Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.

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.

Seven years ago, I interviewed Aadam Jacobs about his astonishing collection of 10,000 local concert recordings that spanned ...

Jacobs, who is 59 years old at the time of writing, discovered his passion for music in his teens and initially recorded music broadcast on the radio. It was then that he met a man who told him, 'You ...

Aadam Jacobs poses in front of LP (long play) record storage bookcase at his home in Chicago, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Aadam Jacobs poses in front of LP (long play) record ...

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In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz.

Aadam Jacobs poses in front of LP (long play) record storage bookcase at his home in Chicago, Thursday, March 19, 2026. Brian Emerick plays a recorded tape at his home in Des Plaines, Ill., Thursday, ...