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[edit] Name Origin

I'm sure his name came from his scruffy appearance (i.e. stubbly beard, scruffy clothes etc.). Anybody provide clarification?

[edit] Mr Scruff vs Mrs Cruff

What vandalism took place?

If you look at the edit history, Mr. Scruff was changed to Mrs Cruff in the first paragraph. --Amigadave 09:10, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)

The re-release is correctly titled Mrs Cruff. Was the original release called Mr. Scruff?
the original release was indeed called Mrs. Cruff.
If that's the case, the first album article needs to be retitled and all links fixed. Gram 00:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Quantic

Why does this page link to the mathematical term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantic when the link is intended to be to a band of the same name? I had tried to create a new page for the band but it was helpfully deleted. Obviously incorrect/misleading information is more important than new or incomplete information.

I've re-piped the link so it is now [[Quantic (musician)|Quantic]]. I'm guessing the mathematical term Quantic is relatively widely known, and perhaps the artist less so, so the Quantic article should be changed to a disambig page which points to both Algebraic form and to the artist article you create (plus, if it is created as a seperate article, Quantic Soul Orchestra). The artist article should probably be entitled either Quantic (musician) or Will Holland. Gram 00:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bad links at bottom

The links at the bottom don't work, or at least the first one.

A working link for the first video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_CLIF1h-o&search=%22get%20a%20move%20on%22

[edit] Early 90s production/remix work?

I was just reading some sleeve notes on early 90s dance stuff I hadn't listened to in a while, and saw Mr Scruff possibly mentioned:

  • UFOrb (the orb, 1992) says "engineered by greg hunter & thrash assisted by [list of names] scruff [more names]".
  • Haunted Dancehall (Sabres of Paradise, 1994) says "'Wilmot'. Additional production by Scruff."

Certainly the Orb production was from years before the article says he started DJing. Is this our man, or somebody different with a similar nickname? --VinceBowdren 20:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

No, don't think so. The Scruff mentioned on the SOP record is this one:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Scruff

All you get from the Discogs site is that he's a member of "The Herb". The members of The Herb are listed as Charles Wood and Steve Gilder, so I'm guessing that Scruff could be one of those two.
Oh, and one of the remixes of Wilmot is entitled "Wilmot Meets Lord Scruffage", remixed by said Scruff character.
The Scruff who engineered on U.F.Orb may or may not be the same guy as on the SOP record. The only extra info on Discogs is "Scruff at Butterfly". Presumably he/she is a resident engineer at one of the couple of labels called Butterfly Records. Gram 11:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Big chill locations

For the last 7 years (out of ten), the Bigchill festival has been located in Ledbury, Herefordshire as is mentioned in wiki entry The_Big_Chill_(music_festival). Can we agree that the wording on Mr.Scruff's entry here should read "Having performed regularly at The Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Castle deer park, Ledbury, Herefordshire" as opposed to "Having performed regularly at The Big Chill Festival in Wales" which is wrong.

[edit] Get a Move On--from Moondog?

I'm not sure this sample attribution to MoonDog is correct. I think that the main horn samples for 'Get a Move On' comes from a fourties or fifties Jazz LP.

It was played for me once but I can't recall. it may have been an album that had a title or track refering to a 'house rent party' but I may be confusing this with something else.

perhaps on the NinjaTune site forum somebody could answer this.Blueswalk 21:17, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

The only alt suggestion I could find was that it "sounds like a Louis Jordan sample". Could it be a coincidence that Moondog's real name was Louis Hardin? Could someone have mixed up the Louis' along the way? Gram123 15:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blackpool Roll on Malcolm in the Middle

I'm certain that blackpool roll featured in the opening scene in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle. I can't remember which episode, perhaps someone else has noticed it.Tuwile (talk) 14:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)