A goldmine for music lovers: The Aadam Jacob's Collection

[Nevilledog]

https://aadamjacobscollection.org/

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How This Journey Began

A year ago this month, the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project team began converting Aadam Jacobs’ audio recordings to digital formats and preparing them for public access. But the story actually started in 2019, shortly after WBEZ Chicago ran a feature and podcast on Aadam – the “Chicago taper guy.”

As audio archivists for the Live Music Archive on the Internet Archive (now 280,000 shows and growing), we immediately understood the value of a collection like Aadam’s. His recordings span more than three decades and capture everything from first-and-only performances by local bands to early sets from now (and then)-international acts like Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, Liz Phair, Phish, and many more. It was clear these tapes deserved preservation – and that they should be heard, not hidden away in a warehouse.

We reached out. So did others. Aadam took time to sort through the possibilities and weigh what he wanted for his collection. Every six months or so, we would check in to see where things stood. Finally, in fall 2024, I visited Aadam at his home in Chicago and left with the first 120 tapes.

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[JoeOtterbein]

1. WoW!!! This is great!

Thanks for posting!