Photos from 'The Disco Files 1973–78: New York's Underground, Week by Week' by Vince Aletti (with interview by Fran Lebowitz) — back in stock from D.A.P. Publishing! In 1973, Aletti became the first person to write about the emerging disco scene. His engagement with disco nightlife continued throughout the decade as he wrote his weekly column for 'Record World' magazine, which incorporated top ten playlists from DJs across the US (such as Larry Levan, Larry Sanders, Walter Gibbons, Tee Scott and Nicky Siano) alongside Aletti's own writings and interviews. As disco grew from an underground secret to a billion-dollar industry, Aletti was there to document it, and 'The Disco Files' is his personal memoir of those days, containing everything he wrote on the subject (most of it between 1974 and1978) augmented with photography by Peter Hujar and Toby Old. This book is the definitive and essential chronicle of disco, true from-the-trenches reporting that details, week by week, the evolution of the clubs, the DJs, and above all, the music, through magazine articles, beautiful photographs, hundreds of club charts and thousands of record reviews. Pictured here: 1. Drag Queens Mugging, Halloween (II), 1978, © @peterhujararchive 2. New Orleans Dancefloor © Tony Old 3. Refreshments at New York, NY 4. Onlookers at Roseland © Tony Old 5. The men's room at G.G. Barnums © Tony Old 6. Boys at Les Mouches © Tony Old 7. Upside Down at Les Mouches © Tony Old 8. Portrait of Vince Aletti, © @peterhujararchive Read more via linkinbio. @vincealetti #vincealetti #discofiles #vincealettidisco #disco #discoplaylist #peterhujar #tonyold https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBGaeGJdbf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
