The Steve Dahl Audio Vault

[re-post] This week we are putting as many things related to DD in one place, right here. Today, let’s get back to the basics of this blog and talk about the on-air stuff.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

The air-check below is from the morning after Disco Demolition. Steve can barely talk. His voice is shot. I’m sure that on the inside Stever is freaking out. His Coho Lips get-together that he thought would be lucky to draw 5,000 people was now national news.

At this point, Garry is in transition from being the “news guy” to becoming promoted to “sidekick” status. I left in his news pieces for perspective. When Steve started at WLUP-FM, Garry was the overnight DJ broadcasting under the name Matthew Meier. He would stay on the air after his nighttime shift to do the drive-time news for the first couple of hours of Steve’s show.

So here is about 30 minutes of audio from WLUP-FM from Friday, July 13, 1979.

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On the third anniversary of DD, Steve read some articles that were in the newspaper in ’79 and tried to clear up a few “inaccuracies”. This was previously posted on this blog and can be found here.

Our friends over at the YouTube site The Original Shock Jock previously posted the 10 year Anniversary show that you can listen to here.

Enjoy!!

[re-post] Over the next few days, we are putting as many things as we can related to DD in one place, right here. To cover all the bases, let’s go back and look at photos of the event.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

There are a lot of photos on the net and I’m not going to post many of them here. Rather, here are links to two of the better collections I have found…

The Tribune posted a nice 30th anniversary photo gallery here.

This guy was there. His photo album is here.

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

[re-post] Over the next few days, we are putting as many things as we can related to DD in one place, right here. Today, let’s go back in history and look at the actual video of the event and newscasts.

To start from the beginning of this series, go here.

Thursday night, July 12, 1979

This is video of DD as it was broadcast on TV that night

And this is what happened after Steve left the field…

This is video of news coverage that night

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition all week.
Enjoy!!

[re-post] Steve Dahl killed disco. (Ask the Bee Gees. They said it.)

In 1979 the disco industry was worth an estimated $4 billion – that was more than movies, television or professional sports – and accounted for up to 40% of the songs on the singles chart.

Everyone from The Rolling Stones to Frank Sinatra had recorded disco tracks. But, disco was more than music, it was a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption. From cars to jewelery to bad clothing and hair. It was truly sickening.

I’m not going to recount the rest of the story. If you are here, you know the story. You may have lived it.

So, over the next few days we will post a compendium of all things related to DD. Things that have been previously posted here. Some new audio. And video. Sure you could do most of this yourself; but hey, sit back and let us do the heavy lifting.

There are a few good retrospectives out there. Here are a couple of the better ones…

Steve talks about DD, 30 years later

Here is a nice 10 minute feature that appeared on ESPN in 2009. Even if you know the story this piece has great photos and video.

Check back as we will be looking at Disco Demolition over the next few days.
Enjoy!!

Buy the 25th Anniversary of Disco Demolition DVD at the Dahl Store.