The Record Players

The story of dance music told by the people who made it happen.

This book is a tribute to the obsessives, the playboys and the musical eccentrics who founded the craft of DJing. They developed wild new techniques for performing with recorded music, and revolutionized the way we create and enjoy it. they gave us new ways to have the times of our lives and built a worldwide industry of nightlife and dance music. From unsung pioneers to overheated superstars, these are the people who made playing records matter.