Mixtapes

These are the other tapes I know of:

Larry Levan, Recorded live @ Sound Factory NY Fri. 03/22/91
From deephousepage, which also has an MP3 version. Friday was typically
straight night at the club, while Saturdays (Sunday mornings really, closing was
midday or later) were gay. Friday night parties were discontinued mid-92.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory 1992 Side A Side B
Longer version of a tape that's also in the deephousepage mix archive (#435,
mislabeled as Frankie Knuckles).

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory May 199 2
Posted to a website called The Mixing Bow l by spook.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory NY Oct-93
Also from deephousepage.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory NY Side A Side B
A longer version of the deephousepage tape linked to above (there's a side B), but
with weird and out-of-sync interjections saying "Junior Vasquez" dubbed over it in
a few places. Sound quality is very poor. From a website called EZESKANKIN
mixtapes.

Junior Vasquez (& David Morales?), Sound Factory, 1993 Side A Side B
The source of this was a bootleg CD labeled "Vasquez & Morales" and
although I can't remember any events where they played together, I figured I
should just label it as it was originally. The lead up to "Atom Bomb" on side B
sounds like classic Junior. If anyone out there remembers when this might be
from, drop me a note. Whoever transferred the tape to CD made kind of a mess of
it, there were glitches at precise five minute intervals on both sides which I've
done my best to edit out using Audacity. There's also some nasty digital
background noise, headphone users beware.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, New Year 1994 side A side B
A deep, peak-time tape very kindly shared by Luis and Ulises Aviance.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory, August 6, 1994
Radio broadcast generously shared by Whore of Babylon on the Junior Vasquez
message board.

Junior Vasquez, Sound Factory January 1995
From the House of Diabolique. This was shortly before the club closed on
February 12th, 1995.

The deephousepage mix archive includes a number other great Sound Factory
Bar tapes.

Sound Factory Articles/Links

Some historical articles and links about the Sound Factory and the New York
underground of the late 80s/early 90s.

Sound Factory Photos
A few stills from a YouTube documentary about Junior Vasquez produced by
RalphTV.

Frankie Knuckles on Sound Factory & Sound Factory Bar

Sound Factory Experiences
Memories from deephousepage board members, includes an excellent list of
favorite tracks from the early days posted by ronhnyc.

Discoterror: The Grey Lady Goes Underground
A collection of old New York Times articles (reproduced under fair use...hopefully)

Sound Factory (December 1, 1989)
Dark Side to New York's Neon Clubs (September 13, 1990)
Discomania? Some Say It's Really Discoterror (June 4, 1992)
Paris Has Burned (April 18, 1993)

CLUBTHING! A Guide to Clubland NYC
By Adam Goldstone, from DMR, June/July 1992.

Dangerous Dancing
From MixMag, September 1989, includes a short piece on Sound Factory and
Junior's top ten. Thanks to m-jf for sharing this and giving permission to post it.

Paris is Burning
Article from Faith Fanzine, includes Tedd Patterson's description of late morning
vogueing at Sound Factory. The Junior tape from 1/5/92 captures one of the
times Tedd is talking about, the music on side B in particular (Let's Go, Dub
Break, etc.) was an accompaniment to a vogueing battle that had broken out by
the speaker stack nearest the DJ booth.

1992 - The First Club Kid Invades Sound Factory
From Faith Fanzine, written by Frank Broughton.

Death of the Sound Factory
From DJ History, written by Frank Broughton. The closing date cited in this article
is apparently a month off, it was not January but February 12th, 1995.

A Glimpse Inside Sound Factory Bar
YouTube video of Louie Vega getting ready for a night of Underground Network
at Sound Factory Bar on 21st Street, December 28, 1994.