From: Mark Turner (nugroove_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 2003-02-04 04:04:07
> i need some help. i am looking for some sources about the 12"single
> history.....
> any site to recommend ??
No online source to recommend, but there's a good account of the evolution
of the 12" single in the book "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" by Bill
Brewster and Frank Broughton. Apparently, the first 12" single ever pressed
was a special Tom Moulton mix of "So Much For Love" by Moment of Truth. It
was the first of several remixes Moulton pressed up for his personal DJ use.
The first record-company sanctioned 12", for promotional use only, was
"Dance Dance Dance" by Calhoun, in 1975, and the first
commercially-available 12" was "Ten Percent" by Double Exposure, in 1976.
(All disco tracks.)
"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" has much, much more to recommend it. Quite
simply, it's an essential read.
-- Mark Turner (DJ Rocky Rococo) nugroove_at_pacbell.net www.jazzadelica.com