey, tom) can shed some light.

Recorded by: Anthony Vanderzen
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HR-S9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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Schlong- Dave King’s Basement, Appleton Wi 10/18/92 xfer from 1st gen VHS tape East Bay Punk Live

Since everyone seemed happy to see the Schlong post yesterday, here is some more Schlong. This one was filmed at a basement show. I feel for the filmer- there is no good place to film, so he/she had to film around people. Not bad considering the circumstances. People in the front sit down after about 10-15min which helps with the view. This is another one that was digitized for the Turn it Around documentary, years ago.
More goodness from Jason Ross’ collection
PS: Check about 20min into the show- that guy filming had a SMALL camera for the time. My Aiwa CV-88 was about twice as big. Imagine lugging that to a show.

Recorded by: ?
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC HRS9911U and Canopus ADVC300

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Uncle Tupelo- Beloit College, Beloit Wi. 9/11/92 xfer from Band Archive Soundboard Master Cassette

Here come a few days of uncle tupelo tapes from their archive. This is an acoustic performance which is nice quality- lots of stuff from the march 16-20 release which is rare. Also rare is the cover of Neil Young’s “motion pictures” as an encore.

Setlist courtesy of factorybelt.net:
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down (flawed)/ True To Life/ No Depression/ Watch Me Fall/ Shaky Ground/ Atomic Power/ Whiskey Bottle/ Wait Up/ Wipe the Clock/ I Wish My Baby Was Born/ Do Re Mi/ Life Worth Livin’/ I Wanna Be Your Dog/ Still Be Around/ Warfare/ Moonshiner/ Grindstone/ Sin City/ Motion Pictures

Soundboard recording. All acoustic set at a folk festival. Brian Henneman sat in for the entire set. First known version of “Moving Pictures” by Neil Young.

Recorded by: Tony Margherita
Transferred by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: 1994 DAT transfer- Playback with consumer Aiwa belt drive deck (big regret)- Sony DTC690 using monster audio cables.
Equipment used: 2019 DAT to WAV transfer: Sony PCM-R500 — Audiophile 2496 card — WAV
Transfer Lineage: Band Archive Tape – My DAT (90 meter DAT in 32khz- big regret) – You

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Pegboy- The Rave, Milwaukee Wi 5/7/92 xfer from master or 1st gen audio cassette

Collections post time, this one from Jason Ross’ audio tapes. I know that he taped some shows in Milwaukee at the time and there is no hiss on this tape, so it must be his master or a 1st gen. I am waiting to hear back from him on that.

It’s a decent recording, sounds like it could be a pro walkman source.

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

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The Pixies- Barrymore Theater, Madison Wi 1/25/92 xfer from 1st gen audio cassette complete show

Here’s another “On this day in history” recording, that I received from the taper and can’t remember who that is. I had moved to trading on DAT almost completely at this point and this is on cassette, so this person must have only taped on cassette, and had good stuff that I had to have.
This is a pretty nice quality recording of The Pixies that I can’t find anywhere else online. I think this was a WMD3 or WMD6 recording. I did a little EQ (drop bass slightly, boost mids), but it didn’t need a lot of help.
For you Sacramento folks, my DAT recording of The Pixies at the Crest Theater is on the archive. Check it out if you want.

Recorded by: ? (I got it from the guy who taped it)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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The Entertainer- Green Bay Wi Cable shows VHS xfer Rev Norb Boris the Sprinkler Blow Pops Exploited

I pulled this one out to find a specific thing to post, and I realized that the entire 2 hours was pure gold, so I posted it all.
This comes from (I think) Grux from Caroliner Rainbow’s collection of VHS tapes. This is a totally INSANE early 1990s community cable show and I highly recommend you watch some of it. Most of it is just insane ramblings from Rev Norb (from Boris rthe Sprinkler), who seems to run the show along with 1 or 2 other guys.
The part I was trying to find is at 1 hour 39 min- rev norb interviews Wattie from the Exploited and the entire segment (including subtitles) are a perfect encapsulation of how I feel about the band. Thanks guys- this is awesome! Around that same time stamp are The Blow Pops live footage n(1 hour 35) and The Happy Schnapps Combo (1 hour 40 something)… but seriously, the4 entire thing is worth watching. Hilarious bored Wisconsin kids.

Recorded by: ? (Maybe Grux)
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video (denoise)

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The Dwarves- Klub Kaos, Green Bay Wi 7/21/91 xfer from master VHS tape

(Warning- tech nerd alert)
For today’s On This Date in History, I went to Jason Ross’ collection once again. I am in the middle of transferring my data from a RAID that went bad (but data was still there) to a new larger RAID. Data has been transferring for almost a day now and it says that it has 6 more hours to go before one of the 2 external drives holding the data is done. Jeez, this is stressing me out. But anyway, long story shorter but still long, the collections post is gonna be late today because of this. Man, I hope this works. There is literally thousands of hours of work and tons of master videos involved. RAIDs are not supposed to fail like that. What an ordeal.
Anyway, I transferred this from Jason Ross’ collection a while back. The Dwarves themselves posted this to YT a while back, but this is better quality. I was able to work this on the tiny bit of space on my C drive

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: One of the JVCs (HRS9911/9800) into Canopus ADVC300

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Dave Pirner and Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum)- Der Rathskeller,Madison Wi 4/12/91 xfer f/1st gen VHS tape

For today’s On This Date in History, I figured I would post something early to give the Soul Asylum fans something to do while waiting in RSD lines for that After the Flood vinyl. Unfortunately, I can’t make it out today due to Little League scheduling conflicts. If record stores would open at 8am, I would be all set. Stupid rock & roll time anyway.
This one has been online before, on Mike Wilson’s excellent “littletooclean” youtube channel. If you are a SA fan, check out that channel- a treasure trove of stuff. The reason I decided to post it again is due to the quality of this one. I got this directly from the filmer (Steve Hanson- R.I.P.) so along with the lossless VHS transfer setup and denoising, it looks as good as it can. Audio is surprisingly distorted for an acoustic show.

Recorded by: Steve Hanson
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – Tevion USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

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D.O.A.- Shank Hall, Milwaukee Wi 7/22/90 xfer from master audio cassette complete show hardcore DOA

It looks like Jason Ross taped this one himself- the label had “original master” on there, so I am going with it. The high end was a bit distorted/harsh, so I EQ’d as much of the bad stuff out while keeping it crisp. I also boosted up the bass- hopefully it is listenable now.

There were no flyers or newspaper articles about this show anywhere, so you get the stock photo of Shank Hall as accompaniment.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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Nerve Circus- Howard Haus, Howard Wi 6/18/90 xfer f/master audio cassette Rochester NY

I thought I wouldn’t have a chance in finding a flyer for this show but a google search helped me figure out that this set was an opening slot for Fugazi. Interesting choice for an opener, I wonder how they went over. They are more of a pop/rock band than indie/punk.

Jason Ross’ recording sounded pretty decent. It was clear with some distortion in one frequency band which I EQ’d out. Not bad.

Recorded by: Jason Ross
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Nakamichi Dragon and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card
EQ in Sony Soundforge 10

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