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| | And We Danced - Larry Levan Profile |
 | | Larry Levan and his friend Frankie Knuckles experienced the first rumblings of Disco and what became Dance music as we know it in the early 1970's as precocious teenagers. | | | Larry Levan is quite possibly the most beloved DJ in the history of Dance music. | | | Larry Levan was the only resident DJ at Paradise Garage for its nearly 10 years of existence. |
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http://www.andwedanced.com/djs/levan.htm
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| | Larry Levan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Larry Levan (born July 20, 1954 – died November 8, 1992) stands at the crossroads of disco, house music and garage music. | | | François Kevorkian goes so far as to credit Larry with putting the dub aesthetic into dance music and being the first DJ to play a very eclectic and open-minded mix of music. | | | Quite a number of today's most successful producers and DJs credit their first exposure to Larry's music at the Paradise Garage as a moment that changed their lives forever and inspired their whole careers. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Levan
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| | Articles - LEGENDARY DJS |
| | Larry has mixed around 80 songs for 15+ labels. | | | But before Larry Levan there was Kool Herc who by most accounts was the first DJ to buy two copies of the same record for just a 15-second break (rhythmic instrumental segment) in the middle. | | | As a DJ, Larry Levan had an impeccable sense of style and taste and his landmark work in the studio led to the first whole album concept where the DJ/(re)mixer gets top billing over the original artist. |
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http://www.hiphop-network.com/articles/djarticles/legendary.asp
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| | Larry Levan was the ultimate DJ: he didn't just excel at his job, he reinvented the concept of the DJ, blurring the boundaries of music, race, sex, sexuality, and changing thousands of people's perception of music, sound and the world around them. | | | With Larry at the helm, the Garage embodied all that was beautiful about disco: glamour, unpretentiousness, excitement, hedonism, epiphany through music, black/white and gay/straight harmony, and the general concept of the dancefloor as family. | | | He augmented this aural collage with disorienting sound effects and mind-expanding audio manipulations, working the crossover and balance controls to throw sound around the room as if it had a will of its own. |
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http://www.discomuseum.com/LarryLevan.html
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| | Larry Levan Live At The Paradise Garage 1979 |
| | Larry was so careful about his programming that he would only play songs with similar lyrical themes back to back and always put in some sort of break when switching from one lyrical theme to another. | | | Larry was instrumental in the creation of modern DJing and DJ culture, and this CD shows just how he did that - by not paying attention to the technical details and always keeping his eye on the big picture. | | | This CD is a welcome break from the current wave of technically precise DJs who are more concerned with doing a perfect mix than with moving the crowd and imparting their sets with soul. |
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http://www.undergroundfiles.com/garage.html
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| | VH1.com : Larry Levan : Biography |
| | Neglected by many because of his early death and lack of recording, Larry Levan is one of the seminal names in dance music, a legendary inspiration during the 1970s and '80s. | | | Levan and engineer Richard Long supervised construction of what has been called the best sound system ever produced, and spent hours before opening each night to make sure that acoustics, speaker placement and atmosphere were perfect. | | | To give club-goers the ultimate dance experienece, Levan used an assortment of subtle tricks; during the night, he would even upgrade the quality of his musical selections and turntable needles until music, mixer and dancers hit their peak simultaneously. |
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http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/levan_larry/bio.jhtml
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| | Larry Levan Tribute @ Disco-Disco.com |
| | Larry's very own mixing style, were he used a songs instrumental parts, break beats and accapellas to make completely new "live" remixes of the songs he choose to play, inspired lots of other DJ's to try the same, made the audience go wild and... | | | Every single song of this record is a hit and all the songs are special remixes by Larry Levan. | | | Larry was a popular remixer and producer with New York labels like West End Records and SalSoul Records. |
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http://www.disco-disco.com/tributes/larry.html
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| | Larry Levan - fOnq/iNd!™ |
| | Larry is also credited with putting the dub aesthetic into dance music and being the first DJ to play a very eclectic and open-minded mix of music. | | | Larry Levan, who died 11 years ago (in 1992), is still considered to be the most influential DJ ever. | | | Padlock (Larry Levan Remix) on Padlock, LP (Island Records) |
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http://www.fonq.republika.pl/levan.html
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| | MusicESP Home |
| | Tracklisting: Be The One Haraki Haraki (DITD remix). | | | On the topside is the wailing gospel-like storming “The Greatest Performance Of My Life” by Loleatta Holloway in the full 6.50 Larry Levan 12” remix – never previously available until now (apart from on the Salsoul CD “Larry Levan: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes ’78-’83” SALSA CD 001). | | | Continuing the run of the ever-popular Larry Levan 12” series now brings us to the fourth special deluxe release and it’s a all-female double-sided belter from two of Salsoul’s most popular artists – Loleatta Holloway and First Choice! |
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http://www.musicesp.com/sef_pages/HOUSE_page_84.htm
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| | Larry Levan's Greatest Mixes 2 Various Artists (LP) DiscoMusic.com |
| | Larry Levan was commissioned by Salsoul Records to create special remixes of select Disco tracks of the time and this album is the result. | | | Larry Levan as many know was the resident DJ at New York's Paradise Garage and was in demand for his brand of remixing in the studio. | | | GEMM for Used Larry Levan's Greatest Mixes 2 Records and CDs |
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http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/1754_0_2_0_C
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| | Larry Levan, 38; His Tastes Shaped Dance-Club Music |
| | From 1976 to 1987, Levan was the disk jockey at the Paradise Garage on King Street in SoHo, where he had helped design and assemble the award-winning sound system. | | | arry Levan, a disk jockey, producer and remixer who changed the sound of dance music, died on Sunday at Beth Israel Medical Center. | | | When dance records known as house music began to appear in the mid-1980's, it was clear that Levan's "garage" style had influenced innumerable musicians and dancers. |
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http://partners.nytimes.com/library/music/111192dj-levan-obit.html
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| | LARRY LEVAN |
| | Levan had a profound influence on the way DJs are perceived: He created the idea that a DJ was the host of the evening. | | | Levan's story begins in New York City, where, as a teenager, he experienced the earliest incarnations of disco music at David Mancuso's famed Loft club. | | | The current incarnation of the garage genre now exists as an homage to Levan and the sound that he helped to originate. |
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http://remixmag.com/mag/remix_larry_levan
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| | West End Records |
| | Larry Levan was more than an average DJ; he was a DJ's DJ. | | | In a room where track dates were the norm, I felt honored to play live for Larry's crowd and through his sound system. | | | From that Saturday, and almost every Saturday till it closed, Larry Levan would make records that I had heard hundreds of times before sound brand-new and expose me to so much new music. |
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http://www.westendrecords.com/staging/artists/larry_rememberances4.php3
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| | Larry Levan mp3 |
| | Details of Recordings by Larry Levan music, songs, albums, singles, books and videos on the UK music... | | | Larry Levan music, songs, albums, singles, books and videos | | | You can instantly and legally download music from Larry Levan mp3 with the Rhapsody Music Service. |
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http://www.emusiclinks.com/artists/Larry-Levan-mp3.html
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| | Amazon.com: Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage: Music |
| | This is a great album for Larry Levan fans or just those wanting to hear the mixing skills and music taste of one of the most influential deejays of dance music - from disco to garage to house and beyond. | | | Larry Levan, one of the worlds most prominent djs knew how to work the crowd and stir their emotions, its a pity today's djs can't do this [as well]. | | | Larry really hands out a smorgasboard with this recording with its great variety unlike current dance music that endeavours to be monotonous with the least change as possible. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QFLB?v=glance
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| | West End Records |
| | Larry Patterson (another sadly departed mentor who consulted on the remix) made sure that Club Zanzibar in Newark had simultaneous access to the track for a total underground penetration of a record that is still being played -- in bootleg and original forms. | | | Levan fell in love with "Fall Down" and turned it into a Garage anthem. | | | Rich!" You didn't know whether is was one of Larry's customary quirks turning the music off or whether he just accidentally turned something off, but it enabled me to find my friends. |
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http://www.westendrecords.com/artists/larry_rememberances1.php3
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| | DJ history, DJ culture, DJ interviews, DJ tips, dance music culture, DJ forums, house music, hip hop and deejays, northern soul, disco, larry levan, david mancuso, ron hardy, fabric london, paradise garage, the loft. | | | disco inferno funk boogie soul r'n'b dance house high energy hi-nrg disco-house discohouse paradise garage sound sounds groove groovy funky sex sexy music song songs tune tunes 12 inch remix mix record records dj djs dj's larry levan frankie knuckles tee. | | | maestro, underground music, dance music, techno, paradise garage, club, loft, larry levan, tenaglia, documentary, underground, josell ramos. |
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http://www.all-creations.com/larry_levan
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| | The Selekta West End Records |
| | Larry brought the label some of its signature hits. | | | This CD brings back the quality, vocal disco/house sound with Larry’s remixes of Taana Gardner’s "Heartbeat," the awesome "Don’t Make Me Wait" by the New York City Peech Boys, Sparque’s "Let’s Go Dancin’," "Is It All Over My Face" by Loose Joints, and many others that made the Paradise Garage famous. | | | If you check the article which will be in his bio on our website you¹ll see more about this, but there was no "sound." I think what people today are referring to when they say "sound" or "garage" is great soulfully produced vocal club records that kick. |
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http://www.selekta.com/articles/westend.asp
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| | village voice > music > Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage by Frank Owen |
| | Good music was good music no matter where it came from. | | | In this sense he was more like a jazz musician—sometimes scaling unimaginable heights of artistry and lyricism; other times, downright crap. | | | Unlike today's preprogrammed Stepford wife DJs, Levan constantly improvised. |
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http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0036,owen,17889,22.html
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| | Larry Levan: West End Remixes: Pitchfork Review |
| | Levan contributed remixes to the underground dance label, West End, an imprint that, while never reaching the ornate lushness of rival Salsoul, could still be proud of releasing some true dance classics. | | | When remixing, Levan's sights were never set on chart success (what a novel idea, Junior Vasquez!). | | | Loose Joints (formerly the Little All Stars) were Patti Labelle's backing band at the time, and having literally stolen studio time, Levan wanted to add madness to the slapback groove and replace the original male vocal with a Grace Jones clone that had all the emotional intensity of a rotting apple core. |
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http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/l/levan_larry/west-end-remixes.shtml
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| | Deep Groove Encyclopedia - Gwen Guthrie |
| | The hit from the record, "It Should Have Been You," was remixed by Larry Levan and began her long relationship with the Paradise Garage. | | | But such was the popularity of Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage that they were able to get Island to release the record. | | | Her affiliation with dance music became stronger over the course of her next album, Portrait, and was cemented with 1983's Padlock, an EP consisting of five Guthrie tunes remixed by Larry Levan. |
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http://www.allthingsdeep.com/dge/gwen_guthrie.htm
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| | Advocate, The: Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage. - Review - sound recording review |
| | Simply put, Levan was a master at knowing what song to play next; emotion, both musically and lyrically, was key. | | | Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage (Sound recording) / Reviews | | | Coinciding with the release of this CD is the autobiography of Paradise Garage financial backer (and West End Records founder) Mel Cheren, Keep on Dancin': My Life and the Paradise Garage (as told to Advocate columnist Gabriel Rotello, with assistance from Brent Nicholson Earle). |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2000_August_29/ai_64698484
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| | Larry Levan`s Paradise Garage - Various: Available at www.tunes.co.uk, the dance specialists |
| | Larry Levan was by far the best in setting a mood in a room.He took you on a journey that would end up putting you in a frenzy.Where else in the world at 7:00am could there be so much energy in one room! | | | how dare the moron's at west end records mel to be exact come out with a cd and dare call it larry levan live at the paradise garage don't they think we know better. | | | Levan worked closely with the West End label on some of the best selling ever 12" singles. |
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http://www.tunes.co.uk/tunes/featured/223.html?refsite=jahsonic
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| | History Of Disco - Pt 2, History Of Disco - Pt 2, History Of Disco - Pt 2, |
| | The club became a testing ground for releases by essential dance labels such as West End, Prelude and Salsoul, and Larry was probably the top remixer in the world while he reigned at the Garage. | | | The Loft, the 30-years-running legendary party that created a template for the underground dance music scene, is itself the subject of a two-volume (4 CD's) musical retrospective on Strut Records (UK) and a British radio series. | | | The list of Garage classics from 76-87 is far too long to detail here (one discography I have lists more than 1000 songs which were broken at the club), but suffice it to say, if you heard a badass dance record during those years was probably played there first. |
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http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/disco2.htm
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| | Larry Levan |
| | These tracks were originally released as a promo 12" of a 1978 Sesame Street Fever LP; C Is For Cookie was Larry Levan's first ever mix. | | | Stop And Listen Volume 5: Gwen Guthrie - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan remix) | | | West End WES 22118 DJ Give Your Body Up To The Music (Larry Levan Mix) |
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| | 04453 Larry Levan Discography + Put Your Body in It - Mills, Stephanie |
| | The discography below is not a chronological record of Larry Levan albums, singles and compact discs. | | | All LPs, CDs and specified in this discography are a small selection of this artist, designed to help anyone who is record collecting Larry Levan music recordings which have been for sale. | | | I am constantly keeping track of new releases and i like " free rock guitar sheet music " aswell, so stop by often to keep yourself up-to-date with the latest additions to the Larry Levan artist page! |
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| | --- LARRY LEVAN --- - Clubplanet Nightlife Community |
| | There is a mixed album of Larry Levans stuff out there, really funky shit! | | | There is a double cd called 'paradise garage' out, a double mix cd with a nice liner leaflet with the whole story of Larry and the garage. | | | Many of the big name DJ's are mentioned in there such as Danny, Junior, etc. He was really the pioneer. |
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http://bbs.clubplanet.com/showthread.php?t=39545
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| | Larry Levan: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes '78-'83 (Sampler) |
| | Larry Levan: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes '78-'83 (Sampler) | | | SKYY/INSTANT FUNK-Larry Levan: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes '78-'83 (Sampler) | | | SKYY/INSTANT FUNK - Larry Levan: The Definitive Salsoul Mixes '78-'83 (Sampler) - Front Cover |
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| | Remembrances from Garage Patrons |
| | Furthermore, it wasn't necessarily the songs but the talent that went into mixing the songs that was the attraction. | | | I could go on and on.....the chants from the thousands of people screaming...."We Love You Larry" What about Tonya Gardners' "Heartbeat"....when Larry turns off the vocals and as loud as he could....Let the sound of the Heartbeat thump throughout....Damn that just vibrated throughout your soul.... | | | RIP Larry Levan - someone who has experienced the echoes of your talent decades later loves and respects your amazing work. |
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http://www.theparadisegarage.net/inmemorial/postingst.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Paradise Garage [Import]: Music |
| | It has very nice tracks, however I personally prefer the Larry Levan live at Paradise Garage vinyl and CD -packs (got them both), and the West End Records Larry Levan compilation. | | | Larry Levan classics on a vinyl pack, December 22, 2000 | | | Customers who bought music by Levan Larry also bought music by these artists: |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001H5P
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| | City Pages - King of Clubs |
| | The final song Levan played at the Garage that night was the O'Jays' "Where Do We Go From Here?"; as disc two trails off on instrumental versions of long-forgotten Chi-Lites and Jermaine Jackson songs, you can almost hear Levan asking himself the same question. | | | But Levan's genius was for making the most machine-tooled pop sound personal: His technical inconsistencies and sudden, forceful mood shifts bulldoze the music's smoothness like Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford crashing a Gerald Ford fundraiser. | | | There Is a Mensch in Spanish Harlem Thirty years after popularizing salsa, piano great Larry Harlow is still Latin music's undiplomatic gringo ambassador (Music) |
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http://www.citypages.com/databank/21/1030/article8941.asp
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| | Flashback: Larry Levan Real Audio |
| | Along with Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan pioneered the development of house/garage music from New York in the 70s and 80s. | | | His eclectic style fused soul, African and Carribean world, disco, new wave, punk, and hard rock, setting the stage for the transformation of disco into a more vibrant, soulful, and culturally inclusive form of party music, house. | | | Larry Levan, Live @ Ministry of Sound, UK 1991 |
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http://djmonstermo.blogspot.com/2005/03/flashback-larry-levan-real-audio.html
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| | Cookie Monster, Remixed By Larry Levan & Roy Thode |
| | Larry Levan Presents Bunny Sigler / Sparkle, Salsoul Remixes | | | Nami Shimada / Chaplin Band, Remix By Larry Levan | | | Disco, Larry Levan's First Ever Mix, Also Includes Pointer Sisters' "Numbers Song" |
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http://www.dancerecords.com/search.php?id=22693&SID=&a=1
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| | Techno Guide: Larry Levan |
| | Lawrence Philpot aka Larry Levan can be considered one of the most influencial innovators and pioneers of House music. | | | Around this time he began producing tracks including "Don't Make Me Wait" with his band the New York Citi Peech Boys and "Life is Something Special" and a series of remixes by Taana Gardner. | | | The Paradise Garage closed in 1987 and later the sound system was supposedly sold to Ministry of Sound and Larry began working at the famous Studio 54 and later the Sound Factory in 1992. |
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http://www.intuitivemusic.com/tguidelarrylevan.html
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| | Do You Remember This Record From The Paradise Garage? |
| | One of the most memorable moments that stood out in my mind during one of Larry Levan’s many musical recipe was, Bo Kool’s original release of “Love Money”. | | | So how about his pride and joy Peech Boyz’, ”Life Is Something Special?” When Larry first introduced the record, he played bits and pieces of it during the beginning, middle and the end of other records throughout the evening until it was time to let it gooooooo!!! | | | Written by my colleague D.J. Louie Gorbea and myself D.J. Rene Hewitt, we will be featuring moments from Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage’s Musical History. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/house_record_reviews/16649
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| | Lycos Homepage > Music and ... |
| | Larry´s djing pal at the Continental Baths went to Chicago and before you know it disco was house music | | | Lycos Homepage > Music and MP3 > Styles > Disco > DJs > Larry Levan | | | Main man at Chicago´s Music Box whose twisted disco-mix exploits became the stuff of local legend |
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http://www.lycos.co.uk/dir/Music_and_MP3/Styles/Disco/DJs/Larry_Levan
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| | Classic West End Records Remixes by Larry Levan |
| | This powerful compilation highlights the remixing skills of legendary DJ Larry Levan, who popularized the songs included on this album during his stint at New York's famous Paradise Garage disco | | | Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. All Music Guide is a registered Trademark of AEC One Stop Group, Inc. | | | Classic West End Records Remixes by Larry Levan |
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http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=752006
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| | OFFOFFOFF film review MAESTRO documentary movie by Josell Ramos with Larry Levan, David Mancuso, Frankie Knuckles, ... |
| | If you're a dance music enthusiast who has only heard nostalgic whispers about legendary New York clubs like the Paradise Garage and the Loft and the DJs who rocked those turntables and you want to get more of the full story, this documentary is required viewing. | | | "Maestro" shows us the roots of DJ culture, New York style, as interview subjects wax lyrical about t he DJ prowess of Larry Levan, the resident DJ at the Paradise Garage and how he played a major role in inventing house music. | | | Early club DJs such as Francis Grasso, whom many consider to be the very first club DJ, and Nicky Siano, who DJ'd at underground club The Gallery and Studio 54, get talked about and talk about their experiences in the clubs. |
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http://www.offoffoff.com/film/2004/maestro.php
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| | Stop And Listen Volume 5 - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan remix) | | | Magnum Opus Volume 2 - Seventh Heaven (Larry Levan remix) | | | After The Playboy Mansion - Peanut Butter (Larry Levan Remix) |
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http://www.geocities.com/scottpurkiss/music/gwen_guthrie.html
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| | Larry Levan- TIGERSUSHI |
| | As resident Dj at the Paradise Garage and producer for various imprints such as West End Records and Salsoul, he left an undelible mark on notorious house and dance music players from François Kevorkian to David Morales. | | | Larry Levan is a legendary figure of the late seventies and eighties New York club scene. |
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| | Various - Larry Levan's Paradise Garage |
| | The Greatest Performance Of My Life (Larry Levan Remix) (6:50) | | | Make It Last Forever (Larry Levan Remix) (12:56) | | | Originally released as a DJ-friendly double 12" pack. |
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| | Amazon.com: The Loft: Music |
| | Loose Joints follows on track 2 with IS IT ALL OVER MY FACE. | | | 35% buy Larry Levan's Classic West End Records Remixes (Made Famous at the Legendary Paradise Garage) ~ Larry Levan | | | This is the First in a Series of Compilations Documenting the Music Played at the Legendary Parties Thrown at David's Soho, Ny Apt During the 70's. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001ZTY0?v=glance
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| | Ten City - Right Back To You (Larry Levan) - Last.fm |
| | 3 people have listened to Right Back To You (Larry Levan) by Ten City. | | | Music > Ten City > Right Back To You (Larry Levan) | | | Ten City - Right Back To You (Larry Levan) - Last.fm |
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http://www.audioscrobbler.com/music/Ten+City/_/Right+Back+To+You+%28Larry+Levan%29
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| | Disco Music .com Larry Levan |
| | Some of Larry Levan's best loved remixes include: | | | Larry Levan (July 21, 1954 - November 8. | | | Resident DJ at Paradise Garage in New York and remixer of many Salsoul (Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up) and West End (Taana Gardner - Heartbeat) classics. |
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| | Man Friday - Remix Larry Levan - Winners - Larry (larry01) |
| | We're sorry but that record in out of stock for the moment, nuloop can warn you when it's back. | | | Man Friday - Remix Larry Levan - Winners - Larry (larry01) | | | : Man Friday - Remix Larry Levan - Winners on Larry (larry01). |
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