Cory Dransfeldt Apr 14

🔗 From Early Nirvana To Phish, A Chicago Fan’s Secret Recordings Of 10,000 Shows Are Now Online via Block Club Chicago #Music

On July 8, 1989, a young music fan named Aadam Jacobs, with a compact Sony cassette recorder in his pocket, went to see an up-and-coming rock band from Washington for their debut show in Chicago.

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From Early Nirvana To Phish, A Chicago Fan’s Secret Recordings Of 10,000 Shows Are Now Online

Aadam Jacobs has secretly recorded over 10,000 local concerts since 1989. Now, they are cleaned up and ready to listen to for free online.

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Show threadJoe Brockmeier
@cory I’ve poked at a few of these: they sound better than I expected. I need to set aside a day and go grab some of the sets by bands I’m into.
Apr 14 at 9:29pmWeb
Show threadCory Dransfeldt Apr 14
@jzb Yeah, I grabbed one of the My Bloody Valentine ones from the 90s. It sounded much better than the new ones. There was a good J Church one too.