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Disco / Johnny Morgan ; with a foreword by Gloria Gaynor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Sterling, c2011.Description: 256 pages : chiefly color illustrations, portraits ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781402780356
  • 1402780354
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML3526 .M67 2011
Contents:
Going back to my roots -- Let's star the dance -- Boogie nights -- Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah! -- When the music stops.
Summary: A guide to the disco phenomenon, featuring photographs and memorabilia from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, pays tribute to the performers and portrays the lifestyle that influenced everything from music and dancing to movies and fashion.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 781.64 MOR 1 Available T00532119
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the ultimate compendium for the dancing queens and the hustle-happy who put on their boogie shoes, shook their groove thing, and felt the night fever!
From its beginnings in Paris, disco quickly spread around the world, taking hold of a small club on L.A.'s Sunset Strip and ultimately becoming a lifestyle that influenced everything from music and dancing to movies to fashion. Disco captures this incredible phenomenon with great storytelling and lavish photos and memorabilia from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

"The music, the times, the era"-- Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.

Going back to my roots -- Let's star the dance -- Boogie nights -- Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah! -- When the music stops.

A guide to the disco phenomenon, featuring photographs and memorabilia from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, pays tribute to the performers and portrays the lifestyle that influenced everything from music and dancing to movies and fashion.

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Library Journal Review

With this lavishly illustrated volume, Morgan (Gaga; The Art of the LP) has produced a true love letter to the disco scene. He traces its evolution through venues more than the music; a wise choice given disco's social, dance-centric nature. Far more than a simple best-of overview of musical acts and tracks, this compilation features, in short, compulsively readable sections, all the components of the disco experience-the clubs, the DJs, the drugs, the producers, the performers, the sex, and the styles. Morgan's use of contemporary advertising and articles from underground, music-press, and mainstream sources provides refreshing cultural context. Scores of full-page photos, slick page layouts, and creative uses of colors and fonts perfectly complement the subject matter. Verdict A party on every page, this is one coffee-table book no disco fan should be without. Highly recommended for anyone who danced their way through the 1970s or just wishes they could have.-Neil Derksen, Gwinnett Cty. P.L., Lawrenceville, GA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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