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"Disco Madness: Walter Gibbons and the Legacy of Turntablism and Remixology"

From the Journal of Popular Music Studies, March 2008.

Written By TIM LAWRENCE.

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Studio 54 dismantled the core ethos of early disco culture that the dancefloor should function as a space of communal dance, while Saturday Night Fever whitened and straightened a culture that had been forged by African American, Italian American and Latino gay men.


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http://www.timlawrence.info/articles/pdfs/Walter-Gibbons-JPMS.pdf

It's over 40 pages long but might have some insight into how John Travolta is responsible for white people going to dance parties. Laughing
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Walter Gibbons stood at five foot five, sported a wispy moustache, and parted his brown hair right to left. He was also shy and softly spoken. Yet when he
stood behind the turntables, he became hurricane articulate, as though he kept his daytime thoughts to himself because he could express them so much more forcefully at night....


Love it.. And this is only on page 4.
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Cool, will read this. Does it tell you how they got busted with the suitcase and subsequently was closed down. Would have loved to be there in its hey day ( IF you could get in..)
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Dunno yet.. Only read the first few pages - and they're funny enough as it is.
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Grabbed it, will read when I get a chance Smile

I also recommend Peter Shapiro's 'Turn the beat around: the secret history of disco' if you guys are interested in reading about this stuff,.
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Choice article.
I've always thought Walter's remix of Catch me on the Rebound was bloody epic. My dream is to hear the whole thing from start to finish on the dance-floor (although the dj would have to be ballsy).

'Turn the beat around: the secret history of disco' is a great read but I think I enjoyed "Love Saves the Day" by Tim Lawrence more
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Scott Grooves said:

If Catch me on the Rebound was bloody epic. My dream is to hear the whole thing from start to finish on the dance-floor (although the dj would have to be ballsy).

I have the OG, but also an edit the Paradise Lost boys from Sydney did which is very good. But the best one I have heard is the Parrish edit he played at the DEMf a few years back. I play whatever I like so my Balls must be in good working order.