39 very serious disco history interview questions ...

available on eBay worldwide AT ME:

I own over 70 interviews / stories of Italian '70 / '80 disco era deejays, pioneers - BUT(!!) - who is not part of this book yet - just copy questions, write answers 
and send to the book author: pawul70@gmial.com

The difference between ignorance and awareness is wisdom

We don't know where we are going unless we know where we've been

Without that knowledge... history is gone with the wind

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Italian – DISCO pioneer

interview for the book:

“Italian Disco History”

by

Jan ‘yahudeejay’ Pawul

Y@HU - This time my interview is with XXXXXXXXXXX - an Italian discotheque pioneer 
who remembers / know what was interesting in the ’70 DISCO ERA.

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SEND ME ANY INFO / BIO ABOUT YOU for this space

AND as many as possible - 200dpi size – scan of:

pictures, awards, disco magazines covers and articles, etc.

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in the Google era translator you can answer in Italian :-)))))

nell'era di Google, il traduttore può ricevere una risposta in italiano :-)))))

answer all 39 questions, please – this is what I love

BUT you may skip any of them if you do not like, ofcourse :-))))

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rispondi a tutte e 39 le domande, per favore - questo è ciò che amo

MA salta qualcuno di loro se non ti piace, ovviamente :-))))

1

Y@HU - when did you decide to become a disc jockey

- when and where did it really start

- how long have you been a deejay ?

Y @ HU - quando hai deciso di diventare un disc jockey

- quando e dove è iniziato davvero

- Da quanto tempo sei un deejay?

DEEJAY - name

2
YOUR MEMORIES

Y@HU - Tell me something (as much as possible) about the pioneer deejays or artists you

know / you've met in your career ?

I TUOI MEMORI

Y @ HU - Dimmi qualcosa dei pionieri dei deejay o degli artisti

sai / hai incontrato nella tua carriera?

DEEJAY - name

3

Y@HU - Do you keep / hold any contact with the disco deejays /artists / '70 mega stars (can you mention any names) with whom you've become close friends maybe, because of your work ?

Y @ HU - Tieni / trattieni qualsiasi contatto con la discoteca deejay / artisti / '70 mega stelle (puoi avere qualche nome) con cui puoi diventare amico a causa del tuo lavoro?

DEEJAY - name

4

Y@HU - Tell me about the most exciting moments in / about your deejay / producer career ?

Y @ HU - Parlami del momento più eccitante della tua carriera di deejay carriera ?

 

DEEJAY - name

 

5

Y@HU - Do you remember / can you tell which was your best DJ gig ever ?

Y @ HU - Ti ricordi quel concerto dei DJ di sempre?

DEEJAY - name

6

Y@HU - Who were (as you remember) some of the great parties and DJs of the time ?

Y @ HU - Chi erano (come ricordi) alcune delle grandi feste e dj dell'epoca?

DEEJAY - name

7

Y@HU - Have you ever done something else or is DJ'ing your life ?

Y @ HU - Hai mai fatto qualcos'altro che ti sta dando la vita?

DEEJAY - name

8

Y@HU - Since you're one of the people connected to pioneer disco DJ's - how was the DJ regarded in the beginning and how has it changed during the years ?

Y @ HU - Dal momento che sei collegato a pioneer DJ da discoteca - come è stato il DJ?

DEEJAY - name

9

Y@HU - What do you think about today’s techno / house etc. and deejays who use old tracks, samplers, CD mixers, put new beats of computer programs, and "create" special versions of the songs and burn CD's at home of their "creations?” or produce on 12” vinyl. Is this serious or just fake ? - I mean they create nothing in fact - they just use good music made by someone else from the past. In other words they can create nothing if it wasn’t from such old, good records of the '70 ?

Y @ HU - Cosa pensi della techno / casa di oggi, ecc. e deejays che usano vecchie tracce, campionatori, mixer per CD, mettono su CD e "creano" canzoni.

È serio o solo falso? - Voglio dire, semplicemente non sanno nient'altro del passato. In altre parole, non copiare, registrare, registrare, buoni record degli anni '70?

DEEJAY - name

10

Y@HU - Where do you live now ?

Y @ HU - Dove vivi ora?

DEEJAY - name

11

Y@HU - Who were (as you remember) some of the great show and artist of the disco time ?

Y @ HU - Chi erano (come ricordi) alcuni dei grandi spettacoli e l'artista del momento della discoteca?

DEEJAY - name

12

Y@HU - What music style do you prefer and vinyl or CD ?

Y @ HU - Quale stile musicale preferisci e vinili o CD?

DEEJAY - name

13

Y@HU - What was your favorite disco in Italia in the ’70, ‘80 ?

Y @ HU - Qual è stata la tua discoteca preferita in Italia negli anni '70, '80?

DEEJAY - name

 

14

Y@HU - Do you plan to write any book about ’70 discos / deejays  ?

Y @ HU - Hai in programma di scrivere qualsiasi libro su '70 discos / deejays?

DEEJAY - name

15

Y@HU - No doubt for me that black artists created late ’70 disco music, disco history based on soul

and R&B - what is your point of view ?

Y @ HU - la storia della discoteca creata sulla base dell'anima e dell'R & B - qual è il tuo punto di vista?

DEEJAY - name

16

Y@HU - Do you prefer very early old style, (radio close style) deejays use microphone, speak to the people or those came later - just mixing records with BPM, pitch control ?

Y @ HU - Preferisci uno stile molto vecchio, (deejay style ravvicinato) usa il microfono, parli con il BPM, il controllo dell'intonazione?

DEEJAY - name

17

Y@HU - What was your favourite discos, how do you remember:

USA - - Studio 54, Sanctuary, Limelight, Funhouse, Gallery, Palladium, Paradise Garage, Loft ?

Y @ HU - Quali sono state le tue discoteche preferite, come ti ricordi:

Stati Uniti d'America - Studio 54, Sanctuary, Limelight, Funhouse, Gallery, Palladium, Paradise Garage, Loft?

DEEJAY - name

18

Y@HU - are you married, any children ?

Y @ HU - sei sposato, qualche bambino?

DEEJAY - name

19

Y@HU - What is your life now - what projects are you working on ?

Y @ HU - Qual è la tua vita adesso - su cosa stai lavorando?

DEEJAY - name

20

Y@HU -  Has today's music become too technically driven, thus losing some of its magic touch of ’70, ’80 ?

Y @ HU - La musica di oggi è diventata troppo tecnica, perdendo così parte del suo tocco magico del '70, '80?

DEEJAY - name

21

Y@HU - What do you think of the Disco era now – after so many years ?

Y @ HU - Cosa pensi dell'era della discoteca ora - dopo tanti anni?

DEEJAY – name

22

Y@HU - Do you see / recognize many disco era music / style concerts around with original artists, music, style, hit songs and same about deejays (disco gigs)  ?

Y @ HU - Vedi / riconosca molti concerti di musica / stile dell'era della discoteca in giro con artisti, musica, stile, hit e tutto sui deejay (concerti in discoteca)?

DEEJAY - name

23

Y@HU – What is your opinion about how present time people save (or do not) disco history for future generations – is this enough what they do or history may disappear for good ?

Y @ HU - Qual è la tua opinione sul futuro della storia della discoteca per le generazioni future?

DEEJAY - name

24

Y@HU - Did you ever cooperate (as writer) with any disco magazines (below) back then ?

Y @ HU - Hai mai collaborato (come sceneggiatore) con qualche rivista da discoteca (sotto) allora?

• Billboard Disco Sourcebook 1975 / '76, '77, '78, '79 - USA , Lee Zhito editor
• Melting Pot – NADD (National Association of Disco Dee Jays) - USA - Bob Casey editor
• Disco Star , New York , USA , Art E. Scott editor
• Progressive Platter, Boston, USA, Cosmo Wyatt editor
• Disco Gossip magazine , Chicago , USA , Alfred Cain editor
• Disco News , New York , USA , Scott Anderson editor !!!!!
• Discothekin' , New York , USA , Alex Kabbaz editor !!!!!
• Discotheque , Los Angeles , USA , Bernard Blain editor
• Disco World , New York , USA , Susan Friedman editor !!!!!!
• Discotrade , New York , USA , Nicole Sehmon editor
• Mix Master , New York , USA , Michael Gomez
• Disco Encyclopedia by Marianne Ilaw , St. Albans , NY , USA !!!!!!
• Steppin' Out , Los Angeles , USA , Jeff Kutash editor
• DISCONET magazine , New York , USA 
• DeeJay Monthly, London, UK, Ben Cree editor and NADJ (National Association of DeeJays) President
• Disco Mirror , London , UK , Mike Sharman editor (?)
• Disco International , London , UK , Gerry Gilbert editor

DEEJAY - name

25

Y@HU - What do you think of today’s discotheque and deejay scene ?

Y @ HU - Cosa pensi della scena discoteca e deejay di oggi?

DEEJAY - name

26

Y@HU - Do remember any of your favourite hit records titles and artist names of the ’70, ’80 ?

Y @ HU - Per ricordare uno dei tuoi titoli preferiti dei record di successo e nomi di artisti degli anni '70, '80?

DEEJAY – name

27

Y@HU - How do you remember late ’60 and very early ’70 disco deejays whose mixed and commented in radio style listed below - rock, pop, r&b, funk, soul artists music to dance in the first discotheques ?

Y @ HU - come ricordi i deejay della fine degli anni '70 e dei primi anni '70, il cui nome è sotto - rock, pop, r & b, funk, musica degli artisti soul? Conoscete le prime discoteche?

Atlanta Rhythm Section, Deep Purple, Budgie, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmi Castor, Stax Sound, Philadelphia Sound, Motown Sound, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Betty Davis, Staple Singers, Otis Redding, Al Bell, Carla Thomas, Booker T & MG’s, Wilson Pickett, William Bell, Isaak Hayes, BarKays, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Steppenwolf, Sugarloaf, Iron Butterfly, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Black Sabbath, Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Sly & Family Stone, Dennis Coffey, Free, Fleetwood Mac, Vanilla Fudge, Free, Jefferson Airplane, Lynard Skynard, Big Brother & Holding Company, Cozy Powell, Nazareth, J Geils Band, Three Dog Night, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Poco, Linda Rondstadt, America, Sweet, Slade, T-Rex, Blood Sweet & Tears, Little River Band, Chicago, Van Morrison, Uriah Heep, Savoy Brown, Moody Blues, Guess Who, Doobie Brothers, Doors, etc.

- how it all did start - whatever happen’ later. No doubt – discotheque and deejay history is not ONLY (?!) Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever, Donna Summer, Larry Levan, Paradise Garage, David Mancuso, The Loft, Studio 54, Nicky Siano, etc.

- come è iniziato tutto - qualsiasi cosa succeda 'più tardi. Senza dubbio - la discoteca e la storia del deejay non sono SOLO (?!) Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever, Donna Summer, Larry Levan, Paradise Garage, David Mancuso, The Loft, Studio 54, Nicky Hay, ecc.

DEEJAY – name

28

Y@HU - How significant was this whole stinky and dirty affair with Chicago’s ‘Comiskey Park’ anti-disco riot and this punk, pseudo DJ creator name Steve ‘anything’ ?

Y @ HU - Cosa ne pensi di questo? Sporco e sporco affare con la sommossa anti-disco di Comiskey Park di Chicago e questo punk, pseudo DJ, il nome del produttore, Steve, "qualsiasi cosa"?

DEEJAY – name

29

Y@HU - How disco was labelled around that time and why – “as fag” ?

Y @ HU - In che modo la discoteca è stata etichettata in quel periodo e perché - "come frocio"?

DEEJAY – name

30

Y@HU - How valid that time in real(!?!) was: Larry Levan, Paradise Garage, David Mancuso, The Loft, Studio 54, Nicky Siano, Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever - maybe it was / they were too much publicity than real value for disco, deejay and music scene and it stay like this until today for a few history less educated people ?

Y @ HU - Larry Levan, Paradise Garage, David Mancuso, The Loft, Studio 54, Nicky Hay, Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever pubblicità che valore reale per discoteche, deejay e persone meno istruite?

DEEJAY – name

31

Y@HU - What was the last impact of those early ’70 disco ?

Y @ HU - Qual è stato l'ultimo impatto di quei primi anni 70 in discoteca?

DEEJAY – name

32

Y@HU - What is your opinion about those DISCO history books – I mean are all those books real disco history facts or maybe a little bit created by authors / fake disco history(?):

Y @ HU - Qual è la tua opinione su quei libri di storia DISCO? Voglio dire che non li trovi?

* This business of Disco by Radclife Joe

* Disco by Albert Goldman

* Turn the beat around by Peter Shapiro

* Last Night A DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton

* My Life And The Paradise Garage - Keep On Dancing by Mel Cheren

* Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco by Alan Jones, Jussi Kantonen

* Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 by Tim Lawrence

* The Disco Files 1973 – 78 by Vince Aletti

* And Party Every Day (the inside story of Casablanca Records) by Larry Harris

* The Record Players by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton

DEEJAY – name

33

Y@HU - Can you write a few words of your(!) short, private opinion about USA deejays they were over rated maybe or deserved fame / publicity they got ?

Y @ HU - Puoi scrivere alcune delle tue (!) Opinioni corte e private sui deejay USA, sono state chieste o meritate fama / pubblicità che hanno ricevuto?

David Mancuso –

Richie Kaczor - 

Nicky Siano -

Tom Savarese –

Steve D’Acquisto –

Michael Capello –

Francis Grasso - 

Larry Levan -

Bobby Viteritti -

Tony Smith -

John 'Jellybean' Benitez -

Bobby Guttadaro -

David DePino -

Eddie Rivera -

Walter Gibbons -

Francis Kevorkian -

Tee Scott -

Robbie Leslie -

Danae Jackovidis -

Paul Casella –

Frankie Knuckles –

Barry Lederer –

DEEJAY – name

34

Y@HU - Can you write a few words of your(!) short, private opinion about Italian deejays they were over rated maybe or deserved fame / publicity they got ?

Y @ HU - Puoi scrivere alcune parole della tua (!) Breve opinione privata sui deejay italiani o se avessero meritato fama e pubblicità?

# Bob Day & Tom Sison - not Italian but popular in Italia ‘Baia Degli Angeli’ only - 

# CLAUDIO CASSALINI –

# CORRADO RIZZA - 

# EBREO -

# ELVIO PIERI –

# FABER CUCCHETTI –

# FABRIZIO FATTORI –

# FABRIZIO LEVATI - 

# GIANNI MORRI -

# GIGI della VILLA -

# GIORGIO PAGANINI -

# JONATA GARAVAGLIA -

# LORENZ -

# LUCIANO SERAFINI -

# MAURIZIO TOTTI -

# MOZART -

# SALVA CUSATO -

# RUBENS -

# TIZIANO FELICI -

# UMBERTO MAIOCCO aka  Barry -

# WALTER MENGONI –

# BEPPE LODA –

# PAOLO SCOTTI –

# MASSIMO MANCINI –

# ELVIO MARCHETTI –

# CLAUDIO STELLA –

# BILLO LEVATI –

# CESARE PLANTULLI –

# CARAPELLESE –

# DANIELE BALDELLI –

# DJ AUERBACH –

# DJ SILVER –

# ENZO PERSUEDER –

# GIANCARLO TIROTTI –

# GIANNI MASELLI –

# GIANNI NASO –

# GILBERTO GATTEI-

# GINO WOODY BIANCHI –

# IVANO CARLINI –

# JEAN CLUDE DAVAL –

# JEAN PIERRE FORGACS – JUJU –

# LEONARDO RE CECCONI –

# LIVIO PAGANI –

# LORIS PEPE –

# LUCA VALENTINI –

# MANDRILLO –

# MARCO TRANI –

# MARIO BONCALDO –

# MAURIZIO TOTTI –

# MEO –

# PAKY MELE –

# PAOLO SCOTTI –

# PAUL MICIONI –

# PIER del VEGA –

# PERY –

# PIERO FIDELFATTI –

# RICCARDO CIONI –

# ROBERTO BONARDI –

# SASA CAPOBIANCO –

# SERGIO COSSA –

# SPRANGA –

# STEFANO DI NICOLA –

# VALERIO TRIOSCHI –

DEEJAY – name

35

Y@HU - Could you name some of your favorite Disco songs ?

Y @ HU - Potresti citare alcune delle tue canzoni preferite in discoteca?

 

DEEJAY – name

36

Y@HU - Did you like Disco music during ’70, ’80 disco era?

Y @ HU - Ti è piaciuta la musica da discoteca durante l'era disco '70, '80?

DEEJAY – name

37

Y@HU - What kind of music do you personally preffer ?

Y @ HU - Che tipo di musica preferisci?

DEEJAY – name

38

Y@HU – Do you remember / can you write who was or what was (in your opinion):

Y @ HU - Ti ricordi / puoi scrivere ciò che secondo te:

* best artist of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best deejay of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best dancer of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best disco owner the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best journalist of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best producer of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best book about disco history of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

* best disco magazine of the ’70 disco era (1970 – 1980) ?

 

DEEJAY – name

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Y@HU - What more do you want to tell – I mean - is there anything I did not ask

BUT you want to tell us about ?

Y @ HU - Che altro vuoi dire - voglio dire - non posso chiedere

MA vuoi parlarci?

DEEJAY - name

Y@HU - Thank you and let me ask you some questions again in some time - OK.?

Y @ HU - Grazie e lasciami fare ancora qualche domanda in qualche momento - OK?

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