Delta 5 @ Berkeley, CA 1980-09-27

 
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Delta 5
Berkeley Square
Berkeley, CA
1980-09-27 (Saturday)

THTP Release 67

Note that 3 of the tracks (5, 11, 13) were commercially released by Kill All Rock Stars: Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions '79-81'

These have been replaced by 0.5 second placeholders. Buy the record if you are a fan.

Recording chain: 
Stage mics > splitter (split to house snake/SBD and TH snake) > TH dedicated snake >
Peavy MkII 12 channel mixing board (10 channels snake, 2 channels audience mics) > 
AKAI GXC-570D Cassette Deck (Dolby B on) > TDK SA-90 tape

Archival Process: 
1999: Sony TC-KA3ES > TDK SA-90 tapes playback (NO Dolby) > BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer (to clean up tapes) >
Tascam DA-30 DAT > HHb DAT-125 DAT tape
2002: HHb CDR-850 Professional CD Recorder (In real time) > HHb CDR74 Gold 100 year archival grade CDRs
2005: Transfered to HDD in AIFF file format

Dime release processing: AIFF Master Files > FFMPEG > 16 bit FLAC 8 > tagging, cover artwork, checksums.

Recorded, preserved, and master AIFF files provided by: Terry Hammer

Setlist:
01. Train Song
02. Anticipation
03. Try
04. Triangle
05. Circuit (placeholder)
06. Now That You've Gone
07. Colour
08. Delta 5
09. Business
10. Leaving
11. Journey (placeholder)
12. Innocenti
13. Shadow (placeholder)
14. You > encore break
Encore:
15. Make Up
16. Where Were You? (Mekons)

Length (full): 47:24
Length (w/placeholders): 39:52

Band:
Julz Sale - guitar,vocals
Ros Allen - bass
Bethan Peters - bass
Alan Riggs - guitar
Kelvin Knight - drums

Notes:
* You'll want to crank this one!!! Very cool band, like many Rough Trade bands, very unique, very creative. There's strong hints of the Slits, Raincoats, Gang of Four, but as with all these bands, they are forging their own sound, surrounded by a sea of other creative groups doing their own things. There's also more than a hint of Crass in some of these songs.
* They do a rip-roaring cover of the Mekons' 'Where Were You'.
* About band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_5
"The original members of Delta 5, Julz Sale (vocals/guitar), Ros Allen (bass) and Bethan Peters (bass), formed the band "on a lark", but soon became a part of the thriving Leeds post-punk scene, and later added Kelvin Knight on drums and Alan Riggs on guitar. Combining feminist politics with a two-bass funk-punk sound (much in the style of another, more famous Leeds band, Gang of Four), they released their debut single in 1979, "Mind Your Own Business".
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After the release of second single "You", the band went on a successful tour of the US [that would be this one, I assume], and soon thereafter left Rough Trade for Charisma Records imprint Pre. They recorded their debut album, See the Whirl, which suffered from overly clean production, and received low marks both critically and commercially.[citation needed] Due to the failure of the album, the group disbanded."
* Discogs band info:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/132791-Delta-5
"Delta 5 were an English post-punk band from Leeds, West Yorkshire."
* In fact, a 12" 45 was put out: "The Slits / Delta 5 / The Pop Group ‎– In The Beginning There Was Rhythm / Anticipation / Where There's A Will...", which was a logical set of bands, all of them were very unique and very interesting.
* Rough Trade first opened a somewhat legendary store on Grant Street, North Beach, San Francisco. Terry Hammer worked at the Grant Street store. They later moved down to 6th Street, South of Market, to get more space for their warehousing needs. 
* About Rough Trade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Trade_Records
"Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk rock and early post-punk and indie pop bands such as the Smiths and Desperate Bicycles, Travis began to manage acts and distribute bands such as Scritti Politti and began the label, which was informed by left-wing politics and structured as a co-operative. Soon after, Rough Trade also set up a distribution arm that serviced independent retail outlets across Britain, a network that became known as the Cartel."
In an odd twist, Rough Trade was originally inspired by San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore, started by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the famous beat poet. City Lights, to complete the circle, is just a few blocks away from the Mabuhay Gardens.
* 'Rough Trade' was a term used to describe young boys who had to sell themselves to survive, on the street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_(gay_slang)
* Includes photos.

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About Terry Hammer and the THTP:

Someone put my feelings very well about these recordings in the following quote. I can't really improve on their words beyond noting that these recordings sound absolutely and utterly stunning, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to be able to present these to you here in their original, first generation, lossless hi-fidelity versions, for the first time ever.

"[These recordings were] recorded and preserved by collector/engineer Terry Hammer, for broadcast over the UC Berkeley station KALX and several others from the 1979 -1981 period. Anyone who spent a night at one of these clubs knows how chaotic the atmosphere was. That he was able to, not only get a decent feed from the sound mixing board, but was also able to get clean recordings was something of a miracle. And the fact this guy did it over and over again is pure dedication to the cause of preserving history for decades to come. Fortunately for everyone, he’s been making these gems of history available and their value as historic documents is inestimable. This is really exciting stuff and I am grateful for Terry’s foresight and deft skill."
src: https://pastdaily.com/2014/06/25/gang-four-live-american-indian-center-san-francisco-1980-nights-roundtable-concert-edition/ 

As Terry notes about the process of recording these shows: "Like all of my live recordings this was mixed direct to 2-Track Reel To Reel (and Cassette deck for backup and personal use) using headphones. Sitting in the club with the loud P.A. sound trying to drive the amp in my mixing board loud enough to hear what I was mixing.If you've ever been to a live concert,then,you know how loud it can be."

If you've ever been looking for an excuse to upgrade your sound system, these recordings certainly should provide you with some motivation, because they have incredible sound. And if you already have a quality sound system, you are in for a treat!! The audio goes straight to 20k hz, no losses I can detect. Due to the reality of tapes, even high end as used here, the low end starts at 47 hz.

And if you want to learn more about this incredible musical era, listen to the stuff you haven't heard, there are amazing gems in there.

Do we call these soundboards? Technically not precisely because this is not the house mix, these shows were mixed using a dedicated mixing board, with an additional 1 to 2 audience mics (1 for Mab because he needed 11 snake inputs), 2 at other clubs) in the mix. But I call it the Terry Hammer Tape Project (THTP) to make sure there is no doubt about the project's creator.

TECH:
Note that Terry made 2 master recordings (recording at the same time) when he mixed these shows live:
1: Reel to reel, for the radio stations: 
Technics RS-1500 Reel To Reel (mostly TDK Audua L-1800 & LB-1800 tape with back coating or Scotch 206 / 207 with back coating. Maybe a few Maxell UD-XL). All the KALX shows went to KALX, they supplied the reel to reel tape.

2: For his own use, and as backup in case something happened to the reels: 
AKAI GXC-570D Cassette Deck (Dolby B on) > TDK SA-90 tape

Terry isn't sure, but thinks the audience mics he used maybe were Electro Voice EV-DS35's.

Info: http://www.bbesound.com/products/sonic-maximizers/482i.aspx

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