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FLLR DR1 + DR4G0N - Misadventures in Tape Transfers

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One thing this blog site hasn't really covered are the units I use for tape transfers.  Well, here they are.  The top unit is my "daily driver", a Nakamichi DR-1.   The bottom one is one of those legendary Nakamichi Dragons.  Unfortunately, this particular Dragon is feeling a bit ill with what I presume is a worn idler tire....meaning playback will grind to a halt, as the unit seizes up.  Rewinding/FF'ing is supposed to heat up the tire, and cause it to grip the transport better...but for me, it's not effective. Here's what this sounds like, tested through the Dragon on a silly tape I wouldn't otherwise bother with.  The first couple of tracks start out ok, but ends up warbling and stalling, not allow playback to resume. ( Discogs ) FLLR DR4GON - A Slice Of (a broken) Nickelodeon (there's a "tracksplit" subdirectory if you want a copy of it done with the DR-1)

FLLR MB001b - Tone 1980 single

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thehappyone After posting the digitization of the Savage Republic KPFK 1983 session onto Tape Filler, I quickly heard back from bcingyou...who mentioned there were other tracks that were broadcast which he cut out... If I'd known you were gonna take all this tape filler stuff so seriously I would have included more that didn't fit on the 80 minute CDr I made from it. I edited out a few things like Ms. 'Enthal talking about 'new psychedelia' then playing "Going Sane" by Tone from a rare 7" out of L.A. in 1982.  I have the Tone 7" so didn't bother to include in fileset. I can't even find it on Discogs right now.   Thanks for tracking down sources to tracks which were unknown to me. I've got scads of tapes here that I recorded off radio in early 80s that contain songs that are still a mystery to me. Someday... Yes, that format vagrancy is one I hadn't considered...since CD-Rs are ten minutes shorter than a typical C90 side, so some e...

FLLR MB001 - Savage Republic, KPFK-FM broadcast, 1983-11-29 [FM0]

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Fractured/Image playlist While the focus of Tape Filler is always what lies between what you wanted and the end of the tape, it's also worthwhile to present a better-quality copy (two, actually!) of the main course while you're at it. This was recorded off-air by my associate bcingyou at the time it originally aired and improves on the Nth gen copy which Fr. Image shared. This to me is *the* seminal recording of independent origin for anybody who values both this group and So. Cal post-punk overall.  One of the tracks was released on a single, a "tenth anniversary commemorative souvenir"...looks like I own one of the green vinyl copies.  Don't ask me where it is at present, hopefully in alphabetical order on a shelf. The first filler track is a Flesh Eaters (or "Flesheaters", I've seen both spellings) track, also played on the 5th of December broadcast, but "Pony Dress" and not what ended up on the release.   I have links to a couple other...

FLLR 041 - The End (demos)

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  The End  1st demos  Spring / Summer 1984  tracklist   Over My Shoulder [ 0:00 ] / Entertainment Tonite [ 2:44 ] / Love Comes Home [ 6:04 ] / Don't Go Thru This [ 9:07 ] / Changed My Name [ 11:02 ]    Kindly provided by RH, and shared here for the first time, that I know of. This is a second generation copy, so it's a bit hissy as a result, but not enough to detract from the proceedings. RH: " 'The End' were an 80's group from Texas. Austin or maybe Dallas - can't remember. TM was good friends with them. So was Woody, Dr. Death of Deadly Records - the promoter of the KLSU Section 25 show in 1985. "The End" were all about dark, synth wave. They played a lot of shows in Louisiana. I think they had one 7" and one 12". Saw them a few times - really good live." 'Love Comes Home' written by Tench only. The rest are Tench/David. Would love to find whether these are listed on Discogs but as there's 80+ bands with that ...

FLLR 040 - Silvia's Parents - Baggage Boy 7 inch

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  This "tape filler" on the pictured tape surfaced a few years ago, and I am as clueless now (at least until being updated by the fabulous Fractured/Image) as I was then.  Information (and files) supplied by the legendary "bcingyou". He notes: "I perhaps incorrectly transcribed notes on insert from trader's letter (which I can't locate) as filler being from "Sylvia's Parguts". This is obviously from vinyl as you can hear from surface noise before and after tracks but I can't find any match on Discogs. This sounds like a New Order influenced band from mid to late 80s or possibly a side project since keyboards sound like New Order's from that period. Any help with correction to the ridiculous band name is appreciated." He subsequently added:  "Only thing I can find is that 'paraguitas' in spanish means tiny umbrella." Suspect we'll never get to the bottom of this, but won't go down without swinging...  ...

FLLR GB004 - The Cure - 1991-01-17 - Town & Country Club II [secret show]

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  Archive dot org has all the details Next up in the GaoBest pile was this show, which is one of two audience recordings which are known to exist for this show. recorded by both C.C. and J.F. with Sony PC-62 mics into a WM-D3.  The other audience recording was done by somebody we know as "UKBT". GaoBest got his copied directly from J.F. when he visited him so it has an iron-clad lineage.  As well as a 16kHz line... The master clone of the CC&JF version is already online though...if not here than via the link at the very top.  However, our suspicion is that it was sourced via minidisc so it's not truly lossless....but we won't dwell on that. There are also two incomplete soundboard recordings, both taken from different versions of  The Cure's Play Out , there's a two-hour one taken from the original Windsong VHS posted by " Marble Girl ": Or you can listen to them here: As well as, unbeknownst to me (and not in the archive dot org link), a soundch...

FLLR GB003 - Pulp 1993-03-05 South Parade Pier, Portsmouth [ANA1] +

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(YT link) Recording done by Yannick P. using Aiwa CM-30s plugged into a Sony TCD-D3 DAT.  This is a first generation cassette copy made on high quality Maxell XLII tape. The extant version on YouTube (from  @dirtypearl ) is an Nth gen copy taken from the same source recording, most likely. This also includes the soundcheck, which wasn't included on the above. In addition we get filler from the best bands possible, starting with St. Etienne.  This is a brief snippet of "Nothing Can Stop Us Now", which you can find in full here . This then followed by three tracks from Cocteau Twins December 1995 Black Session....actually it's followed by the Pulp soundcheck, but I've grouped that above...and then succeeded by the Cocteaus, followed by Echo and the Bunnymen doing "With A Hip". There's a couple of versions of this set online.  This is the best SQ. Holly Hotfoot CratesClouds All of these can be heard / downloaded here. FLLR GB003 (lossless FLAC)