Bad Brains
February, 1979
Max's Kansas City, New York, NY

Source: SDB -> Unknown Generation Cassette - > wav -> Sound Forge 4.5 [noise reduction, normalization] -> cd wave [splits] -> FLAC
min:sec - 42:05

01. Dont Need It
02. ?
03. Pay To Cum
04. Super Touch / Shit Fit
05. The Regulator
06. Why Did You Have To Go
07. Dont Bother Me
08. ?
09. Banned In DC
10. The Big Take Over
11. Stay Close To Me
12. Attitude
13. ?
14. Another Damn Song
15. Lighter [title listed on the cassette]
16. Redbone In the City
17."I"

"The famous "Earl's Birthday" gig. A furious performance, a great mix, and a seemingly low-gen source. Another source of this set was released as the "Rebel In the City" vinyl boot. This source was purchased on cassette at a North Carolina record show in the late 1980s.I've nearly worn it out listening to it since. My source begins with a cut version of "I" which I discovered was actually an inferior version of their encore included at the end of the cassette. I believe many sources of this gig contain the same error.Ii've removed the inferior version from the beginning of the set. The song remains, in its full version, at the end of the set, when it was originally performed. Some hiss remains after noise reduction, and there's an occasional tape warble you'd expect from a 15 year old cassette, but still an easy 9 out of 10."

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Bad Brains
" Soul Music for Bad People"
Bootleg 7 inch

Vinyl Bootleg > cdr > EAC (secure) > cdwav > Sound Forge 6.0 > FLAC
Tranfered using an Hhb 830burnit stand alone burner

01 How Low can a Punk Get
02 You
03 Re-Ignition

Tracks 1-2 recorded somewhere in California sometime in 1982
Track 3 recorded somewhere in NYC sometime in 1985

Source: Unknown Studio(s) -> Unknown Generation Cassette -> wav -> Sound Forge 4.5 [noise reduction, normalization] -> cd wave [splits] -> FLAC
min:sec - 45:06

Tracks [chronoligical, to the best of my knowledge]:

01. Dont Need It
02. Blackjack
03. Dont Bother Me
04. Dont Need It
05. ?
06. Pay To Cum
07. Super Touch
08. Regulator
09. ?
10. Dont Bother Mee [cut]
11. sailin' on
12. Attitude
13. Right Brigade
14. The Big Take Over
15. Jah Calling
16. Blackjack
17. ?
18. Redbone In the City
19. ?
20. ?
21. At the Movies
22. We Will Not +

1-2 = "1979 Demo"
3 = "1980 Demo," source 2
4-10 = "1980 Demo," source 1
11-20 = "ROIR Rough Mixes and Outtakes"
21-22 = "1983 Demo"

Collected Demos and Studio Outtakes - "...culled from various cassettes received in trade 1989-1991. I hadn't seen "Rough Mixes and Outtakes" or "83 Demo" before, and haven't seen them since. Quality varies widely from very listenable [tracks 1 through 10] to damn lo-fi [tracks 20 and 21]. I've cut those tracks from the ROIR Rough Mixes and Outtakes that do not significantly differ from their released versions. Speaking of, the Rough Mixes and Outtakes are subject to their own special kind of degradation which can actually be overlooked in light of the "unearthed" nature of the recording. Kind of like riding a carousel. I have no idea who's singing on track 20. "80 Demo" is constructed from the best of two slightly differing sources. In all cases, generational loss has some degree of impact upon the recording, and some hiss remains after noise reduction