All you can say is wow those where the days! A simple time of just having a good time. I remember the Moderns, Nines and that airplane hanging from the ceiling. Meeting new friends on the dance floor and I still am friends with them today. Going to college in P.A. and still coming home almost every weekend just to go to the Soap Factory!! Thank God for Rock and New wave today's music is worthless in my eyes.

I remember almost every thursday night seeing twisted Sister and Rachel . ya know Twisted was I think the first band to perform after the "DISCO" closed

Is their a place where I can order some of these shows from those days?

I remember going to Soap Factory Disco
every Sunday back In 1979 - They used
to play the best Disco Music. It was a
great place to meet friends. I remember
they had two dance floors, on the bottom
dance floor they had the airplane hanging from the ceiling. They had a
great sound system. I wonder who the DJ
was at the time?

This place turned into "Dancin'" back in the early to mid 80's and used to draw some pretty big crowds. The format went back to disco then. Then around 1990, it went back to rock, chaning the name to "Dancin' Rocks". Went in there one night after the change, and it was a ghost town. I heard it changed back to the Soap Factory after that, but by then it was all over but the shoutin'.

I WAS A REGULAR AT THE SOAP FACTORY AND IT JUST WARMS MY HEART TO SEE FROM MY PAST!

I remember The Soap in 1977 to 1980. It was one of the few-if not the only Disco- to have a local TV Show. It was a nice NJ crowd with a good DJ. Back in the day The Tramps, Loria Gaynor and a whole host of famous people performed on Tuesday and Thurday nites. The admission was $5 on weekends. I have great memories of The Soap Factory in the late 70's.

I LIVED ON HENRY ST IN 1975 AND WENT TO
THE SOAP FACTORY MANY TIMES WITH MY FRIEND SANDRA AND AND MANY OTHERS.
I WONDER WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EVERYONE.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW. I SAW ARCHIE BELL AND DRELLS ANOTHER PRETTY FACE.
WE HAD A BLAST!!!CAN'T BRING THOSE TIMES.

Thanks for some of the comments about the music....... I was the original DJ at the Soap Factory from 1975 thru 1980 when it turn to Rock and Roll. I still have great memories of the music and friends I haven't seen for many years. Beleave it or not, all those records are safe and sound in my basement. I still keep in touch with DJ Joe Batts who took over at Dancin in the 80ies when I was playing at Chicago's and Temptations in Seaside. Would like to hear from some of you guys, keep in touch.....

I met my wife there, great people, great bands.
I remember Jeremy, Heaven Gate, Another Pretty Face,
Good Speed. Best time of my life.
I would go to the soap, and I was the DJ at the Brass Bell right down Rt4

What you don't remember was that it was a MOB club that belonged to the GAMBINQ family. How about the bartenders that were killed for stealing? I helped open it. I know!

The Soap Factory was legendary for the amount of live talent that played there. Two to three different acts weekly. I was at THE COPACABANA in New York City, when the mobster who really owned it, "came into some property" in Palisades Park, an old Ivory Soap factory. They had it for a few years, just sitting there, empty, with nothing going on in it. About early February of 1974, they were talked into making it a DISCO, I told them that it be the biggest thing to hit North Jersey. I was right. We hired Lou to deejay , had a couple of other guys from New York that worked there as well. But the influence of the GAMBINO family was everywhere. A lot of old guys wearing Fadora's and sunglasses at night were seen everywhere in this huge, spacious factory. Never reached its full potential. La Costra Nostra was too violent, and there were always bodies of former employees being found near-by. The government soon got wise, and by 1986 it was pretty much out of there. The damage had been done, the Soap Factory was never the same. On a scale of 1 to 10, it only gets an 8.

I was the stage manager on the TV show! It was a lot of fun! I wish I had saved some copies of a couple of shows. Does anybody know if any are out there & if so where are they?

Director Joe Lo-Re where are you?

Hey John:
There is a Joe Lo-Re Production Co. in Bayonne where I live, I'll bet that's him!

I was a regular at the Soap Factory back in 1977 to 1979. My dance partner (Gail Trasso) and I danced in the weekly TV show several times. At the Soap Factory, I could only remember the best of times.

Did dancing on television bring you anything good? Serious Question. Did your future have anything to do with these times? Or is there just the memories left? I am not asking this question in any derogatory fashion, just curious!

To answer your question, I was in High School at the time and dancing in the show was my only claim to fame. I met great people and had a great time. I now live in LA and what I did then is relegated to memory. What I'm doing now has nothing to do with those great times. I hope this answers your question. Does anyone know where I could get a copy of the TV shows?

Thanks for answering my question. Here is a possible answer to yours. Go to your non-affiliate T.V. stations(Not ABC, or CBS, or NBC) , in their Historical Station Files, find out which station ran this SYNDICATED show. Television stations keep a record of their past programing. Once you find out which station showed this show locally, you probably will be able to purchase a Video Tape of your shows. I hope that helps you out. There are other, HARDER ways as well, but try this one first. If not, contact me right here, I'll tell you another possible way. Good Luck!! I realize it maybe a lot of work, but where's there a will, there is a way! Remember, your local FOX station was probably an independent station back then, so you can call, or email them as well. Again thanks, and good luck!!

The Soap Factory Disco was THE place to be. I was fortunate enought to be the resident DJ when it changed over and after renovations became Dancin'. DJ Lou Capurso was a very big influence on my skills. I then went on to DJ @ Temptations, Montego Bay, Green Parrot and later on moved to California..It was a time of my life that I will NEVER forget...

Wow, those were the good days!! I danced at the Soap Factory many times with my dance partner, Rodel Policarpio and had a fabulous time doing so. We did dance on the TV show as well...it was a blast....

I was a regular dancer on the show with my partner Christina, does anyone know where to get videos of the shows?

Does anyone remember Jeff and Donna Shelly and their weekly Hustle lessons and dance routines?