I still have my Loft Membership Card 99 Prince St. NYC & loved this track

Ill not much more to say than that mutha fo... this hits the soul head on and makes me wanna start house breakin.

David Mancuso Paris 2001 Classics Night Paris 2001

"Larry Levan's last night at the Paradise Garage, recorded live and put on this 12"

Larry Levan - Final Night In Paradise Vol. 3

Nicky Siano is a TRUE pioneer of the dance music scene, his first job playing records at New York’s famed club The Round Table, was in 1971. In 1972, at the age of 17, he opened/designed and was the DJ at The Gallery, called The First Disco in books ie. ‘Love Saves the Day’ and ‘Love Goes to Buildings on Fire.’ Both books and documentaries such as Maestro chronicle how Nicky started many DJ techniques like beat matching records, designing the first crossover and building the first club Bass Horns. He inspired owners to build such clubs as The Paradise Garage and Studio 54. He launched the careers of Grace Jones, D.C. La Rue, Loleatta Holloway, Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles, to name a few. His party at Twelve West, 1999-2002, was heralded by New York Magazine, The Village Voice, Time Out, Hx, Next, Flyer, DJ Times and Paper Magazine as the party of the year.

Nicky hosts a weekly podcast, The Nicky Siano Podcast, on iTunes, Soundcloud and NickySiano.com, has gained a major audience, with over 50,000 downloads and listens weekly. His stories of the seventies experience and the unique music he plays has made the podcast a Saturday evening staple.

A movie filmed at The Gallery on rich 16mm film, with incredible footage of the club, and life in 1975, is currently available on DVD. Love is the Message, a night at the Gallery 1977, is out now and available from www.loveisthemessagemovie.com. The film is composed from rare footage of actual parties at The Gallery. This pristine 16mm footage transports the viewer to a time when people let go of their inhibitions, and DANCED! This film will be the definitive statement on the seventies dance music scene, because it was actually shot there. Frankie Knuckles, Nicky’s good friend and protégé, recently passed. He is one of the narrators of the film.

So much more then a club owner and DJ, Nicky is a New Yorker, who has been present at many defining moments in New York city's history; i.e. the Stonewall Riots, The opening of the Gallery, the Paradise Garage and Studio 54, The Act Up Aids protests, the rained out Diana Ross concert in Central Park, the first night of Bette Midler’s first Broadway show, her performances at the Continental Baths….the list is endless.

In 2004, SOUL JAZZ RECORDS released the first Gallery compilation an incredible collection of rare Gallery hits.

Nicky is featured in Maestro(http://www.maestro-documentary.com/), the documentary chronicling the life and times of Larry Levan, now available on DVD. In Tim Lawrence's epic book, Love Saves the Day, the definitive book on the seventies dance music scene, Nicky's career is chronicled in some detail. In 2012 the new bestseller, Love Goes to Buildings on Fire, chronicles Nicky’s achievements in molding the dance music industry.

Nicky has mixed and recorded over 30 dance classics. In 1977 he was the first DJ to produce a record-- the underground classic “Kiss Me Again” on Sire Records, for which he partnered with famed musician Arthur Russell, and sold more than 300,000 copies,

It was no coincidence that when Steve Rubelle opened Studio 54 he chose Nicky as one of the two original DJ’s, he is the last surviving original DJ from the legendary club. In October 2011, SiriusXM re-opened the original Studio 54, with all the original people, for one night only. Nicky was chosen by Ian Schrager to be at the decks for this evening. This event was featured on Entertainment tonight, and in PEOPLE magazine October 2011.

For a few more years, Nicky continues to tour the world. The film about The Gallery is a must for any fan of dance music. There are only two surviving DJ's who actually started the dance music scene in New York. Nicky Siano is one of them, and he TRULY deserves to be called a legend.

Discogs Mix 42- Nicky Siano

Nicky Siano is the Master of Disco Soul. A pioneer of the dance music scene in the early seventies, Nicky was the owner/designer/DJ of the legendary seventies dance palace The Gallery and went on to become one of the original Studio 54 resident DJs. He worked the DJ booth at Bianca Jagger's infamous Studio 54 birthday party. He inspired and launched the careers of Grace Jones, D.C. La Rue, Loleatta Holloway, Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles, to name a few.

He's put together a mix of classic NYC disco and funk for the 72nd Good Room Podcast ahead of his set in the Bad Room on October 29. Tickets are $15 from here - http://bit.ly/2dqPOOC

Nicky Siano

Good Room Podcast 072 - Nicky Siano

Recording of Tony Humphries' Tribute to Zanzibar-set at Dekmantel Festival 2016.

Dekmantel Festival 2016

Tony Humphries (Tribute to Zanzibar) at Dekmantel Festival 2016

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This CD was sent over a few years back I never got round to getting it onto the podcast, after the tributes flooding the internet today, from strangers and friend I thought I best fix that. RIP David Mancuso!

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David Mancuso - The Loft Volume 2 (Disc 1)

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287 - The Loft Volume 2 mixed by David Mancuso (Disc 1)

Is 2004 "classic mix" territory already? Well it's a few years old, but here is a mix from Frankie Knuckles recorded live at the Palms Hotel in Miami on March 8 2004. Original seems to have fallen off the internet.

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Frankie Knuckles: Live at the Palms Hotel, Miami [2004]

First Knuckles tape of the collection - that man.... Paul Moran the provider.  

Frankie Knuckles - Hot 97 NYC - March 1992

Tony Humphries - KISS FM NYC - Mastermix Dance Party - 12 Jan 1992

Un dj set straordinario del leggendario JOE CLAUSSELL
E dopo 10 anni ritorna nel tempio della musica
17 NOVEMBRE 2012 / NEUHM PARTY
JOE CLAUSSELL + GIGI TESTA 
Disco Metropolis.
Info: 388 89 83 521 

JOE CLAUSSELL live @ Disco Metropolis (Napoli) - 20.07.2002

Exclusive mix from Glenn Underground for Makin' Moves Xmas party @ Reliance Square, Shoreditch on Saturday 22nd December.

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David Mancuso Paris 2001 Classics Night Paris 2001

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