AJ Tapes

The Aadam Jacobs Collection, on your Apple TV and iPhone, and in your car.
Free. No ads. No account.

Source:
Live recordings from the Aadam Jacobs Collection, preserved on archive.org.
Shows:
3,556 shows, 3,601 recordings, 1,877 artists. Counted 2026-10-20.
Format:
Gapless streaming. Apple TV with tvOS 26 or later; iPhone with iOS 17 or later.
Get it:

Apple TV: TestFlight. Currently closed to new testers.

iPhone: TestFlight. Public invite link coming soon.

Screens

Apple TV, iPhone, and CarPlay. Captured October 2026. Select a screenshot for a larger view.

  • Apple TV

    Browse the collection, choose a show, and listen with the full track list on screen.

    The Cure’s November 9, 1984 concert playing on Apple TV, with cassette artwork, a full track list, and the audio spectrum.
    Playing a show
    AJ Tapes Home on Apple TV: In Rotation with shows by Minutemen, Jon Langford, Pinback, and The Flaming Lips.
    Home

  • iPhone

    Find something to hear, explore a show’s tracks, and take the music with you.

    AJ Tapes Home on iPhone, showing In Rotation, Recently Added, and Fan Favorites.
    Home
    Tortoise’s December 20, 2012 concert at Empty Bottle on iPhone, with cassette artwork and the track list.
    A show’s tracks
    Now Playing on iPhone: Prepare Your Coffin by Tortoise, with playback, favorite, sleep timer, and AirPlay controls.
    Now Playing

  • CarPlay

    Browse shows and control playback from your car’s display.

    AJ Tapes Home in CarPlay, with recently added shows by The High Llamas and Rex.
    Home
    CarPlay Now Playing: Yellow Butterfly by Tahiti 80, with cassette artwork, pause, and 15-second skip controls.
    Now Playing

About

  • AJ Tapes is a player for the Aadam Jacobs Collection on Apple TV and iPhone. The iPhone app also supports CarPlay.
  • Thanks to Aadam Jacobs and every transfer volunteer and archivist behind the Aadam Jacobs Collection for recording, digitizing, and preserving these shows for everyone to hear.
  • Audio streams directly from archive.org. AJ Tapes doesn’t host, copy, or sell any recordings.
  • Your favorites sync automatically through the iCloud account already on your device. No separate app account or login is needed. Your listening history and playback progress stay on your device. We don’t store any of this on our servers.
  • AJ Tapes is an independent fan project, not affiliated with the collection’s preservation team or the Internet Archive. If you get something out of it, donate to the Internet Archive.
  • Sibling project: StageCouch TV, more live recordings from the Internet Archive on Apple TV.
  • Questions, broken shows, missing tracks: support@ajtapes.org.

Install

Apple TV

The Apple TV beta is currently closed to new testers. Once invitations reopen:

  1. Install TestFlight on your Apple TV and on an iPhone or iPad signed in to the same Apple Account.
  2. Open the beta link on the iPhone or iPad and accept the invitation.
  3. Open TestFlight on the Apple TV and install AJ Tapes.

iPhone

Install TestFlight on your iPhone. The public AJ Tapes invite link will be added here when it’s ready.