Scruffy The Cat- Live At the Cubby Bear, September 30, 1987

Photo: Hugh Taylor

 

Yesterday, I visited my local record store to cash in a gift certificate I received as a Christmas gift. One of my purchases was the The Replacements- Not Ready For Prime Time double live album recorded at the Cabaret Metro in Chicago in 1986. I rarely buy new albums since they're so stupidly expensive ($56!), but they're wasn't better options, plus any live Mats is worth having in my collection. The liner notes written by Bob Mehr, who wrote that very detailed and excellent bio book about the band, mentions the Mat's sound man, Monty Lee Wilkes recorded the set from the board, that was mixed with an audience recording from Chicago taper, Aadam Jacobs for the crowd noise and ambiance. A few weeks back, I read about the Aadam Jacobs Collection that recently (December 1st) had his collection of live recordings posted on the Live Music Archive. In partnership with the Live Music Archive, Jacob's collection is being digitized, with recordings uploaded as they are processed by a volunteer team from the Live Music Archive. Shows have been continually being added and as of this writing, there are 121 shows. Jacobs has been referred to as the "Chicago Taping Guy" who recorded live shows in the 80's, 90's and 2000's, as he attended a dozen or more gigs a month, and has spent decades capturing thousands of performances with an incredible archive of audio tapes. There are roughly 10,000 tapes with approximately 3 sets per tape and likely around 30,000 separate performances. He has basically archived a live history of indie rock shows in Chicago, with local bands as well as early performances from bands that went on to significant fame. The list is impressive so far and I look forward to seeing more bands I'm familiar with. Reading about Jacobs has me thinking I should have taped more and seen way more shows in my life. I'm more picky now and it takes something special for me to see a band, but in my younger days, I loved seeing live music and I didn't start taping until the early 90's and wish I recorded some great gigs in the 80's. After reading more articles about Jacob's legacy (links below), I am so inspired by his work and WOW, this guy's my hero!

Aadam Jacobs

What originally got my attention about the Aadam Jacobs Collection was a post on a Scruffy The Cat fan site on Facebook that there were several Scruffy shows in the collection. Recorded at the Cubby Bear and the Lounge Ax in Chicago, I hadn't heard or seen these shows available before. You can listen to the concerts, whole or in part and it's downloadable in mp3 or 24 bit Flac. I've downloaded the shows and they sound fabulous, definitely a treasure trove for Scruffy fans and thanks so much for the team making these available. I'm posting the first of the Scruffy The Cat shows posted (interesting to note: supporting band for this gig was the Young Fresh Fellows, hope their set was recorded too!), offering it up in the original 24-bit version and the (smaller file and sounds just as good) 16-bit version. I may post more from the collection, but you should check out the link to see updates (more recordings!) on the Live Archive page.

Enjoy!

 

Aadam Jacobs Collection 

Article in the Chicago Sun-Times about a documentary film, Melomaniac about Aadams Jacobs

Chicago's Hidden Music Archive-WBEZ- detailed article about Jacobs

Please do NOT sell or profit from this recording!

Do NOT convert to lossy formats, except for personal use

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SCRUFFY THE CAT
Cubby Bear
Chicago, IL
1987-09-30
 

Master Cassette generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio Archive

Transfer: Cassette (M) > Akai HX-R40 > Sony PCM-A10 (24/48)
Mastering: Izotope RX8 (remove countless static spikes throughout recording, particularly prevalent on right channel); Audacity (balance L/R levels); CDwav (tracksplit)

Recorded by: Aadam Jacobs
Transfer by: vanark
Mastering by: mxs
Setlist: Dennis Orr

01. Tuning
02. Intro
03. C'mon Everybody
04. Thomas Doubter
05. Tiger Tiger
06. Time Never Forgets
07. Shadow Boy
08. Mama Killed Hate
09. Big Fat Monkey's Hat
10. Places
11. Capital Moonlight
12. Buy A Car
13. Moons Of Jupiter
14. Never, never
15. Instrumental
16. Mybabyshe'sallright
17. My Fate Was Sealed With A Kiss
18. Long Way To Go
19. Upside Down
20. Drum Solo >
21. Wipeout
22. King Size Cigarette
23. Pussy Whipped
24. Get It On (Bang A Gong) (with "96 Tears" tease)
- Encore -
25. Hang On Sloopy
26. Wipeout (Reprise)

Charlie Chesterman - lead vocals, guitar, & harmonica
Stephen Fredette - lead guitar & vocals
Burns Stanfield - keyboards
Mac Stanfield - bass
Randall Lee Gibson IV - drums

Tape 0001 from the Aadam Jacobs Collection Project, coordinated by the Live Music Archive at the Internet Archive
Contact info: aadam.jacobs.project AT gmail DOT com

 

SCRUFFY THE CAT- 1987-09-30 Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL 24 bit FLAC. rar

SCRUFFY THE CAT- 1987-09-30 Cubby Bear, Chicago, IL 16 bit FLAC. rar