GENRE: DISCO + 80's R&B + SOUL

*Due to the age of the tape, there are some unavoidable slight dropouts here and there.

From the Ben J. Plumly Jr. reel-to reel mixtape archives. Thanks Ben!!!

Craig Morey was involved with the early 80's S.F. record label scene. Here's his discography.... discogs.com/artist/142134-Craig-Morey

GENRE: 80's DANCE

From the Marsha Stern mixtape archives.

Marsha gives the history on this mixtape.....

For a couple of years after Roy Thode passed, I added DJing to my burgeoning career in lighting. Predominately, I made a series of cassettes for a private clientele though I am quite proud to say that my first live DJ performance in a club was at the original Eagle’s Nest in NYC!!

Ultimately my lighting career took over and as they say, the rest is history! And now some almost 40 years later Jim and the SFDPS brought such a pleasantly ironic surprise into my life when he received a box of cassettes from Fire Island Pines and one of mine was included. Wrap your Arms Around Me was a birthday present I made for my dear friend Justin Franklin (may he R.I.P.). He just couldn’t get enough of Agnetha Fältskog’s recently released title track!

GENRES: 80's DANCE + HI-NRG + ITALO DISCO

Recorded live at The River Club in NY. The same venue that was 12 West in the Disco days.

From the Robert Bonanno mixtape archives.

This is tape 1 of a 2 tape set.

GENRE: 70's-80's ROCK & NEW WAVE

From the Ben J. Plumly Jr. reel-to-reel mixtape archives. Thanks Ben!!

Recorded live, on reel-to-reel tape, on the Phoenix Bar Float that was in the 1980 S.F. Gay Day Parade.

Here's a link to history about The Phoenix.

http://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/former-castro-gay-bars/482-castro-street/

GENRE: DISCO +80's R&B + SOUL

*Due to the age of the tape, there are some unavoidable slight dropouts here and there.

From the Ben J. Plumly Jr. reel-to reel mixtape archives. Thanks Ben!!!

Craig Morey was involved with the early 80's S.F. record label scene. Here's his discography.... https://www.discogs.com/artist/142134-Craig-Morey

GENRES: DISCO + 80'S DANCE + HI-NRG

Recorded live at The Probe nightclub in Los Angeles, on a Saturday night, with an open mic for crowd response.

Featuring Kim Jackson on flute.

From the Ben Plumly mixtape archives. Thanks Ben!!!

GENRE: 80's DANCE + HI-NRG

From the Robert Bonanno mixtape archives.

This is one tape from a set of tapes of that night. Unfortunately, I only have this part. It's still a great time capsule!

Recorded live at Studio 54 in New York. This was a Thursday night, and was their gay night.

From the Rod Roderick reel-to-reel mixtape archives.

From the Rod Roderick tape archives. A mixtape by DJ Joseph Watt (of Razormaid! fame). Since the tracks on Sides 1 and 2 start with the beginning of the tracks, this might be a home recording.

**Please note: Due to the age of the tape, the tape stock that it was recorded on, and the number of times it was played, there are some slight drop outs throughout the mix. I removed the tape hiss, removed any pops and clicks from vinyl, and did some light EQ on the recording to clean it up.

GENRE: 80's ALTERNATIVE, INDUSTRIAL, DANCE

From the Bill Syler mixtape archives.

This was a Saturday night radio mixshow on KROQ in Los Angles.