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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Large group of disco club fliers, tickets, and cards. 90 items, some with minor wear or manuscript notes. Mostly New York, bulk 1972-1975 and undated
In the period between the soul and funk music of the 1960s and the hip hop revolution of the late 1970s, disco ruled New York's nightlife--years before Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gees stormed the pop charts in 1976 and 1977. Offered here is a treasure trove of event promotions from Black disco's golden age. 26 pieces are for events staged by the groundbreaking disco promoters The Best of Friends, Inc. from 1972 to 1974, most in New York City, with a few in Philadelphia and elsewhere. 7 others are for Club Leviticus in Manhattan, one of them for a disco event in 1975. 23 are for miscellaneous disco events, and the remaining 34 are for club events from the same era which don't mention disco outright. Taken as a whole, these fliers show the evolution of a short-lived but vibrant scene. A few highlights:
"The Move is About to be Made" flier for 5th Annual Christmas Dance at Concourse Plaza Hotel in the Bronx, produced by The Best of Friends, Inc., 23 December 1972--the earliest piece here.
Flier in the form of a legal summons: "In the matter of The Best of Friends, Inc., you are hereby summoned to appear . . . at the Casa Blanca for the purpose of expanding your social life . . . until such time as The Best of Friends adjourn the proceedings," 28 December 1972.
Flier for a Black Christmas event at the Concourse Plaza Hotel in the Bronx, with entertainment by Black Naissance and "recorded disco sounds," 22 December 1973.
Flier for "Play-Off Disco at Gallagher's 33," for New York Knicks playoff celebration in Manhattan, with photograph of star center Willis Reed, 13 April [1973].
Ticket for "The Beautiful Black Sisters of A.K.A. . . . Present a Night of Love at the New Black Heart Disco," Manhattan, 27 July 1973.
A more detailed inventory is available upon request.
