Disco Files
by Vince Aletti - 1973-1978 - New York's Underground, week by week
DJHistory (UK) / 2009 / 9780956189608
Soft cover 467 Pages
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Writter: Vince Aletti
Editor: Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster
Impossible without Matthew Higgs, Tony Harris and Mark Lamb
Cover: Leo Elstob
Design: John Meikle
Layout: Frank Broughton and David Barlow
Copy Editor: Miranda Morgan
Copy editing: Christopher Moss, Susannah Gowers
Scanning and library research: Emma Spertus, Ryan Foerster, Andrew Henry, Ryan Evans, Amie Scally, Catherine Nguyen
Photography: Toby Old, Peter Hujar
Printed by Pyramid Press
Full title: The Disco Files 1973-1978
Let's cut to the chase; Vince Aletti's, Disco Files is essential reading by anyone even remotely interested in Disco, club culture, record collecting or DJs as this is perhaps one of the only examples of first hand accounts from the beginnings of the Disco era of this magnitude. This information appears here in the form of historically accurate charts taken from Vince's actual Record World articles that he penned over thirty years ago as well as selected articles on Disco from such renowned publications as Rolling Stone and the weekly New York City paper, the Village Voice.
The monthly charts from long-gone discotheques and key Disco DJs alone are gold, but there are fabulous insights into the, then, new Disco releases by way of 2,000 record reviews with label scans and countless black and white photographs of the record covers that allow us to relive the '70s all over again. Disco Files is a Disco time capsule in book form and will provide you with oodles of information and will serve as a reference guide for years to come. Highly recommended!
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From the back cover of Disco Files:
- 800 club charts
- 2,000 records reviewed
- Beautiful unseen photography
- Classic magazine articles
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The definitive chronicle of Disco. For anyone with more than a passing interest in Disco, this book will be a revelation. Filled with great stories, beautiful photography and classic magazine articles, it's an incredible read, even if you're not a serious DJ or collector. And if you are, then its 800 contemporary club charts and literally thousands of record reviews make it an amazingly detailed source of information. Photocopies of Vince Aletti's weekly review column circulate amongst the world's hungriest record collectors like the holy grail; now you can own them all in book form.
Vince Aletti was the very first writer to cover New York's emerging Disco scene. The Disco Files is his personal memoir, collecting all the material he wrote on the subject, vividly bringing to life the clubs, the characters and, above all, the music.
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