Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Updates

2014.12.26:  Added August 31, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for his generous loan of the broadcast materials!  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Repentance" and "Slay The Wicked" on the playlist.  Using alternate sources, I restored content lost at tape flips as best I could.  THE CRUCIFIED is the band of the month.  Dale didn't get the 2nd hour of the program recorded, so instead the second cassette he mailed out included the lighter-fare 3rd hour of his weekly shift at WAYJ.  It's worth checking out.

There are now 40(!) vintage broadcasts posted here for your enjoyment.  I don't have any more broadcast cassettes to transfer and upload, so if you or someone you know is hoarding some TS cassettes not posted here, please consider loaning your cassettes to the project of sharing the evolution of this particular movement in heavy music.  I'll do all the transferring, editing, uploading, etc., and pay the return postage to get your cassettes back to you.

2014.12.19:  Added August 24, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials!  THE CRUCIFIED continues on the "band of the month" feature.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour broadcast between "The Skeptic" and "Divided In Truth" on the playlist.  A significant amount of material was cut from the cassettes, so I repaired the 7 affected selections as best I could, using alternate sources.  "Divided In Truth" now appears in its entirety.  224kbps.

Also did some more editing to the master files of the first 6 broadcasts I posted (July 14, 1990 / October 13, 1990 / January 19, 1991 / January 26, 1991 / February 2, 1991 / April 20, 1991) and re-encoded them at a higher bit rate of 224kbps (original files were at 128kbps).  Check out the new links.

2014.12.12:  Added August 10, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Dale continues interviewing Mark & Jim of THE CRUCIFIED for the "band of the month" feature.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "No Way" and "Boring World" on the playlist.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

Also fixed some formatting hiccups around here and put the correct download link in place for hour 2 of the September 14, 1991 broadcast.

2014.12.07:  Added December 7, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  MORTIFICATION continues as the featured band.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Tale Of Two Cities" and "The Skeptic" on the playlist.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.  Updated January 12, 1991 download with scan of actual playlist, also furnished by Chris Stearns.

2014.11.30:  Added November 30, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  The MORTIFICATION "band of the month" feature continues, and Dale plays THE LEAD's "Wink of an Eye" a bunch of times at random throughout the broadcast.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Watery Grave" and "The Choice" on the playlist.  I repaired a few seconds of "Locked Up In Chains" lost at the tape flip with an alternate source.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

2014.11.23:  Added November 23, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Dale interviews Steve Rowe of MORTIFICATION for the "band of the month" feature. On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Atonement" and "Philosophy of Man" on the playlist.  On this broadcast there was a significant amount of programming lost due to tape flips, stops, etc., so I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

2014.11.14:  Added August 3, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  This was the 2nd anniversary TS broadcast, continuing with THE CRUCIFIED as the featured band of the month.  Markus Hauth of BLOODY CROSS calls in for an impromptu on-air chat with Dale.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Internal Pain" and "This Present Darkness" on the playlist.  Thanks again to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.


2014.11.07:  Added July 27, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Dale continues talking to Jim & Mark of THE CRUCIFIED for the "band of the month" feature.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour broadcast between "Killing of the Innocent" and "The Fire" on the playlist and repaired, as best I could using alternate sources, any music lost at the tape flips.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.


2014.10.31:  Added July 20, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Dale interviews Jim Chaffin and Mark Salomon of THE CRUCIFIED.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour broadcast between "Nausea/Bass Solo Salute" and "The Skeptic" on the playlist, and repaired, as best I could using alternate sources, any music lost at the tape flips.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

2014.10.19:  Replaced makeshift playlists with actual scans for December 1, 1990 & December 8, 1990 in the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for loaning copies of the official playlists.  Chris recently sent over a box of T.S. cassettes containing 9 broadcasts from 1991 which I plan to begin uploading weekly starting at the end of this month.

2014.07.25:  Added links to an hour-long, studio-produced syndication cassette from latter 1991 & an hour-long syndication demo from 1993/94 to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  These 2 uploads are the last 2 I have in queue.  If you or someone you know is hoarding more tapes, please get in touch and I'll do all the work to share them here!

The 1991 cassette and play sheet didn't include a date but, based on the songs played and the 1-hour format, this appears to be a syndication cassette from the second half of 1991.  Dale says that, in the early going of syndication, he would do a 2-hour live broadcast late Saturday/early Sunday and then spend a few hours at WAYJ producing a 1-hour program to send to other stations which would later broadcast the abbreviated, studio-produced version.  For the sake of listenability, I edited out 2 minutes of blank space that was part of the original program.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.

Thanks also to http://lockjaw-yappy.blogspot.com for originally uploading the 1993/94 syndication demo.  I downloaded this from there several years ago and it served as a seed to get me to do the Tempered Steel blog.  I pitch-corrected the program & did a bit of other work to it before re-uploading it here @ the T.S. blog.  The download didn't include a date but, based on the songs played, the mention of it being a demo, and a conversation with Dale, this cassette, probably produced in late 1993 or early 1994, was sent out to prospective syndication partners.

Both downloads are @224kbps.

2014.07.18:  Added October 8, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  I really enjoy these 1994 broadcasts in particular!  224kbps.

2014.07.11:  Added September 14, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks again to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "Religious Death" and "The Rising" on the playlist.  Doug interviews D.J. from LIVING SACRIFICE.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  224kbps.

2014.07.04:  Added March 27, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "Justified" and "Resurrectionist" on the playlist.  Doug talks with D.J. about Nonexistent.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  224kbps.

2014.06.27:  Added October 12, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "See Dick Run" and "No Return" on the playlist.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  Features some more LIVING SACRIFICE interview segments w/D.J.  224kbps.

2014.06.21:  Added October 29, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

2014.06.13:  Added October 5, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for the generous loan of the broadcast materials.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "What Do You Think This Is?" and "He Don't Own Nothing" on the playlist.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  D.J. & Dale talk about LIVING SACRIFICE's debut album.  224kbps.

2014.06.06:  Added March 20, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks once again to Darren "D.J." Johnson for the generous loan of the broadcast materials.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "Our Mortal Excrement" and "Sayings Of The Wise" on the playlist.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  Lots of classic cuts and great obscurities, and Dale talks to D.J. some more about Nonexistent.  224kbps.

2014.05.30:  Added September 28, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for the generous loan of the broadcast materials.  Dale interviews D.J. about LIVING SACRIFICE's debut album.  When I transferred this 2-hour broadcast, I split it between "Final Sign" and "Bathed In Blood" on the playlist.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  224kbps.

2014.05.16:  Added March 13, 1993 and October 22, 1994 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  On the '93 broadcast transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Oppression" and "Divided In Truth" on the playlist.  LIVING SACRIFICE is the band of the month, and Dale talks with D.J. about Nonexistent.  The '94 broadcast features an array of underground classics, L.S. again being the featured band.  224kbps.  I uploaded 2 broadcasts tonight because I'll be traveling next weekend.  I plan to resume weekly updates at the end of this month, continuing until I've exhausted the contribution queue.

2014.05.09:  Added September 21, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Do Not Be Deceived" and "Payday" on the playlist.  Using alternate sources, I patched sections of "Do Not Be Deceived" and "Dr. Hatchet" lost at the tape flips.  Dale interviews D.J. about the then-new Living Sacrifice debut album.  224kbps.

2014.05.02:  Added October 15, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  Includes killer tunes from RITUAL and DISENCUMBRANCE.  224kbps.

2014.04.25:  Added October 19, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  This 2-hour broadcast is split between "Condemned To Hell" and "Mortal Agony" on the playlist.  224kbps.

2014.04.19:  Added February 20, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  The program is split between "Hope You Stay Alive" and "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance" on the playlist.  The broadcast was 2 hours but, as noted by Dale, several songs did not get taped.  The second "hour" is closer to 45 minutes.  224kbps.

2014.04.12:  Added September 7, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  This installment includes a LIVING SACRIFICE interview w/DJ, discussing the then-new debut album.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour broadcast between "New Awakening" and "Choose Today a Kingdom" on the playlist.  This broadcast includes an EMPTY TOMB request made by a Mark Fields in Naples, which was kind of weird to hear since that's also my name and I never made any contact w/T.S. until I started this blog 20 years later, many states away.  224kbps.

2014.04.05:  Added October 1, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  LIVING SACRIFICE is the featured band, and Dale & D.J. discuss the then-new L.S. album, Inhabit.  224kbps.

2014.03.29:  Added February 27, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Jason Sullivan and Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  This 2-hour broadcast is split between "End Of Times" and "Released Upon The Earth" on the playlist.  LIVING SACRIFICE is the featured band, & D.J. is interviewed about the then-new L.S. album, Nonexistent.  224kbps.

2014.03.22:  Added February 6, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks to Jason Sullivan for his generous loan of the broadcast cassettes, and to Darren "D.J." Johnson for the playlist.  This 2-hour broadcast is split between "Never Coming Home" and "We Must Die" on the playlist.  224kbps.

2014.03.21:  Confirmed November 2, 1991 broadcast date & replaced re-created playlist with T.S.-issued copy (thanks, D.J.); updated blog image & download files to include the modified playlist.  Blog reader Jason Sullivan has submitted 4 cassettes that I'm working on, and D.J. from LIVING SACRIFICE has entrusted me with his archive of 30+ cassettes.  My goal is to upload 1 broadcast per week from this point until I've made it through everything I have, starting with a February, 1993 show by this Sunday night.

2014.02.14:  Added January 12, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  The original playlist for this broadcast was missing at the time of transfer, so I re-created the list as best I could.  (If you can contribute a scan of the actual playlist, get in touch.)  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Kill The Dead" and "Testimony Of Faith" on the playlist.  Thanks again to stevegarveyfan for loaning the broadcast cassettes224kbps.

2013.09.16:  Added December 8, 1990 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Includes 4 live cuts from BELIEVER's Cornerstone 1990 performance.  The original playlist for this broadcast was missing at the time of transfer, so I re-created the list as best I could and took my best guess at the date.  (If you can contribute a scan of the actual playlist or have more accurate information, get in touch.)  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Ms. Jane Doe" and "Human Sacrifice" on the playlist.  Thanks again to stevegarveyfan for loaning the broadcast cassettes224kbps.

2013.08.12:  Added November 2, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Includes interview segments with Steve Rowe of MORTIFICATION talking about the then-new debut album, as well as some other great surprises.  Thanks again to stevegarveyfan for his generous loan of the broadcast cassettes.  I don't have the original playlist for this broadcast, so I re-created the list as best I could.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Internal Unrest" and "Silent Carnage" on the playlist.  192kbps.

2012.12.23:  Replaced my makeshift playlist from last night's posting with a legit T.S.-issued copy, and also updated the download files accordingly.  Thank you, Chris Stearns, for the scan.  And thanks to Brother John for loaning me the cassettes for the first six programs I posted a few months back.  He was the guy who introduced me to Tempered Steel some 20+ years ago.

2012.12.22:  Tonight I'm adding January 5, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below.  Thanks again to stevegarveyfan for his generous loan of the broadcast cassettes.  As with the previous update, the original playlist for this broadcast was missing at the time of transfer, so I re-created the list as best I could, although I was unable to ID two songs from the final set (if you can ID them, please get in touch!).  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Progressive Change" and "The Insult Circus" on the playlist.  192kbps.

2012.10.30:  Tonight I added December 1, 1990 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post below, featuring 4 live BELIEVER cuts performed live at Cornerstone 1990, and killer tunes from DELIVERANCE, THE CRUCIFIED, IMMORTAL, SACRAMENT, SUMMONED, ARMAGEDDON, and many more.  Thanks to stevegarveyfan for his generous loan of the broadcast cassettes! The original playlist for this broadcast was missing at the time of transfer, so I re-created the list as best I could.  I noticed some inconsistencies after the fact...  I'll try to get future re-creations closer to Dale's format!  The specified week for this broadcast is an educated guess, but it was in early December, 1990 for sure.  On this transfer, I split the 2-hour program between "Haven of Blasphemy" and "Kill Satan Mosh" on the playlist.  192kbps.