The Record Players: DJ RevolutionariesFrom the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves. Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have spent years traveling across the world to interview the revolutionary and outrageous DJs who shaped the last half-century of pop music. The Record Players is the fun and revealing result—a collection of firsthand accounts from the obsessives, the playboys, and the eccentrics that dominated the music scene and contributed to the evolution of DJ culture. In the sixties, radio tastemakers brought their sound to the masses, while early trendsetters birthed the role of the club DJ at temples of hip like the Peppermint Lounge. By the seventies, DJs were changing the course of popular music; and in the eighties, young innovators wore out their cross-faders developing techniques that turned their craft into its own form of music. With discographies, favorite songs, and amazing photos of all the DJs as young firebrands, The Record Players offers an unparalleled music education: from records to synthesizers, from disco to techno, and from influential cliques to arenas packed with thousands of dancing fans. |
Contents
Ian Samwell No 1 deejay | |
Francis Grasso The groundbreaker | |
Kev Roberts Casino royal | |
Ian Dewhirst A northern soul | |
David Mancuso Party messiah | |
Tom Moulton Father of remixing | |
Nicky Siano Wild man of disco | |
François Kevorkian Disco dubmaster | |
Kool Herc Father of hip | |
Grandmaster Flash Scientist of the mix | |
Arthur Baker Maestro electro | |
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