Richie Kaczor

[Dex G]

I did a search in the forum but couldn't find this question asked -

does anyone know of a recording of DJ Richie Kaczor from back
in the day? After all I've read, he seems to be held in quite high
esteem from people who heard him spin records. Would love
to catch or relive just a moment of that.

Dex G

[Jay Negron]

There is a wonderful article about him :

Richie Kaczor @ Disco-Disco.com

Interview with his wife, and friends.
No mixes though. He played at a very commercial club (as a lot of us did) so you can imagine what he played in his hey-day. I've heard him spin several times @54. Good mixer. Kept it commercial for the crowd.

[Dex G]

There is a wonderful article about him :

Richie Kaczor @ Disco-Disco.com

Interview with his wife, and friends.
No mixes though. He played at a very commercial club (as a lot of us did) so you can imagine what he played in his hey-day. I've heard him spin several times @54. Good mixer. Kept it commercial for the crowd.

Thanks for the reply. I already know quite a bit about him but only
from what I've read. So I was specifically looking for some audio. I have
an interest in hearing his technical ability as that is something I've
only heard good things about. I've heard lots of good mixes from
people like Savarese, Viteritti, Roy Thode, Burgess and Gibbons to
name a few. So I was curious as to whether any recordings of Kazcor
even existed.

[Adrian Scott]

Richie Kaczor mixed the Polydor promo "Steppin To Our Disco". Side one is an imaginative mix and side two less so. There were around 25,000 copies pressed for use in record stores. It does come up from time to time on E-Bay.

[NickNack]

Richie was unique and gifted as a mixer. And one hell of a sweetheart as a person. I used to go with friends to Hollywood mid-week just to hear him. I was working The Gallery weekends so Wednesday was one of my "party nights". Richie's style was like no other DJ I had heard at the time. No blending but beat-matching in an awesome fashion. When it came to extending those shorter songs or running and intro or break, his style of beat-slamming was perfect.

I remember turning to a friend and Gallery co-worker on about my second visit to Hollywood and saying, "Damn, that man can play! He doesn't miss!" My friend replied, "He's gonna run out of music mixing like that. You can only do that with so many songs." Glad to say Richie had more than enough music. (So was my friend, Frankie Knuckles.) :icon_biggrin:

Unfortunately, Adrian might be correct as "Steppin to Our Disco" is the only vinyl I've seen which credits Richie Kaczor. Too bad.

[Chap2Power]

Richie was also universally credited with breaking "I Will Survive" as well...I was lucky to meet him once, and was technically sound and a good mixer. Nice guy too. Especially while wondering what the hell a rookie DJ was doing in his booth..

I still have one of his business cards complete with the "54" logo on it...