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Frankie Knuckles, August 4, 1991
TDK MA110 side A  side B

Frankie Knuckles, August 4, 1991
TDK MA110 side A  side B

Frankie Knuckles, August 1991
TDK MA110 side A  side B

Frankie Knuckles, 1991
TDK MA110 side A  side B
 Junior Vasquez, January 5, 1992
TDK SA90 side A  side B

Junior Vasquez, March 15, 1992
TDK SA90 side A  side B    


Mixtape Tracklists
Tony Humphries, Kiss Mastermix Dance Party,  
March 21, 1992
TDK MA110 side A  side B

Kenny Carpenter, WBLS Mix at 6, May 30, 1992
Maxell XLII 90 side A  side B

Frankie Knuckles, Hot 97 All Night Dance Party,
January 31, 1993
TDK SA90 side A  side B
Robert Owens, New York City 1990***
Sound Factory Bar
New York City 1990 #1
Maxell Capsule UDX II 90 side A  side B

New York City 1990 #2
Maxell Capsule UDX II 90 side A  side B

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Frankie Knuckles, 1992 Part 1**
side A  side B
 Frankie Knuckles, 1992 Part 2
Maxell XLII 100 side A  side B
Sound Factory Tapes on the Web
All files are 320kbps MP3s, so they may take a
while to download. If you have any problems
downloading them let me know. Love and thanks
to MP for the gifts of the Sound Factory, Sound
Factory Bar & Robert Owens tapes. Some of these
tapes were also shared with Gman who used to
maintain the best mix archive on the web,
deephousepage.

** Thanks to Mike for digging up a copy of this
tape.

*** Heartfelt thanks to house music legend Robert
Owens for generously giving permission for these
tapes to be shared. They were recorded @ home
on New York City's Lower East Side for a friend
circa 1990 and capture many tracks from this raw
and unique period in NY house music. They also
represent  the music that Robert was playing at
his club Visions (located in an old drive-in movie
theater on the corner of 11th Ave & 27th St)
during this time - a truly fierce party.
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These are the other tapes I know of:

Larry Levan, Recorded live @ Sound Factory NY Friday 03/22/91
Originally from deephousepage. Friday was typically straight night at the club, while Saturdays  (Sunday mornings really, closing was midday or later)  were gay.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory 1992  Side A   Side B
Frankie Knuckles, Sound Factory 1990
Shared via XLR8R.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory 1991
Posted by DJRCNYC on Mixcloud.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory 1992
Posted to a website called The Mixing Bowl by spook.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, October 1992
From deephousepage.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory NY  Sides A & B   
A longer version of the deephousepage tape linked to above, originally from a website called EZESKANKIN.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, 1993
Posted by DJRCNYC on Mixcloud.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, 1993
Tape courtesy of Paul Hamman.

 Junior Vasquez, Live On B96 September 4, 1993
Posted by Junior Vasquez Sets on Mixcloud.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, 1994
Posted by DJRCNYC on Mixcloud.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, August 6, 1994
Hot 97 radio broadcast generously shared by Luis Aviance

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, 1994
Source unknown.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, New Year 1994 side A side B
Shared by Luis and Ulises Aviance.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, Winter 1994/5
Shared by Paul Hamman.

 Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory January 1995
From the House of Diabolique. This was shortly before the club closed on
February 12th, 1995.

The deephousepage mix archive includes a number other Sound Factory
Bar tapes.


Sound Factory Articles/Links

 Some historical articles and links about the Sound Factory and the New York
underground of the late 80s/early 90s.

 Original Sound Factory Rules
From Scott's Bill in Exile blog.

Sound Factory Photos
A few stills from a YouTube documentary about Junior Vasquez produced by
RalphTV.

Frankie Knuckles on Sound Factory & Sound Factory Bar

 Frankie Knuckles on Larry Levan & Sound Factory

 Sound Factory: The House That Jack Built - Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
From the UK magazine Soul Underground, July 1990.

 Discoterror: The Grey Lady Goes Underground
A collection of old New York Times articles (reproduced under fair use...hopefully)

Sound Factory (December 1, 1989)
Dark Side to New York's Neon Clubs (September 13, 1990)
Discomania? Some Say It's Really Discoterror (June 4, 1992)
Paris Has Burned (April 18, 1993)

CLUBTHING! A Guide to Clubland NYC
By Adam Goldstone, from DMR, June/July 1992.

Dangerous Dancing
From MixMag, September 1989, includes a short piece on Sound Factory and
Junior's top ten. Thanks to m-jf for sharing this and giving permission to post it.

Paris is Burning
Article from Faith Fanzine, includes Tedd Patterson's description of late morning
vogueing at Sound Factory. The Junior tape from 1/5/92 captures one of the
times Tedd is talking about, the music on side B in particular (Let's Go, Dub
Break, etc.) was an accompaniment to a vogueing battle that had broken out by
the speaker stack nearest the DJ booth.

1992 - The First Club Kid Invades Sound Factory
From Faith Fanzine, written by Frank Broughton.

Death of the Sound Factory
From DJ History, written by Frank Broughton. The closing date cited in this article
is apparently a month off, it was not January but February 12th, 1995.

A Glimpse Inside Sound Factory Bar
YouTube video of Louie Vega getting ready for a night of Underground Network
at Sound Factory Bar on 21st Street, December 28, 1994.