Photo by Ezel, from the July 1990 issue of Soul Underground.

Visited three times before leaving London, first for the opening Friday gay night which I think must’ve been Nov 8th. It wasn’t well promoted and Larry Levan played to a mostly empty club. Also went to the Rosado/Levan and Tony Humprhries Saturday parties, tapes from those nights (and from Pal Joey’s appearance) are online. Last year the club released several recordings from this era as part of their 20th anniversary 5-CD box set, the digital release includes the individual tracks too.

This is with Victor Rosado.

A photo from Dave Swindells website, outside the club on the opening weekend. Illustrates the weird mix of people that showed up during this period: there were some wealthy people like these who I guess may have been friends of the financial backers, some veteran clubbers who were into the music and DJs, some ravers determined to have a good time even though they didn’t seem to have much idea what was going on, and some Londoners who had never heard DJs who could really mix, or an NY-style Richard Long sound system, and sort of stood around the edge with their jaws on the floor. The DJ booth at this time was up above the dancefloor with just a slot window, similar to Sound Factory (this photo was posted to the Wave Music community board, can’t link to the original post because it’s down right now).

The speaker stack nearest the DJ booth at Sound Factory, where vogue battles would be fought late on a Sunday morning. Side 2 of the Jan 5, 1992 tape on the main site is from one of those Sunday mornings around 11am, the Goddess of Light would mimic camera flashes as voguers struck freeze-frame poses to the stabs on Fast Eddie – Let’s Go and Ellis D – Dub Break.

Image capture from a mid-90s TV profile of Junior Vasquez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAECKA-QwFk

Photo: Laura Levine/Corbis, from an NY Mag series on artists apartments.

From the UK TV show The Tube, posted to youtube by IbizaMusicCoUk. Filmed two months after the death of Klaus Nomi, who passed August 6, 1983, one of the first artists lost to AIDS.

mrmoreno1: I first heard this record the night David Morales had just finished recording it. he ran to the Sound Factory on a Saturday (ok, EARLY Sunday morning) very excited. He ran directly to the DJ? booth. Everyone wanted to know, “what does he have?”

Einfach Super!

May do this occasionally (as long as the youtube channel lasts anyway), some favorite comments and the tracks that go with them.

jetit: Looove this song..I remember the Day I got it. I played the Hell out of it. my Mom and Sister were like if you play that song one more Time!!!..lol and so I did..lol the? next thing I know we were all Dancing..lol love my Family and this song. Thanks.

schnikta: Ooooooooooo!!!!!!! y’all don’t know how? me, Kizzy, Reeka, Nooncy, Bopo, Trav, G, Tankador, all of us (sometimes in a Honda Prelude LOL) used to play this 2def f’real!!!!!!!!!!HOUSEMUSICALLNIGHTLONGsay what?

Happy holidays to any readers, downloaders, and random passers by.

1987 photograph of Keith Haring as Santa by Marcus Leatherdale, up for auction at Phillips de Pury & Company.

http://www.toledohiphop.org/images/old_school_source_code/

Via Mike Barnes on deephousepage.

The Treacherous Three – Gotta Rock