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> Yup. Also kind of skipped around disco a bit, a

> lot of funk bands went softer to get sales and

> that helped create disco rather than disco just

> happened in my opinion. George Clinton absolute

> star as always.


Disco's roots were also very much in the underground gay club scene...

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> Great article on Crackers and the roots of the

> southern soul & funk scene

>

> http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/nightc

> lubbing-crackers


Started going to Crackers late 73, some of the things described I remember well, great club but I preferred Global Village in the arches off Viiliers St and Cheeky Pete's in Richmond.

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> Know them all PD and all strong reputations- I

> went to Crackers towards the end of its time

> (living on past rep by then)Cheeky Pete's was

> good. Global Village turned to Heaven and bedore

> by time. You ever do the Royalty or The Goldmine?


I went to the Royalty once and also to the Royal in Tottenham ( I think), the goldmine I went to a few times but in the early 70's the Lyceum on a Monday night was were I went along with a group of friends also used to frequent the Sloop John D, a club on a boat on the Thames moored between Chelsea and Albert bridge, it could only be reached by a little ferry that ran back and forth at the weekend. It had an American DJ, who played all the latest imports. Can't for the life of me remember the blokes name but his choice of music was second to none. Other clubs I recall are Hatchetts, and the Sundown in Tottenham Court Road. Early 80's was Beat Route, and the Embassy stopped clubbing shortly after the demise of that place.

Early 80s - Loved the Beat Route, the Embassy (Baker Street?) I think I went to, Camden Palace when it first opened, Barracuda,there was another place in Ken High Street but the name escapes me, later the Wag but was all getting a bit elitist/zoot suity 80s for me so started going to Wendy May's Locomotion at Kentish Town. Acid House refreshed clubbing for me though.

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