SFDPS

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Welcome to SFDPS (San Francisco Disco Preservation Society) We are dedicated to preserving anything related to the 70s' San Francisco disco scene, and into the early 80's HI-NRG scene (which we consider disco under another name) The S.F. DJs, music producers, record labels, and clubs that set the standard! We have a ton of disco DJ reel to reels that we will be digitizing and sharing with the world! Join us on our Facebook page! (click the fackbook logo below) Also, be sure to follow our other HearThis page....eightiesDJarchives. That page focuses on 80's DJ mixtapes that are Pop, Rock, New Wa...

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DJ Gary Tighe - Live At Trocadero Transfer - New Years Eve 12-31-78 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 02.05.2018 3:10:42

From the John Scholten tape archives.

DJ Bobby Viterriti - Live At Trocadero Transfer 4-20-79 / Nice Electronics (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 01.05.2018 3:18:42

From the John Scholten tape archives. Side A recorded live at Trocadero Transfer nightclub in San Francisco. Side B (Nice Electronics) is a home recorded mix

DJ Bobby Viterriti - - Live At Bartender's Bash - Trocadero Transfer (SF) - 8-14-79 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 27.04.2018 3:08:12

From the John Scholten tape archives. Recorded live at The Trocadero Transfer nightclub in San Francisco.

DJ Bobby Viteritti - Live At Trocadero Transfer (SF) 5-3-79 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 20.04.2018 3:08:21

Recorded live at Trocadero Transfer nightclub in San Francisco.

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - Friday Night 9-9-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 09.04.2018 5:17:45

Recorded live at 12 West nightclub in NY. From the 12 West / Alan Harris tape archives.

DJ Roy Thode - Live At The Ice Palace (Fire Island) Saturday 9-13-80 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 01.04.2018 6:24:24

Recorded live At The Ice Palace (Fire Island) From the Jimmy DePre tape archives.

DJ Jimmy Stuard - Live At 12 West (NY) - New Years 1976-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 29.03.2018 6:10:55

Today (posting date) marks the 43rd anniversary of 12 West nightclub that was based in New York from 1975-1981! Happy Anniversary! This live DJ recording was another reel-to-reel tape that I had to salvage from the mold monsters. It was covered in mold. It took close to 3 hours to fully hand remove all of the mold from the tape. It was a success, and another tape has been resurrected! This mix was...

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - Sunday, August 21, 1977 - 10pm-3am (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 14.03.2018 5:00:52

DJ Alan Dodd.....the early years. From the Alan Harris / 12 West tape archives.

DJ Jimmy Stuard - Live At 12 West (NY) - 4-30-77 (Jim Hopkins Restoration/Remaster) 24.02.2018 5:42:22

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. *Contains a live performance of "I Need A Man" by GRACE JONES! This tape was covered in mold. I had to hand clean the tape and removed all mold. The tape was also improperly wound on the reel. Parts of the tape were bent over, which created drop outs in the recording. Once digitized, I used a spectrogram to view the audio waveform to locate the drop outs...

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - Saturday 6-30-79 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 14.01.2018 6:21:21

From the Alan Harris /12 West tape archives.

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - Saturday, 10-13-79 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 31.12.2017 6:07:03

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives.

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - June 16, 1979 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 14.12.2017 6:22:42

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Recorded live at 12 West nightclub in New York.

DJ Jimmy Stuard - Live At 12 West/NY - Peter Spars Birthday - April 1977 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 07.12.2017 5:25:22

From the Alan Harris/12 West nightclub tape archives.

DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - 7-30-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 10.11.2017 6:22:57

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Recorded live at 12 West nightclub in New York.

DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - Swan Of Tucnela - 11-5-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 07.11.2017 3:10:33

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. This tape was difficult to transfer, due to the tape particles shedding off while converting. It was lightly shedding (which is not common for Maxell tape), but I was able to digitize the reel after stopping the tape quite a few times to clean the shedding particles from the clogged tape heads. The sections were then edited back together to reconnect the...

DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - Halloween 1977 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 31.10.2017 6:21:34

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Alan Harris wrote: Recorded Saturday night 10/29/77. Burgess was at the top of his game at 12 West. This was his first Halloween of 2 performances, and the year Star Wars popped up on the scene. Jim used a number of techniques: dialog from the Star Wars movie and other movies. Overlays of record on an instrumental break in the recording giving a complete...

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West/NY - New Years Eve 1978-1979 - Tape 2 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 20.10.2017 3:09:19

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Special thanks to Alan for access to the rare 12 West live DJ recordings! This is tape 2 of 2.

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West/NY - New Years Eve 1978-1979 - Tape 1 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 17.10.2017 6:23:08

From the Alan Harris/12 West nightclub archives. Special thanks to Alan Harris for another awesome reel to digitize, remaster, and preserve! ALAN HARRIS WROTE: Recorded live New Years Eve Sunday, December 31, 1978 'till Monday, January 1, 1979. Tape 1 of 2. The midnight production was exceptional, and I know you will appreciate it. Listen carefully, it took many hours of rehearsing and planning fo...

DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - Let's Turn On - August 20, 1977 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 06.10.2017 6:20:00

From the Alan Harris/12 West tape archives. Another GREAT mix from Disco DJ Jim Burgess! A 6 hour and 20 minute mix of the entire night! Extra Special thanks, once again, to Alan Harris for access to these awesome, rare recordings! Alan Harris wrote: Recorded live Saturday night August 20, 1977. Jim decided to do a specail evening and call the night "Let's Turn On". I believe you will enjoy as did...

DJ Tim Rivers - Live At The Trocadero Transfer (SF) - Bartender's Bash 1979 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 06.10.2017 5:34:45

Recorded live at the Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco. I posted this in the past, but it was a direct transfer from the reel-to-reel tape. This version has new EQ, and all levels have been leveled out between songs. From the Rod Roderick tape archives.

DJ Alan Dodd - Live At 12 West (NY) - Rhinestone Cowboy Party - Sat. May 5, 1979 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 30.09.2017 6:17:22

From the Alan Harris / 12 West tape archives. Alan wrote: Recorded live Saturday night, May 5, 1979. This evening was extra special and was the "Rhinestone Cowboy" party that was attended by over 2200 people. Most members and guests wore something cowboy or Indian. There is a very specail moment where Alan overlays Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy over Gino Soccio's "Dancer", a brilliant executio...

DJ Roy Thode - Live At Ice Palace (Closing Night) 9-20-80 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 28.09.2017 6:21:52

From, the Jimmy DePre tape archives. This was recorded live at the closing night of The Ice Palace in Cherry Grove, Fire Island.

DJ Robbie Leslie - Summer '80 - Live At 12 West (NY) - 5-31-80 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 09.09.2017 6:21:51

From the Alan Harris / 12 West tape archives. Recorded live at 12 West nightclub, in New York. Special thanks to Robbie Leslie for permission to post this mix!

DJ Jim Burgess - Live At 12 West (NY) - 9-24-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 06.09.2017 6:22:38

From the Alan Harris / 12 West tape archives. Jim was a classical trained tenor and opera lover who turned into one of the hottest DJ's and Remixers of the Disco era, ruling the dance floors of New York City clubs such as Infinity, 12 West, the Saint, Underground, Studio 54 and many others, but choose to retire in 1981 at the age of 28. More Jim Burgess info available here: http://www.disco-disco....

DJ Jimmy Stuard - Live At 12 West (NY) - 4-16-77 (Jim Hopkins Remaster) 01.09.2017 6:21:13

DJ Jimmy Stuard was was a rising star in New York City. He had made the move to NY under the recommendation of Billboard Magazine's Barry Lederer in 1976. Stuard was originally from Oklahoma, and moved to Boston to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Like many others (Arthur Baker, Tom Moulton, Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun, John Luongo, etc.), he emerged from the fertile Boston scene be...