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The Jam Room Recording Studio The Jam Room originally began operations recording bands in 1988 and was formally named The Jam Room as the studio doubled as a practice space for Bachelors of Art used it a a rehearsal space referred to by the band as "The Jam Room". Bachelors of Art was a goth band that studio owner played in at the time. This original space was off North Main St. in Columbia SC. Jay Matheson had been working as a live sound engineer in the area and had built up a small collection of audio gear while building his rental PA system. In 1987 he scraped up enough money to buy a Tascam model 38 1/2" 8 track recorder and some small studio monitors to add to his live recording equipment to set up a recording setup in the bands practice space. The most notable recording from this space was the Bachelors of Art " Descend Again" LP which was released on cassette in 1988 and sold around 600 copies locally. This was considered a very successful local release. Late that year the band and the studio mover to a new space of Huger St.in Columbia SC. Notable early recordings from this new space included Antischism, Danielle Howle and 49 Reasons.Other local engineers Dave Alewine and Greg Davis also began using the space and recording bands at The Jam Room. At this point the Jam Room was in a funky basement space in a warehouse that had no phone or actual mailing address.

Here a few links to find partial credits to music recorded at the Jam Room. Links to releases recorded by other engineers working at the Jam Room should be added soon. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-matheson-mn0000810684#credits https://www.discogs.com/artist/324492-Jay-Matheson