Opening with David Mancuso's seminal "Love Saves the Day"
Valentine's party, Tim Lawrence tells the definitive story of
American dance music culture in the 1970s-from its subterranean
roots in NoHo and Hell's Kitchen to its gaudy blossoming in midtown
Manhattan to its wildfire transmission through America's suburbs
and urban hotspots such as Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Newark, and Miami. Tales of nocturnal journeys, radical
music making, and polymorphous sexuality flow through the arteries
of Love Saves the Day like hot liquid vinyl. They are interspersed
with a detailed examination of the era's most powerful djs, the
venues in which they played, and the records they loved to spin-as
well as the labels, musicians, vocalists, producers, remixers,
party promoters, journalists, and dance crowds that fueled dance
music's tireless engine. Love Saves the Day includes material from
over three hundred original interviews with the scene's most
influential players, including David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Tom
Moulton, Loleatta Holloway, Giorgio Moroder, Francis Grasso,
Frankie Knuckles, and Earl Young. It incorporates more than twenty
special dj discographies-listing the favorite records of the most
important spinners of the disco decade-and a more general
discography cataloging some six hundred releases. Love Saves the
Day also contains a unique collection of more than seventy rare
photos.
General
Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2004 |
First published: |
February 2004 |
Authors: |
Tim Lawrence
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Dimensions: |
233 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
528 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-3198-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-8223-3198-5 |
Barcode: |
9780822331988 |
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