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[387] Luna at The Whisky a Go Go, LA 1992-12-06 (DVD-R)
This is a video recording of an early Luna show that has been doing the rounds for quite a while. I have it on DVD-R but have no idea whether it was something I burnt myself from a download, or it was sent to me. I don’t have a download on a drive which suggests the latter, but it is on a brand of DVD-R that I did use, and that is my handwriting, which suggests the former.
Back in 2006 Jim from the Galaxie 500 Mailing list posted his fairly low-res copies onto YouTube. His channel has plenty of Luna from back then, and more recently. I suspect the copy I is from this source, possibly sent to me by Jim… possibly even on VHS (although I couldn’t find a VHS but I may have ditched it after digitisation).
Ten years later Shayne, the person who videotaped the show, posted a superior copy on YouTube. That was still so many years ago it dates from when YouTube had limits so it was posted in five parts.
This is one of only 2 times that I paid a club money to videotape. The Whisky's policy was $50 to tape. I was (am) such a huge Luna fan, I could not resist. I plunked down the cash and still don't regret it. Great set, and the best sounding Luna show I have. Taped with the Sony TR81.
Here’s a playlist of all five parts.
It’s worth checking that channel since there’s lots of great early Luna video and audio there.
- Catalogue Number: 13/023
- Artist: Luna
- Title: Luna - Whisky a Go Go 6th November 1992
- Format: DVD-R