Minor Threat
1981-01-09 @ dc space, 443-C 7th Street (corner E Street) NW, Washington, DC
This is the earliest Minor Threat show that I have audio from. This is Minor Threat's third show ever. It has almost the same set list as the following show; only "Seeing Red" and "Straight Edge" are swapped.
Identification
Ian mentions that the Slickee Boys are playing after Minor Threat. The only show Minor Threat ever played with the Slickee Boys was January 9, 1981, as shown in the book "Banned in DC" by Connolly, Clague, and Cheslow, pp. 23, 176.
Audio
(original recording, without any editing) (compression log file)
Flyers
Tracks
| song/quote |
|---|
| Minor Threat |
| Stand Up |
| Straight Edge |
| I Don't Wanna Hear It |
| Small Man Big Mouth |
| Seeing Red |
| Guilty of Being White |
| Bottled Violence |
| Steppin' Stone |
Chain
| 1981/01/09 | recorded (from audience) to tape |
| 1981-2000 | unknown |
| c. 2000 | Maxell-XLII 90-minute cassette tape |
| 2003/09/16 | digitized (JVC TD-V661 Cassette Deck > Sound Blaster AWE 64 > Sound Forge 6.0 @ 44100 Hz, 16-bit, stereo) |
| [in progress] | edited |
Edits
The segment times are mm:ss from the beginning of the entire show.
| segment | problem | editing |
|---|---|---|
| whole | has DC bias due to electronic difference between tape deck and sound card | (Sound Forge 6.0) DC Offset: auto detect (from whole wave) and remove |
| whole | noise (tape hiss, etc.) | get profile from 10:58.50-10:58.67; reduction: mode 3, 21.2dB, att/rel 90/90, FFT 512 ovlp 67% |
| whole | slightly slow (329 Hz sounds like 323Hz) | resample @ 43213 Hz, high accuracy |
| whole | left channel 9 samples too early | remove 9 samples from beginning of left channel |
| 3:26.835-8:38.924 | right channel 1dB too loud | channel mixer: right <-- 90% of right, left <-- 100% left |
| 00:10.343-00:10.365 | left channel drops out | copy from right channel |
| 00:09.516-00:09.544 | left channel drops out | copy from right channel |
| 00:11.647-00:11.681 | left channel noise and drop out | copy from right channel |
| 00:10.265-00:10.319 | left channel noise and drop out | copy from right channel |
| 00:09.966-00:10.030 | right channel drops out | use envelope amplify evenly |
| 00:10.552-00:10.590 | left drops out | use envelope to amplify evenly |
| 08:38.924-end | right channel 1 dB too soft | r <-- 115% r |
| 09:32.293 | slight clip caused by previous amp | hand-draw top of curve |
| whole | needs limiting | hard limiter at -4 dB (0 ms attack, 0 ms release) |