Larry Levan - My First Mistake

[jrl2320]

I love this song, obviously, I was the one who uploaded it. But I never expected it to get nearly this much play. I just want to give a shout out to the on the scene, garage guys from back in the day who have come here to give some love. Glad so many of you still exist. I had no idea it was that big. Appreciate the people who know good music when they hear it. The sound is mostly lost at times these days.

[attaalib]

@jrl2320 OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS JOINT THIS WAS MY JAM "YOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU< YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU< YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.............­.........YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHH

[FrankiexNYC]

This was LIFE and oh how we LIVED it!

[Ricobarbie]

To all my Paradise Garage Friends & Family' Most importantly to the late Mike Brody(Owner/Founder) Larry Levan(Master DJ/Producer/Creator/Mixologist The foundation & Spirit of N.Y.C's Legendary "Paradise Garage" R.I.P.Thanks for your Love,Passion,Energy,Spirit' You brought joy to many people's hearts & lives' You will always be Loved, honored & remembered' We continue to pass on your Legacy thru song & dance' "LOVE IS THE MESSAGE" Your Spirit lives in our hearts' See you on the other side'

[Ricancute]

Talking about losing your mind on the dance floor once Larry threw this on....Till this day it gives me chills.

[lefreak79]

OH, THE WONDERS OF DISCO!!! LOVE THE STRINGS AT THE BEGINNING.

DISCO AL

[lennymac100]

PARADISE GARAGE...CAN SUMONE PUT ME N A TIME MACHINE SO I CAN GET THE GOOD OLD DAYS BACK..PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[attaalib]

@lennymac100 ME too .......1986 when Ron Hardy was still alive, 12hr marathon at the Muzic Box , bring ur Membership card and come with me:)

[marvintsuda]

Sorry! @dirtyedna

[marvintsuda]

@dirtyeda,

I could find Chi Lite, and was interesting!

I just knew the original of My first mistake.

Thank you(^-^)/

[marvintsuda]

Is this the original of Needin' You?

[dirtyedna]

@marvintsuda It's the Chi-Lites " My First Mistake" Check out the entire version with the slow intro. if you can find it on YT.

[Frizinho]

@marvintsuda Yup.

[WilderelAchaiah]

CLASSIC

[TheVinylfarmer]

I live in Atlanta Georgia and I don't call myself a dj, more of a collector and a historian of culture, particularly the 70's and 80's. If anyone else lives in the Atlanta area and wants to put together an homage night or a series of nights to the music of that time of the Garage Catacombs, i would be quite interested. by no way am I a calabre dj of those legends, but I learned my style of spinning from them. lets make it happen.

[ZanzibarJose]

@TheVinylfarmer everybody learns from everybody else/

[ThePlatano2020]

R.I.P PARADISE GARAGE N.Y.C !

[hotfriday]

shuuuuuuu wo wo wo wo wo wo woooooooooooo

[TheVinylfarmer]

When I was in college in Greensboro NC in the early 80's. I used to fly for 19 dollars to NYC...actually flew into Newark on an airlines called People's Express. I would stay with friends who were from the city and go to the Garage. First I would take a nap or just hang out until late. We wouldn't go to the club until about 1 or 2 am. Until then I would probably have my cassette player recording WBLS or most likely Shep Pettibone on Kiss FM. I still have a few of the cassettes. History!

[4114224]

@TheVinylfarmer Upload those Pettibone treasures to YT, PLEASE!!!

[TheVinylfarmer]

@4114224 Hey sorry I haven't replied sooner, i've been out west and in Mexico. I plan to organize what i have and post a few mixes and songs. I live in the ATL and DJ here when I can. I learned to mix by listening to the Levans, Pettibones, Farleys and Regisfords of the early 80's. I want to create a few nights of just the music of that time. Stay in touch and I will do my best to get what I have out there.

[rsharrieff]

@TheVinylfarmer : Hey man, I'm from Chicago but may be moving to the A early next year. Where do you spin in the ATL? Whats your email info?

[aliquai1969]

Larry my first mistake was be born in 1989 and couldn´t go to Paradise Garage :(

[keithko007]

Smok'in Hot they do it like this no more1

[FreestyleFletcher]

I used to finger bang my girlfriend to this in middle school.

[neodeja]

GARAGE missthatplace.....2am till yeah buddy...........u know

[missfitness713]

Wow, so many nights in Paradise, so many hours dancing on sawdust floors, drinking that crazy punch........lots of good memories

[nedasilyah]

Ugghh, I Love this!

[sacredwoman]

OMG this was Larry waa really gettin sick with it the club would be going crazy! I loved it!

[mitdafocas]

was this sampled? the strings, the brass ?

[RecaultSuperNova]

Larry turned this mutha out!!! He wud sneak it up on u sometimes. He'd sorta be playing something mkay then POW! this! He'd put two 12 inches of this and tweak and tweak those knobs and really let u have it like only he could. Space time continuum portal open now!!! Lol I wanna show u guys Larry on his A game one more time! ( OMG I WISH!!!)

[SOBEROUS]

a time machine please

[njplr]

No No No, this record, though Larry DID used to work it, was far more Philly, and it is to David Todd and the Catacombs that props must be given. No slur against Larry, who will always be the High Priest of Dance, but David Todd was every bit as fabulous, esp on one of his "on" nights. David gets the credit for making this one part of the children's nightly revue, the Garage picked it up AFTER Catacombs. I know, i was a regular at both, 79 - 83.

[dirtyedna]

@njplr .....you're right 'bout that ! Catacombs might have been small but that bitch packed a mighty punch ! Wasn't it also a Richard Long designed system ??

[misszebrab1]

@dirtyedna Dont forget Better Days...Also small but music was great!!

[OneMixDJ]

@njplr : I feel you on that one. Even though I'm originally from NYC, I do remember hearing about David Todd and Catacombs from back in the day. Somehow, Donald Stone (I think) also comes to mind. I live in PA now, I get kinda pissed that WDAS in Philly plays very little of this great music.

[lennymac100]

LARRY LEVAN, BEACH NITE PARADISE GARAGE BABYYYYY!!!!!

[AsphaltBrown1]

@lennymac100 The song Larry is mixing out of in the intro is called "Trinidad" by John Gibbs and The US Steel Orchestra.

[lennymac100]

@AsphaltBrown1 ...Thnx 4 the knowledge my man.....Tht being said, God I miss those days 4 real...Seems like another place n time tht can nvr b replaced!!!!!!! Big up 2 Tony Humphries,Tee Scott n Larry Patterson-(Club Zanzibar) Nwrk NJ.

[dirtyedna]

does anyone recognise the song leading into MFM ??

[nigeliscool657]

where can I find his other music? I only recently discovered this music, and I really love it. Since I'm 17, I didn't grow up with this, so I have no idea where to find it.

[phanor123]

Essex,Union County N.j. We represented! Still do for that matter, Me and my boys have the vynil to prove it! 

[MikeDeegan86]

Amazing. Proper Disco.

[TheBlacka1]

I'll never make the same mistake again of not posting great Club music

[MrMinkajajany]

damn now that is like nice

[arielioness]

damn that's a sick tune....

[LEEFROMTHELAND]

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE IN CHICAGO BUT I CAN SAY THAT SOME OF US TRUE HEADS CALL THIS DISCO AND DEEP HOUSE. YOU CAN'T DENY THAT DISCO WAS THE GENRE THAT THEY LABELED THIS TYPE OF MUSIC. WE CALLED IT HOUSE MUSIC BECAUSE OUR PARENTS AND RELATIVES AND THEIR FRIENDS WOULD HAVE GET TOGETHERS AT SOMEONES "HOUSE" AND THE RECORDS THEY PLAYED WERE EXCELLENT AND LONG ENOUGH TO DANCE TO. SO EVERY TIME WE WOULD HERE CUTS LIKE THIS ONE AT A CLUB, WE WOULD BE LIKE, "I HEARD THIS AT SO AND SO'S HOUSE"

[2MuchHouse]

@LEEFROMTHELAND ... SORRY reference, real Chicago HouseHeadz know that any "because it was played/produced at my house" reference completely off-base -- that has permeated because maybe there is some attempt to not credit Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles (Larry "is" Frankie's mentor) with the mixing style of DISCO music -- there is a form of "House" that is Chicago House music (Godfather Marshall Jefferson) - but the term references music heard at the "Warehouse" (Frankie's club) - Chip E's .

[Club88EastOrange]

In my opinion... The Disco Era kicked off in 75' and ran through '79. It peaked early on... about '76-'77. Disco Music was generally a "big production" endeavor. House came along in the early 80's... and was a "no budget-home grown and bedroom produced". Dance Music: It's all relative... different Era's... different Technologies... different Names... but it's all DANCE MUSIC... : ) "Enjoy the Music that you Enjoy"

[123Kartoffelsalat456]

That aint disco thats garage house!

[succaton]

so good!!

[kenspank]

The Warehouse was established in Chicago in 1977. So no, this cut doesn't pre-date house music by 7 years.

[2MuchHouse]

@kenspank AMEN!!!! I wish people would stop with this "because it was played at someone's house" references; it is completely false --- the term was coined because of the type of music played at the Warehouse, which was DISCO music mixed in a certain style - Frankie Knuckles considers Larry Levan his mentor so New Yorkers from the Garage days would know as well -- Black and Gay defined the style -- Chip (Chip E) Eberhart's (Kenwood) reference in Wiki and Frankie's description is the REAL .

[TheRecordplayers]

Oh Miss Darla, grand fierceness of the world - lets do our queen stomp across the floor and let these kids have it.

[dirtyedna]

@TheRecordplayers ...love that !! God I miss being so young and being so silly and having SO much fun...Miss Thang !!

[thebuckminsterprj]

This is Deep House, noted by us Chicago House Heads who remember the true roots of "House Music" also known as Garage Music! If I could only post some of the unbelievable re-edits I heard growing up by some of the true Chicago pioneers like Ron Hardy, Andre Hatchette, Lil Louis, Vinnie Divine, Farley, Steve Hurley, ect...

[schildno5]

This track is the BUSINESS! If this ain't music, I don't know WHAT is. I'd love to hear this in the nightclubs.

[rags105]

i was part of the paradise era miss ita hell a of alot.

[Greg2109]

I'm 25 but i love this kind of music. And i respect all of those who have witnessed and lived this era, this journey. Please keep shairng your histories with us youngsters. Lot of peoples aren't aware that disco music cames from oppressed minorities. This music is more than parties and glitter. It's a counter culture. 

[djmartyq]

@Greg2109 Yo Greg... This is an era that will live forever. I wish that they still had clubs like Club Zanzibar and The Garage. To experience a club like this is an experience that will live with you forever. Sound systems that go through your body. You have NO choic ebut to feel it!

[mbrowne65]

@djmartyq OMG ZANZIBAR WAS MY PLACE!!! THE SPOT LIGHT FOR TONY'S BIRTHDAY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY IN ZANZIBAR!! HOW MANY DJ'S GET A BIRTHDAY SONG??

[Greg2109]

@djmartyq thx for sharing this with us

[LBJTV]

@Greg2109 I'm totally behind you on that, I'm coming up to 16 years old and i've been listening to this wonderful decade not to mention the 50s,60s and 80s as well since I was 11..

I'm unfortunate to not have lived in that era and i think about it everyday..

Right when think i've heard every disco jam out there..I find more and more tracks everyday..uploaded on Youtube..so i suppose i'm thankful for that ;)

[pudney112]

@Greg2109 im 25 too and when i say i like disco to people, they look at me funny and think that i like dressing up in flairs and a big afro wig *sigh* if theres one thing i would loved to have done is go to paradise garage and listen to the wonderful sounds of larry levan

[Discovios]

@Greg2109 Yes but a counter culture of LIGHT!

[internalfugue16]

Politics....

[tasa1010]

So So True House is Not Disco.... The is Studio 54 Stufff

[dirtyedna]

@tasa1010 ...what ??? This record is LEGENDARY and alot more than "Studio 54 stuff "

[djpioneer937]

Whats the name of the first song playing @ 0:01 - 0:07, before the other song mixes in?

[sheldoncl]

David Morales did a take off of this as a track called Needin U

[demarcos69]

one of my fave

[kristopolous]

four on the floor, 117 bpm ... call it anything you want but the beat structure is identical to house.

[dubmaverick]

@kristopolous

then what do you consider disco?

[thefrankgoodyear]

SUPER SOUND....VERY GROOVE !!!!!!

[1MsRahStar]

Why can't I find a spot in Atlanta that plays this music and stays open all night? Coming from NY being told "The A" was like my city.....come on!!!!???

[gamagan1]

@1MsRahStar im sure its clubs in atl that plays old club u just have to search and ask.

gamgan1

[derekimo]

54 was white!

paradise was black!

[dirtyedna]

Catacombs!! YEAH>>>remember around 4AM when all the "hip" white girls would come downstairs from the Second Story and party with the rest of us!!! What a family it was...Tink at the door...Oliver and Mark and all the great "hustlers" OMG....and that was after getting all sweaty at Smart Place !!!

[faft1981]

@dirtyedna You remember Big Tink, Mark, Oliver, Terrell, Rodney...What a time!!!!! I'm lost for words...I remember you Joe Black as well...THE BEST DANCE CLUB PHILLY EVER HAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bfromthehart]

@faft1981

Yes, Tink, Ms, Marsha and Olie were very dear friends... My Philly days...HuuuuuuHHHH

[njplr]

@bfromthehart Catacombs Forever, Baby!!!!

[bfromthehart]

@faft1981

Yes, How bout Ms, Areatha doin the Philly stomp and Lil Leon being twirled around the floor by Big Tink..?

[dirtyedna]

@bfromthehart how about Brandon the (fine) DJ ...wonder if he is still around...and Robert at the door (7 feet tall and a huge afro. to go with it !!!) It WAS a dump but I LOVED it....the dance floor would bounce 'till we thought the whole place would fall down...and HOT!! Painted black and so hot the walls would sweat....what I would give to go back in time !!

[bfromthehart]

@dirtyedna

Ok.... you are tellin the sho nuff truth.... always after Smart Place...

[garylewis1514]

My First Mistake ... one of my all time favs. I remember well...David Todd (Catacombs-Philadelphia) playing this tine on all 3 of his turntables w/out headphones. He made the crowd feel like we were going to jump right out of our bodies with the intensity he created!

[njplr]

@garylewis1514  LOL that room would be quivering and SHAKING. Then again, that mighta been cause of the green pyramid...

[dirtyedna]

dessinl: yeah,when i tell some of these young kids about spending 1 to 3 hours NON-STOP on a dancefloor,taking a rest and then back again for more, they just can't imagine what it was like ( and not only at the Garage, but just about anywhere in those days)

[dirtyedna]

...i don't go out too much anymore, but there sure were some great DJ's back then, especially in the Gay clubs...and not all of them woked in the big legendary clubs......one thing is sure,there was so much variety and QUALITY in the music and to be good you had to know your shit. You had to know every intro. and break and how to pace the crowd....all i know is that we lived for the music back then......

[dominatus84]

Did Larry Levan ever perform in Holland? Does anyone know?

[jeannus62]

@dominatus84

Is dead???

[dessinl]

Many a night I gave it all to Larry on the dance floor...best time was after the shows were done about 5 AM until about 8 or 9...that was when the real deal was dealt. Looking back it is hard to believe that a good six to eight hours were spent pounding it out on that floor.

[intojazznyc]

Give me a break ,how can you mention mixmasters with out mentioning the best,John Jellybean Benitez......he had a cult following like no other in NYC.

[yankessnperu]

i would agree....i opinion

Dj little louie vega

Dj frankie knuckles

Dj david morales

Dj larry levan

WERE THE BEST !!!

[Temple24Noble]

I started partying at Paradise in 1976 when there was still saw dust on the floor because of on-going construction.

I will never forget those days. Larrys mother came to his birthday party in 1978 in a full length evening gown and smoking a cuban cigar. CLASSIC shit! WOW!

Richard Longs sound system was pioneering back then.

I wish I could relive those days just one more time.

Larry lives on in ALL of us Garage heads.

Tony

Newark NJ

[57dms]

Larry may very well be like Muhammad Ali, the Greatest of All Time. But there were a lot of great DJs from those days. Tee Scott, Frankie Knuckles, Shep Pettibone, Larry Robinson, Little Louie Vega, Joe Clousseau, Danny Krivitiz and the list goes on and on. One thing for sure, Larry Levan's sound system and the things he did at the Paradise Garage will forever remain legendary. Timmy Regisford keeps the spirit alive

Keep Bangin!!

[DoubleMM70]

Yeah the Muhammad Ali for New York.

[maccagrabme]

I like the way that House music has its foundation in the street/disco music era like this in the same way that hiphop owes its roots to funk breakbeats and late disco. It makes fascinating study as there is so much creativity and history to explore which makes the musical experience even more absorbing.

[pimpmcdaddies]

Sums it up,joining up the dots...& loving it.

[MisskyeOfficialMusic]

The best Dj of House Music ever

[57dms]

Whoever woulda thunk the Chi-Lites of all the 70s R&B groups would make one of the all time classic Garage hitz! This is HOUSE music in its seminal beginnings. The Big G lives on!!

Keep Bangin!!!

[albqjaz]

The musicians are legendary MFSB and this song has the Philly Sound all over it.

The back beat is from Love is the Message, a Garage classic.

I miss the Garage.

[dirtyedna]

...anyone know what he's mixing in at the end of this clip????

[breakfastclub75]

hi it may be 'Erucu by Jermaine Jackson' if this clip is taken from 'Live at the Paradise Garage' cd.

[mafoombay]

Pure...

[Queenspeaks]

Everyone from different parts of the country is going to have their favorite "house" and favorite era. Man, listen. It doesn't even matter. It's all good. It's not about coining the "rights" to the phrase or the style or who started what. Not to me anyway. The late 70s and early 80s was a ripe time here in New York for parties, discos, clubs of ALL kinds but in my book, the Paradise Garage just set it off - no matter who it borrowed from or whatever. It was the oasis!

[alkh3myst]

Sho' you right, Your Highness!

[Queenspeaks]

DAMN! Certain songs just really put you right back there in the moment! I have never ever ever heard this remix of the song ANYWHERE ELSE and because of that, this is straight-up PURE Larry Levan. Everytime I hear it, I am sliding around on baby powder and saw dust in my head! LOL!!!!

[alkh3myst]

Yeah, behind the speakers, with no crowd bumpin' into you every 15 seconds. That's where I went to REALLY throw down. I saw them on Maestro talking about the part of the floor that was really springy - please, there were always a million people there. A lot of us needed more real estate...

[ranus69]

Yes it did the and your right the late 70's and early 80's was a good tie to be in NYC. But I also would be in Chicago at Frankie Kunckle's Powerhouse and at the Muzic Box. I'm so glad I was able to experience all of that and I'm sure you got stories and I know for sure I got stories.

[jverason]

Did someone mention the Catacombs in Philly? God the times I had in that place and the music and the dancers-unbelievable-esp the hustling shich was sodifferent than New York style.

[garylewis1514]

Hey! It was I who mentioned the Catacombs! I live in DC but a group of us would drive to Philly on Fridays to hear David Todd and on New Years Eve. Those were the times he played. ...and danced till mid-day Saturday or on into New Years' Day! He could take you on a musical journey like no other!

[DoubleMM70]

We called this True Deep House in Chicago. Not the bull sh*t they called deep now days. I was brought up in the 80's with the founders of House.

[jackinhousemusik]

Oh my god, this is sampled in David Morales - Needin' u!

[phutureshocks30]

it sure is! a true samplespotter ;)

[dirtyedna]

....man,talk about a record that made the "girls" crazy...this is one of 'em.OMG from the Garage to Catacombs and everywhere else it was played,but especially in the black gay clubs (was it even played anywhere else?) But to hear it when it was new...you who weren't there can't imagine............

[njplr]

Amen, gurl! I'm just glad i was a part of it all. Like you say, THEY CAN'T IMAGINE. Nobody could. What a magical, marvelous time those years were...it was ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC. King & Varick, 12th & Walnut - you will live forever in my soul

[garylewis1514]

...Catacombs! THE HOT PLACE! Me being a white boy love black clubs (i.e: Club House in DC; Catacombs).  Dancing was my thing and, like playing tennis, you want to play with people as good or better than you. Indeed, I was in the thick of it!

[Queenspeaks]

Fuck it up, Miss Larry!!! Paradise Garage. Never been and never will be anything like it! Yes! Folks don't get hung up on the titles. Disco. House. Club. What the hell EVA, OK? A lot of "house" or "club" music was a melting pot of all kinds of music, including disco. Just enjoy it!

[omarly666]

U r so right. Just Enjoy!

[philyB08]

this is not disco music it's house music with a disco feel it's the era of where modern day dance music comes from

[pinup23]

there was no genre called house when this record was made. the term was coined 'house" several years after the warehouse in chicago...... and house was built around disco loops or roland drum machines. this record is certainly not made with a drum machine

[alkh3myst]

Respect to somebody who did their homework! And ears too, you can tell a sequenced drum track from a live human drummer. As for Mr. "this is not disco music..."

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking

If you don't know/when in doubt, consult Wikipedia. Don't stamp 'n00b' on your own forehead in day-glo orange letters!

[DjCraigAlexander]

@pinup23 The Warehouse opened in 1977

[SOLOAS]

@pinup23 FOR ME IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE CALL HOUSE MUSIC

[jose74475]

@SOLOAS ITS A GREATEST VOCAL SAMPLE FOR THE MUSIC NEEDIN Ú -(DAVID MORALES) LISTEN UP FOR ENJOY IT OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StephenS1974UK]

@pinup23 No no no no no!.

House began after sheer bordum of Disco music. When technology appeared, and was used by DJ's to make completely NEW sounding music.

Disco and House music have NOTHING in common and have no relation to each other.

[djalgroove]

@StephenS1974UK disco and house have everything in common. READ AND LERRN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HOUSE MUSIC.

from a real chicago househead who was there when it started.

[TheShiKing]

@StephenS1974UK - This is either a lame attempt to be inflammatory; see how many posts will derive from your ignorance... or you really need to take some time and study the history of such a brilliant era of music.

[vidall624]

@StephenS1974UK

Sorry ..House and Disco lived side by side. While Dave Mancuso's Loft and Paradise Garage was pumping ...Starship Discovery One was in full steam with Gypsy upstairs Mike downstairs ..and many more latin/disco clubs uptown

[dbccbd1]

@pinup23 - You are so right. The early disco sound of "My First Mistake" is properly called "The Sound of Philadelphia" genre. It began in early 1973 with Barry White. How does Larry Levan fit in here?

[dirtyedna]

@dbccbd1 #1,Larry fits in everywhere and was an irreplaceable part of the puzzle. #2, "it" began before 1973 and #3, Barry White was out of LA so how does he fit in there (in 1973) ???

[kriscokidd]

@dbccbd1 probably cause he edited this track and played it a lot. The OG track is by the chi-lites from chicago...

[gogoaustralia]

This soulful Disco must have a sub-genre name. Is it called Hustle?

[DjDedan]

Garage or House its called... or just plain Dance Music... Disco was a label to sell it to the masses

[alkh3myst]

Please don't call this House Music. "My First Mistake's" 1977 release pre-dates the first House records by seven years. We who lived it, were completely unashamed to call this music Disco. The US Disco backlash was mostly driven by Racism/Homophobia.

[holdmydrinkbitch]

Seem like in the last year "Disco" is making a return. Its such a contrast to everything goin on in todays music. Disco has what i call a "World Beat". That everyone can groove with. Right now "Disco" is for the Ultra-Super cool who are part of the underground.

[alkh3myst]

Real live Human Beings making real live music. It's time for us musicians to take back the dance floor. Don't get me wrong, I love House, for the ultra-tightly looped groove it uses, but if you listen to "Let's Get it Together" by El Coco (Rinder & Lewis). It's just not humanly possible to get a tighter groove, and this was done by musicians laying down tracks in the studio. No sequencers, no software. Anyone who wants to learn to make tight, driving grooves; study this record.

[holdmydrinkbitch]

I agree. We have lost so much when i comes to Music. There have been few black bands produced in this decade. Why? But something is missing from music. Its time we take a look back at this era and revisit the music and fashion. Its no where close to as bad as many made it out to be. Not even the fashion.

[noiz87]

Fashion was more advanced in taste, not to even mention interior decoration of houses, clubs and architecture in general. Way too funky :)

[nycbushbaby]

One of my all time favorites. I have been listening to it since it came out. You're right. I never looked at it like you described it: I am not a musician, but you must be. It is timeless.

[alkh3myst]

Since I was 9...

[flatbush46]

@alkh3myst thank you for the history..i was about 6 or 7 but i remember hearing this on the radio....this is before house way before..I remember visiting my cousins in chicago around 87 calling it jack and that's all you heard on the radio...

[SOLOAS]

@alkh3myst I WILL CALL IT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NHOUSE MUSIC

[starkswinky]

i agree with you brother, but this was played at house parties in the 80's. house music was big in guy clubs.

[Clubheadnj]

underground or Club music as it is referred to in Newark NJ

[Brotherman7]

Green Limosine Music.

[ggfunk23]

This is the Danny Krivit edit .....killer

[kennybofish]

How can any one forget them times Larry Lavan will never be forgotten

[kingbilly18]

I fucking LOVE this truck..wish I was there.... First time I listen to this tune I was in NYC;Rub and Tug were playing this...just great!

[MrsPrincesseboni2008]

Much love and respect goes out to Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage.  He will never be forgotten.

[JOEBLACK36]

Aahhhh, the memories. LONG LIVE THE PARADISE GARAGE! LONG LIVE CATACOMBS!!

[garylewis1514]

I still have my Catacombs membership card from 1981 in my scrapbook!  It was always in the back pocket of my jeans and needless to say...lots of sweat!

[JOEBLACK36]

Well that's crazy. I started working the door at Catacombs that same year. I worked there for 4 years.

[JonniePolyester]

David Morales certainly got his money's worth out this track & the sublime Let me down easy by Rare Pleasure when he 'made' Needin U!

[nwalker67]

2009 Resolution Natasha A. Walker ohhhhhhh yesssssssssss! This is my theme song for the Year 2009!

[njplr]

i used to SCREAM and RUN to the dance floor when David or Larry played this song, I couldn't bear to miss even one single beat of it, and the way they both used to mix the f___ out of it, I would be in an absolute frenzy, as would every single other person in the Catacombs (or Garage) May this music live forever!!!!!!

[alkh3myst]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, buddy!

[garylewis1514]

David Todd at the Catacombs...wasn't that a treat to have that man take you on a journey and at times thinking you might just jump right out of your skin!

[njplr]

I STILL jump outta my skin, at the mere MENTION of his name. Cause you...wah wah wah wah wah wah If I could only go back there, for even just ONE HOUR The Catacombs was my church, more than any church I've eve known DAVID + LARRY FOREVER!!!!!

[ajskimix]

This is the song David Morales sampled on his '99 hit "NEEDING YOU"

[tennyc]

Thanx for posting this, anything you can do to get more people interested in Larry Levan and his wonderful legacy!

[mayena]

Wonder this track is not featured on any Chi-Lites greatest hits or complication albums. This was and still his a club jam.

[Piankhi1]

just baffling....

[modelmanagerdude]

first of ole it was a remix by larry he did remix this cut but he did it on his own label a subsidary of sleepin bag records but it never got released because of royality issues at brunswick records so he used it as a mixing tool he had massive copies of this pressed for his use only thanks DJ Touch ny city

[ajskimix]

You mean Mercury Records, The Chi-lites were on Mercury at the time.

[olemartinbare]

I don't think I would call it a remix, but it's from a liveset recorded at the paradise garage in 79 so I guess he might be doing some tweaking with the EQ's to juice it up. The extra beats you you might here in the beginning/end is just the previous and next track fading in/out :)

[olemartinbare]

First of all it's a picture of Studio 54's DJ booth, and second it's the Chi-Lites - My Mistake ;)