The universe works in mysterious ways! We recently acquired
a reel-to-reel tape deck for our studio so that we could
start offering reel-to-reel tape conversion to CD services.
A week later, while browsing the Craigslist classified ads
online, I found a post from a woman looking to have a
reel-to-reel tape collection converted to CD. I contacted
her and was so excited when she told me what the tapes
contained.......Her dad's (MICHAEL LEE) live disco mixes
that he recorded while DJing at various clubs in San
Francisco from 1976-1979! She dropped the tapes off to me,
I loaded a few on the reel-to-reel deck, and was completly
blown away by the collection. She was also kind enough to
include a stack of Disco and music magazines from the same
era, as well as her dad's record pool charts. I will be
archiving all of his mixtapes as well as posting his charts
and scans of all of the magazines that she brought to me.
This is San Francisco Disco history! It needs to be
preserved for future generations of Disco fans. We hope you
enjoy these pieces of history!
An extra special thanks goes out to Rhani, Michael's
daughter, for holding on to this material and handing the
collection over to me to preserve.
Jim Hopkins
Jim
Hopkins - 1978
Jim
Hopkins and friends heading to the disco - 1978
and now
we present.....
THE
MICHAEL LEE DISCO ARCHIVES!
LIVE
DJ SETS
DJ Michael Lee Live @ The Mind Shaft (SF)
February 1976 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ The Mind Shaft (SF)
February 1976 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ The Mind Shaft (SF)
4/23/76 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ The Mind Shaft (SF)
4/23/76 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) -
10/29/76 - Part 1 - Tape 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) -
10/29/76 - Part 2 - Tape 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) -
10/29/76 - Part 1 - Tape 3
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) -
10/29/76 - Part 2 - Tape 3
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Trocadero Transfer
(SF) 12/29/77 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Trocadero Transfer
(SF) 12/29/77 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) August
1977 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) August
1977 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) November
12, 1977 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Bones (SF) November
12, 1977 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF)
September 1978 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF)
September 1978 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF) April
8, 1978 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF) April
8, 1978 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF) July
23, 1978 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ Buzzby's (SF) July
23, 1978 - Part 2
DJ Michael Lee Live @ My Place Too -
4/7/79 - Part 1
DJ Michael Lee Live @ My Place Too -
4/7/79 - Part 2
DISCO
MAGAZINE SCANS (PDF FORMAT)
Discothekin - April
1976
Record World - October 15, 1977 - Disco
Charts/Ads
Record World - November 19, 1977 - Disco
Charts
Disco News - December
1977
Discozine - September
1979
RECORD
POOL CHARTS (PDF FORMAT)
B.A.D.D.A. Chart - June 9,
1978
B.A.D.D.A Chart - July 7,
1978
B.A.D.D.A. Chart 2 - July 9,
1978
B.A.D.D.A. Chart - July 14,
1978
B.A.D.D.A. Chart - July 21,
1978
B.A.D.D.A. Chart - July 28,
1978
B.A.D.D.A. Chart - August 18,
1978
READ
ABOUT THE OLD SF DISCO CLUBS
Buzzby's
Dreamland
The Endup
The I-Beam
Oil Can Harry's
Park-Bank Exchange
The City
Trocadero Transfer
FROM
DISCO TO HI-NRG - MAGAZINE SCANS (PDF FORMAT)
Hot Tracks Express -
1982