The Disco Files 1973-79

A collection of articles written by Vince Aletti during the disco era.Includes record reviews,reports on the club scene,disco charts,DJ setlists,etc.

Order it here: http://www.djhistory.com/...isco-files

and don't forget to pick up this book,due October 1st:


alot of good reading material for this coming winter

SoulAlive said:

I am sure i'll giggle at alot of it and be like " I remember that" on mostof it

IAintTheOne said:

Yeah,I figured you of all people would love this book

SoulAlive said:

This looks like a good one!

Ottensen said:

Alot of crazy things went on at Casablanca....this is gonna be interesting!!

Thanks Soul. I can't post the sitelink because I'm at work...but if you visit www.popmatters.com there's a in-depth 5 part article on Casablanca Records in the 70's.

looking foward to the Casablanca book.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Cool,I'm gonna check it out.

SPYZFAN1 said:

I just printed out parts 1 through 4 I guess part 5 will be posted tomorrow.

http://www.popmatters.com...-it-again/

ooh, i should look into getting these. the last disco book i read was turn the beat around: the secret history of disco, and that was pretty good.

BSK3478 said:

never read that one,but I will someday.

I've been meaning to get the Aletti book for a while now. I keep forgetting (c) Michael McDonald.

I'm less intrigued by Casablanca. Their sound comes off as more pop/showbizzy compared to stuff like Salsoul, TK and other labels. I always imagine a bunch of femme white queens being their biggest market.

They get eternal props for Parliament though.

FunkyGraf said:

I wish there was a book about SalSoul Records.I'd love to read the history of that label.

Casablanca was much more diverse than it appeared to be.Although they were known primarily as a "disco label",they had artists and bands from every genre: KISS (hard rock),Cameo (R&B/funk),Hugh Masekela (jazz),And like you mentioned,they had Parliament.


Would also love a book about TK Records.