CD: The Disco BoxQUOTE:
Actually, the liner notes are the most interesting thing about The Disco Box. Producer Brian Chin's essay on the great technicians of the era explains who actually came up with which sounds: drummer Alan Schwartzberg's distinctive open hi-hat technique, bassist Henry Davis's octave leaps, producer Tom Moulton's obsessive mix-tweaking and cranked-up treble.
And for 14 pages the best club DJs of the disco era are quoted in turn about their favorite records and crowds.
("I can honestly say that I was the first person to play Donna Summer's 'MacArthur Park,'" says Kevin Burke, a regular DJ on Fire Island, "because I was playing in the afternoon. People were screaming, howling. Within three minutes of that record starting, there was a line six to eight people deep all trying to find out what it was.")
Apr 22, 2010 Douglas Wolk
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/this-aint-no-disco/Content?oid=898685
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