Talk:Mr. Scruff

Name Origin

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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.

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)

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)

Windows 7

the track Kalimba comes preloaded with the new release of Windows 7 is this noteworthy? --81.23.56.12 (talk) 11:37, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Not sure if it’s too late to reply to this. Honestly I’m not really sure. I made the edit when I first started so if it doesn’t need to be there kill it Mr. Trip Fix 23:02, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Mr Scruff, without a period

I've seen his name spelled both ways: Mr. Scruff and Mr Scruff. Both versions are used on his own website but I noticed that the site is copyright "Mr Scruff". I found an article that explains "Mr." is the American abbreviation of Mister, while the British version is spelled "Mr" without the period. As I was not aware of the difference, I previously thought the "Mr Scruff" spelling was either a lazy typographical error or an artistic choice. However, now that I understand "Mr" is proper British English, the sort spoken by Mr Scruff himself, I would suggest considering renaming this article accordingly. --CBecker (talk) 20:42, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus. --BDD (talk) 18:05, 18 January 2013 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

• Mr. Scruff → Mr Scruff
• Mr Scruff → Mr. Scruff

– As a British musician, title should reflect British spelling. His album covers and coverage in the British press use "Mr Scruff" not "Mr. Scruff". Would move myself, but can't move page because a redirect page with the target name already exists. Cheers. --Relisted Tyrol5 [Talk] 01:48, 11 January 2013 (UTC) --Relisted Cúchullain ^t/c 21:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC) RubenSchade (talk) 02:55, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose. His website uses Mr. and so do most of his album covers (see Trouser Jazz, Ninja Tuna, Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1). 82.132.247.204 (talk) 10:04, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

I stand corrected, his site does use Mr. Scruff. All his other albums you didn't list don't use the period however. In light of these facts, I will accept any consensus. Cheers RubenSchade (talk) 13:03, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

• Support It's all a matter of style. The common form in British English would be to exclude the full stop (period). How the artist sylizes the name on his website or album covers is somewhat irrelevant, just as it would be if he used Mr! ScRUFF!. Skinsmoke (talk) 17:37, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Request clean-up

This article contains lots of templates/references/citations error, requesting for a clean-up. Potasmic (talk) 12:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

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Links for reference

I have removed these links from the external links section per WP:ELNO. They may be useful for future reference.

• Artist page on Mr. Scruff's label, Ninja Tune
• Facebook Artist Page
• Google+ profile page
• "Pie Space" artist page on MySpace
• Artist page on SoundCloud
• Make Us a Brew website
• Teacup Kitchen website
• Bergen, Andrez. "A Quickie with Mr. Scruff". de-VICE the 3rd.
• Gluzman, David (2004). "Interview with Mr.Scruff". R4NT Magazine.
• "Mr Scruff interview". BBC Norfolk. 18 May 2005.
• "Guy Kiddey talks to Mr Scruff, international DJ and good-time man" (PDF).
• "The 5-minute Interview: Mr Scruff, DJ and producer".
• "Interview with Mr Scruff".
• "Train Wreck Mix" by Mr. Scruff on the Red Bull Music Academy Radio website
• "Essential Mix"

Runawayangel (talk) 22:54, 25 September 2018 (UTC)