1979Year only
Year-only catalog leadFormat not specified
Ayre Rayde
The earliest surfaced Ayre Rayde catalog lead currently attached to the site. It is useful for chronology, but neither month/day nor carrier has been established.
Physical audio • PA tapes • records • CDs • live archive
THE SOUND.
PRESERVED.
This layer connects recordings to the same band, venue and date records used by Posters & Shows. A collector-list entry is evidence that a labeled recording circulated; it is not automatically proof that I AM GO-GO possesses the physical carrier.
Preservation rule
Name only what the evidence names.
Catalog recordBand + venue + date can enter the database immediately.
Carrier namedOnly say tape, box tape, CD, etc. when the source actually identifies it.
Artifact inspectedPhotos, labels, cases and media condition get their own verification state later.
PlaybackNo public audio control until an authorized playable source exists.
Connected Physical-Audio Trail
These first records are deliberately small and evidence-aware. They are enough to make the cross-links work without pretending the entire tape collection is already digitized.
Mar 191980
Carrier named in catalogBOX TAPE label
Experience Unlimited (E.U.)
Spingarn High School
The working collector list explicitly marks this Spingarn High School entry “BOX TAPE.” That supports a carrier label in the catalog, but not a claim that I AM GO-GO currently possesses or has inspected the physical tape.
1983Year only
Year-only catalog leadFormat not specified
Shady Groove
Reston, Virginia • with Mass Extinction
The I AM GO-GO working catalog preserves a 1983 Reston entry pairing Shady Groove with Mass Extinction. Old School Go-Go independently lists a 1980s Shady Groove Reston recording made with a handheld recorder and running under 30 minutes, but does not give the exact year or co-bill. These records are kept separate until the underlying audio/artifact is matched.
1985Commercial release
Commercial release verified2-LP / cassette advertised
Shady Groove — “On the Move Live”
London Records • Go-Go — The Sound of Washington D.C. • BOMB 1 / KBOMB 1
A 1985 Music Week advertisement promotes the 71-minute set as a double-LP or double-play cassette and names Shady Groove with Redds & The Boys and Petworth. This establishes a commercial physical release; it does not imply I AM GO-GO owns a copy or distribution rights.
Nov 231985
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
Hot, Cold Sweat
A dated live/PA catalog entry. The current text does not identify the physical carrier, so the website does not call it a cassette, CD or tape.
Dec 251985
Carrier named in catalogBOX TAPE label
Ayre Rayde
The catalog explicitly calls the Christmas Day Crystal Skate entry a “BOX TAPE.” It is one of the clearest current carrier-labeled leads in the research archive.
Aug 291986
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
AM/FM
A strong exact-date catalog record that already matches the show and venue layers. The carrier remains open until a tape, case, label, CD or other artifact is inspected.
1986Year only
Year-only carrier leadBOX TAPE label
Experience Unlimited (E.U.)
Moonlite Inn
The collector list explicitly marks a 1986 Moonlite Inn entry “BOX TAPE,” but no month/day is supplied in the surfaced record. It stays year-only.
Dec 171989
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
Northeast Groovers
The live catalog preserves an exact date and the Stinky Dink feature note. The carrier is intentionally left unspecified.
Sep 31993
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
Northeast Groovers
This recording/show label connects the physical-audio research to the college-performance timeline. A carrier image or artifact has not yet been attached.
Oct 281993
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
Proper Utensils
A dated Proper Utensils live-catalog entry already connected to the band, venue and show layers. Physical format remains unverified.
Mar 202003
Catalog exact dateFormat not specified
Northeast Groovers
A later-era live-catalog record that keeps the archive continuous into the 2000s. No physical carrier is claimed yet.
What “BOX TAPE” tells us
The working collector list explicitly uses that label on a small number of entries.
Carrier named
E.U. at Spingarn H.S. — Mar. 19, 1980.
Carrier named
Ayre Rayde at Crystal Skate — Dec. 25, 1985.
Year only
E.U. at Moonlite Inn — 1986.
Still separate
A catalog label does not yet prove present possession, condition or playback rights.
Physical-format shelves
The page structure is ready for the actual objects as they are photographed, scanned and cataloged.
45
Singles / 45s
Label, catalog number, A/B side, condition and band connection.
LP
LPs & albums
Pressing, jacket, credits, liner notes and release history.
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Cassettes / PA tapes
Handwritten labels, cases, sides, running order and provenance when known.
8
8-tracks
Kept as a separate physical-format category when genuine items surface.
CD
CDs
Commercial, collector and transferred live media kept distinct.
⌁
Digital preservation copy
A preservation file can be linked to its physical source without replacing the original-object record.
Archive boundary: this is a preservation/catalog page, not a download library. Historical documentation, physical possession, streaming permission and distribution rights are separate questions. A recording appears as playable or downloadable only when the required authorization is in place.
Keep exploring
Follow another trail without leaving the I AM GO-GO archive.
Place trail
Venues & Places
Move from a live-recording record to the venue where it was captured.
Show trailPosters & Shows
Check the connected performance and poster/date evidence.
Artist trailBands & Artists
Open the band page behind a recording or catalog lead.
MusicMusic discovery
Return to the broader music side of I AM GO-GO.