#mel cheren

[yourdailyqueer]

Mel Cheren (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 21 January 1933  

RIP: 7 December 2007

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Record producer, activist, veteran, entrepreneur 

Note 1: Created the 12-inch vinyl single, which permitted longer playing time than the standard seven-inch, and which gained its greatest popularity in discos

Note 2: Had HIV

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A MUST WATCH IF ... you call yourself a DJ ... love disco ... wanna know dance music history

The Godfather of Disco // Mel Cheren // West-End Records Documentary about MEL CHEREN and WEST-END RECORDS feat. bits & pieces by Danny Krivit, Louie Vega, Nicky Siano, Joey Llanos, Kevin Hedge, Barbara Tucker, Joi Caldwell, Tony Humphries, Johnny Dynell, Louis Benedetti and some of the greatest West-End Records Releases

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The Godfather of Disco (2007)

Documentary about Mel Cheren, West End Records and the Paradise Garage.

This is a well edited, well researched and finally, proper made documentary about the underground disco scene in New York City. If you have seen Maestro from 2003, this takes a more insight look in West End Records that Paradise Garage was closely associated to. The focus is on the label and Mel Cheren who ran it (and funded the Paradise Garage project) The big difference between this documentary and Maestro is that Maestro focuses too much of the myth around the Garage, while this focuses more about the music, which the Garage was all about. So West End is a natural choice to start with. And a better standpoint to start with. Thus you can draw strings to everything that was connected with the label. While Maestro's biggest selling point was the live footage from the Garage, you will see even more footage and photos from inside and outside the dance floor. You will be told about what happened on the social area around the club & the tragic HIV epidemic that struck the scene with a horrible outcome. Music that is featured here are mostly West End material, but with so many classics that they put out it is still a great selection. And Mel Cheren who died the same year this was made, gives a heartbreaking yet thrilling story about what he saw around the time. (though a more deeper insight is told in his auto-biography which this documentary is based on) So my verdict of this is: superb. Well done. Gene Graham has done a well job on a hard task of the REAL disco scene of New York.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067108/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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[crazydiscomadness]

Finally getting around to watching this documentary tonight about Mel Cheren and West End Records. 

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John Lee Hooker ‎– Urban Blues (1967)

Front Cover Painting By Mel Cheren

Full Album

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Sesso matto - sessomatto

First release on the towering West End label. It's really interesting to see how the label progressed over the years, from this funny little record through to straight- up classic disco bangers and then on to more boogie and early electro stuff in the 80s.

The title of this translates as 'how funny can sex be' and I came across it whilst watching a documentary about Mel Cheren. It's worth a watch if you've got even a passing interest in dance music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuBGPj-klT8

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Disco Gold