SFDPS

SFDPS

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SFDPS episodes

  • Perceptive Audio - The Bolt (SF) #22 - 2-9-77
    Randall Schiller gave me a small stack of reel to reel tapes from The Bolt bar in San Francisco (Thanks Randy!). The Bolt was located in the same space that is currently The Powerhouse on Folsom Street, between 9th and 10th. Two of the tapes that Randy gave me were covered in mold (see before and after photos below) I spent an hour hand cleaning the mold off of the tape. After 4 slow passes of wiping the mold off, it was clean and ready to transfer to digital.

    If you were to step into The Bolt in 1977, this is the soundtrack you would have heard being played in the bar. A mix of rock, soul, and early disco. These bar tapes were made by Sanford Kellman (who later owned The IBeam) and Mel Ford. It was a mixtape service for bars around San Francisco.
    1 hr 36 min
  • Perceptive Audio - The Bolt (SF) #18 - October 1976
    A tape from Perceptive Audio. It looks like they were a mixtape service based in S.F. that made tapes for bars/clubs. This one is labeled The Bolt, which was a bar that was located in the South of Market area in San Francisco. The back of the tape box has an area where the bartenders would write the date and time that the tape was played. This tape represents the soundtrack of The Bolt in 1976. From the Randy Schiller tape archives.

    1 hr 31 min
  • DJ Dicken Acraman - Live At Le Club (NY) - 8-8-75
    This is the second to oldest DJ mixtape that we have acquired. At first I thought it was an unmarked reel-to-reel tape, but looking closer at the tape box spine, I could barely see the writing due to the ink fading. Luckily, Dicken pressed hard when he wrote on it, so I was able to read the indentation. Recorded live at Le Club in New York. The club opened on NYE 1960 and ran through to 1995.

    *This was recorded in the early years of DJ mixing, so don't expect precision mixing.
    3 hr 11 min
  • DJ Michael Lee - R&B Ballads 1977
    From the Michael Lee tape archives. A home made reel-to-reel tape compilation of R&B Ballads from 1977.

    *This mix is not meant to be a beatmatched DJ mix. It's a compilation that Michael made from his record collection.

    CLICK ON THE PHOTO ABOVE TO SEE THE TRACK LISTING.
    1 hr 33 min
  • DJ Michael Lee - Live At Bones (SF) - Saturday Night 11-5-77
    Recorded live at Bones nightclub in San Francisco. This tape had turned into a sticky mess and wouldn't play on the tape deck. The reels barely even moved. I "baked" the tape in the food dehydrator for 2 hours and let it cool over night. Once I loaded it on the tape deck, it played perfectly! Another tape rescued!
    3 hr 12 min
  • DJ Bobby Viteritti - Live At The Trocadero Transfer (SF) - Early 80's
    Welcome to SFDPS (San Francisco Disco Preservation Society) We are dedicated to preserving anything related to the 70s' San Francisco disco scene, and into the early 80's HI-NRG scene (which we consider disco under another name) The S.F. DJs, music producers, record labels, and clubs that set the standard! We have a ton of disco DJ reel to reels that we will be digitizing and sharing with the world! Join us on our Facebook page! (click the fackbook logo below) Also, be sure to follow our other HearThis page....eightiesDJarchives. That page focuses on 80's DJ mixtapes that are Pop, Rock, New Wave, Funk, Soul and R&B. hearthis.at/wvr3zbtv
    1 hr 34 min

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Welcome to SFDPS (San Francisco Disco Preservation Society) We are dedicated to preserving anything related to the 70s' San Francisco disco scene, and into the early 80's HI-NRG scene (which we…