Comment by justinclift

7 hours ago

Found a few bands whose names I recognise. :)

* Midnight Oil: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

This one has a fairly decent quality recording of "Beds are Burning" too. Australian Classic Rock. :)

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* Tracy Chapman: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

Audio quality is decent here too. Listening to "Fast Car" now, and the quality is solid. :)

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* Ben Folds Five: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* R.E.M: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Björk: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Born to Run: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Captain of Industry: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Depeche Mode: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Lemonheads: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs?and[]=creator%3A%22n...

* Nirvana: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Sonic Youth: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* Suzanne Vega: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* The Bangles: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

* The Cure: https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection?and[]=c...

There are several Dinosaur Jr recordings, two from the late 80s / early 90s, of which this is the best one: https://archive.org/details/ajc02597_dinosaur-jr-1993-04-10 The other has the better set list (IMHO!) but unfortunately a very "thin" recording with only mids.

No Pixies, but The Amps have one appearance: https://archive.org/details/ajc02207_amps1995-10-31 The performance is ... "uneven"

And four stunning Guided by Voices sets, of which the best is https://archive.org/details/ajc00711_gbv-1999-12-10/GBV1999-...

It is an utterly amazing collection, although not the era I am the most familiar with. However, let me add a few as I love your initiative and went through them all and skimmed the ones below to get a sense of the quality.

Billy Bragg:

* https://archive.org/details/ajc02362_bbragg1986-12-04.ajcpro...

* https://archive.org/details/ajc02359_bbragg1988-05-06.ajcpro...

Not the cleanest vocals on either of the recordings, but the former is overall higher quality from what I could tell.

Boogie Down Productions:

* https://archive.org/details/ajc02338_bdp1988-05-18

Excellent recording and great live act, just a pity that it is rather short.

Mojo Nixon:

* https://archive.org/details/ajc02226_mojonixon-skidroper1987...

Another great live act and recording. I am sure Mojo would very much approve of this being shared as well.