 | Larry Levan Live at the Paradise Garage
Buy used from: $34.98 Someone had the good sense to tape the master DJ while he was at work. HIGHLIGHTS: Smack Dab In The Middle; Put Your Body In It
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 | Larry Levan's Classic West End Records Remixes (Made Famous at the Legendary Paradise Garage)
Buy used from: $63.50 9 songs remixed by the master--Taana Gardner, Peech Boys, and the rare Ednah Holt's Sirius Space Party (one of Levan's personal favorites)
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 | Live at the Paradise Garage by Larry Levan
Buy used from: $55.27 Another live evening with Larry--some songs overlap with the other live CD--cool cover--it's a copy of the neon sign you saw outside the original place
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 | Larry Levan's Paradise Garage by various artists sparkle skyy
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $5.99 Yet ANOTHER live evening--HIGHLIGHTS: First Time Around; Make It Last Forever
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 | Garage This Is Paradise by Garage This Is Paradise
Buy used from: $69.99 4 CD collection of classic garage--currently out of print
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 | The Definitive Salsoul Mixes '78-'83 by Larry Levan
Larry did a lot of remixing for Salsoul--here are the wonderful results
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 | Larry Levan's Paradise Garage-Legend of Dance Music, Vol. 1 by Various Artists
a bit lackluster as far as choices go...but even bad Larry is good Larry
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 | Greatest Mixes V.2 by Larry Levan
Buy new: $17.44 one of the few cds released during Larry's lifetime--most of these selections, if not all, are available on other more recent compilations...dig the cover though..there was never a volume 1 released
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 | Larry Levan's Paradise Garage-Legend of Dance Music, Vol. 3 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $141.84 no track list--buy at your own risk
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 | My Life and the Paradise Garage- P by Mel Cheren
Buy used from: $14.99 EXCELLENT biography by Mel Cheren, one of the owners of Paradise Garage and head of West End Records
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 | Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $5.49 an overall history; there is some stuff on paradise
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 | Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 by Tim Lawrence
Buy new: $22.18 / Used from: $11.96 another good overall dance history--a few pages on paradise
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 | Masters At Work presents West End Records: the 25th Anniversary Mastermix
Buy used from: $21.15 Many West End records played at paradise...here are a sampling of some of the best
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 | Best of Colonel Abrams by Colonel Abrams
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.43 colonel abrams...the BEST house music star ever and a fave of Larry's
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 | Disco Spectrum 1 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $69.84 joey negron has compiled a bevy of classics...paradise-style at its best
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 | Disco Spectrum 2 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $45.99 vol 2 of joey's classics
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 | Love Sensation by Loleatta Holloway
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.04 Loleatta Holloway was the reigning diva at Paradise
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 | Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions by Grace Jones
Buy used from: $5.72 Grace Jones performed at Paradise and Larry loved to play her music too
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 | Moment of My Life: Jocelyn Brown Anthology by Jocelyn Brown
Buy used from: $30.97 Jocelyn Brown was responsible for many Garage classics
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 | Choice: A Collection of Classics by Frankie Knuckles
Buy used from: $63.79 Frankie Knuckles was a Levan protegee/contemporary...this is a great CD of house classics
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 | The Salsoul Classics 2, Vols. 3 &4 by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $9.99 more salsoul classics (not mixed by larry, but Paradise-like nontheless)
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 | New York Dance Classics, Vol. 2: A Collection of 80's Dance Music by Various Artists
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.78 Shades of Love "Body to Body" is worth the price of admission
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 | Give Your Body Up: Club Classics & House Foundations, Vol. 2
Buy used from: $6.92 A good collection of popular club classics--Baby I'm Scared of You by Womack and Womack is a HIGHLIGHT
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 | Only the Strong Survive by Trammps
Buy used from: $57.08 In 1987, the Paradise was closed forever. Larry was broken up about it and he reflected his feelings in his playlist. Where Do We Go From Here? was one of the last songs he ever played at the Paradise
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