The DiscoFiles 1973-78 - New York's Underground, Week by Week - Reference

Aug 2, 2026

A week-by-week reference chronicling New York’s underground disco scene from 1973 to 1978, compiled from original sources by Vince Aletti with editorial support. The text preserves varying styles from the published material while correcting minor spelling issues and standardizing titles. Due to space constraints, it omits some chart formats and reduces repetitive passages, maintaining imports references and selecting the least repetitive content. The volume also contextualizes Aletti’s role as a foundational disco writer and critic who helped shape US club culture.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages478

Reading Time20 h 5 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Discotheque Rock'73: Paaaaarty!

Dancing Madness

The Loft

The Men In The Glass Booth

I Won't Dance, Don't Ask Me

A Dialogue Between Two Editors

Disco Files 1974

Disco Files 1975

Disco Files 1976

Disco Files 1977

Disco Files 1978

Vince Aletti Interviewed

THEDISCOFILES973-78 New York's underground,week by weekREFERENCEbyVince Aletti Published by DJhistory.com www.djhistory.com ⑥Vince Aletti,except: Article by Vince Aletti&Michael Gomesfrom MixMaster,summer 1978◎Michael GomesAll rights reserved.Reprinted by permission. Vince Aletti interview by Frank Broughton &Bill Brewster◎ DJhistory.com 1998All rights reserved. Vince Aletti asserts his moral right tobe identified asthe author of this work. Allrights reserved.No part of this publication may be copied,reproduced,storedin a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means without theprior permission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circulated in any form ofbinding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similarcondition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ISBN:978-0-9561896-0-8 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. # THE DISCOFILES 1973-78New York's Underground,Week by Week by Vince Aletti Smoking dancefloor at New York,NY C Toby Old 6GDiscos have opened in any place you couldstickamirrored ball,two turntables and a DJ.In arecession economy,they're a bargain55 Buy this book direct fromwww.djhistory.com/books Credits Written by Vince Aletti Editors Frank Broughton&Bill BrewsterImpossible without Matthew Higgs,Tony Harriss &Mark Lamb Cover Leo ElstobDesign John Meikle Layout Frank Broughton &Dave BarlowCopy Editor Miranda Morton Copy editing Christopher Moss,Susannah Gowers Scanning &library research Emma Spertus,Ryan Foerster,Andrew Henry,Ryan Evans,Amie Scally,Catherine Nguyen Photography Toby Old,Peter Hujar Printed by Pyramid Press Big thanks to Everyone at White Columns Gallery;Amanda Green &RichardTennant at Globe Business Publishing;Richard Tuffs at Pyramid Press;Kenny Carpenter;Brian Chin;Michael Gomes;Danny Krivit;TonySmith;Sarah Lazin;Jasen Emmons &Erynn Summers at ExperienceMusic Project;Ed Cartwright &Leo Greenslade at Darling Dept;MarkMcQuillan &Andy Singh at Republic of Music;Karen Tate at SoulJazz;Paul Williams;Stephen Koch and Matthew Israel at the PeterHujar Archive;Philip Tan at Matthew Marks Gallery,B.George at theARChive of Contemporary Music;Anne Marie Basanese at RollingStone,Christina Pettit at Village Voice. A quick note on the text We've kept it all as close to the original sources as possible,so stylesvary.We corrected a few spelling errors in artists,labels and titles,and put all titles in a consistent style.For space we sadly had to losethe formats from the charts (ie“album cut,""disco disc,”etc),though we kept references to imports.There were minor cuts insome of the articles to avoid repetition.Whereas Vince ran a Top 20chart every week,we only had space to include one roughly everymonth (it moves slowly),and we had to lose four or five club chartswhen they all got too damn long.Don't worry though,we alwayscut the least interesting one. DJhistory.com 14 Jack's Place6 Corbet PlaceLondon E16NNtel+44(0)2072476232email info@djhistory.comwww.djhistory.com Contents 1 IntroductionVince Aletti February 2009 4 Discotheque Rock'73:Paaaaarty!Rolling Stone September 13,1973 10Dancing MadnessRolling Stone August 28,1975 14The LoftVillage Voice June 16,1975 20The Men In The Glass BoothAfter Dark November 1976 24I Won't Dance,Don't Ask MeVillage Voice April26,1976 28A Dialogue Between Two EditorsMixMaster Summer 1978 38Disco Files 1974Record World November 16-December 28,1974 50Disco Files 1975Record World January 4-December 27,1975 156Disco Files 1976Record World January 17-December 25,1976 254Disco Files 1977Record World January 8-December 31,1977 358Disco Files 1978Record World January 7-December 16,1978 452Vince Aletti InterviewedDJhistory.com October12,1998 Vince Aletti CPeter Hujar Archive Vince Aletti was disco's greatest chronicler,the first writer to cover the emergingscene.From 1974-78 he wrote the weekly Disco File column in Record Wo

FAQs

What time period does The DiscoFiles cover?

It covers New York’s disco world week by week from 1973 through 1978, organized into year-based sections.

How were the original sources handled in the book?

The editors kept the text close to the original sources, corrected a few spelling errors, and standardized titles for consistent presentation.

Who compiled and contributed to the Disco Files material?

Vince Aletti wrote the original weekly “Disco File” column, with editorial assistance from Frank Broughton and Bill Brewster, and permissions credited for republished articles.

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