TEMPERED STEEL radio program

I know that I posted a "thank you" before...but...I want to once again thank you and EVERYBODY who is involved in this project!  For several years I had hoped to find one of those cassettes in a thrift shop or online someplace, as my tapes had long since vanished during one of my many moves in the 1990's.  Having these archived shows online is fantastic!  God bless you for doing this for us old fans (and very likely even a few new fans around here)!

That's very kind of you to say "thanks" twice & I appreciate it.  It does take work to pitch correct, patch music lost at the tape flips, etc., but I'm totally stoked to save these important broadcasts from obscurity and, with you, I'm really happy that several people have loaned their cassettes to the project.  After this current wave is uploaded, there will be close to 30 broadcasts available for download!

Does anyone know how to reach Chris Stearns?  He had a bunch more 1991 cassettes that he said he would loan me, but I somehow don't have any contact info for him or recall if he posts here under an ID.  

Tonight I added October 19, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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, and features Living Sacrifice "band of the month" interview segments w/D.J.  224kbps.

I added October 15, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  Includes killer tunes from Ritual and Disencumbrance.  224kbps.

I just added September 21, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

March 13, 1993 and October 22, 1994 links are now in the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

September 28, 1991 links are now in the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Tonight I added March 20, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Tonight I added October 5, 1991 download links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  D.J. & Dale discuss the debut Living Sacrifice album.  For the sake of listenability I repaired any music lost at the tape flips with alternate sources as best I could.  224kbps.

I've added October 29, 1994 link to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  Thanks to Darren "D.J." Johnson for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

I've added October 12, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  There are now over 25 broadcasts available for download, with more to come.  If you're hoarding some tapes, get in touch with me!

I've added March 27, 1993 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Added September 14, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

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

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.  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!
 
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 the 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.  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.

awesome! thanks for all your hard work uploading this.

i will do the same with Living Sacrifice as i did with Believer(edit down the interviews)
I don't know when, but it will be on my things to do list.

Chris Stearns 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.

I just added July 20, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

Added July 27, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  Thanks to Chris Stearns for generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

Added August 3, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Added November 23, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Added November 30, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  The early Frank's Enemy demo track is completely raging!  Thanks to Chris Stearns for his generous loan of the broadcast materials.  224kbps.

Added December 7, 1991 (23 years ago today!) links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.

Added August 10, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  I also fixed some formatting hiccups in the "Classic broadcasts" post and put the correct download link in place for hour 2 of the September 14, 1991 broadcast.

Added August 24, 1991 links to the "Classic broadcasts" post.  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.  The Jet Circus tune is a request from a CMR member!  224kbps.

Also did some more editing to 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.