Empire State Soul Club Gallery

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=220 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="1e9900003.gif"> <div> <B> <img src="HTMLobj-6505/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="150" height="70">  </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.soulshack45.com/index.htm" TARGET="_parent" TITLE="http://www.soulshack45.com/index.htm"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-6506/aniGif.gif" alt="Soul Shack Home" border="0" align="bottom" width="161" height="36">  </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://soulshack45.podomatic.com/" TARGET="_parent" TITLE="http://soulshack45.podomatic.com/"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-6507/aniGif.gif" alt="Download Our Radio Shows!" border="0" align="bottom" width="161" height="36">  </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.soulshack45.com/id30.htm" TARGET="_parent" TITLE="http://www.soulshack45.com/id30.htm"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-6510/aniGif.gif" alt="Soul Shack Photo Gallery" border="0" align="bottom" width="161" height="36">  </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.soulshack45.com/id25.htm" TARGET="_parent" TITLE="http://www.soulshack45.com/id25.htm"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-6512/aniGif.gif" alt="Favorite Links" border="0" align="bottom" width="161" height="36">  </U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="97c00552dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <B>Oldies Radio</B><B>  </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The Empire State Soul Club existed in New York City from 1987 until the</div> <div> mid-1990's at various night clubs such as Tramps, North River Bar,</div> <div>  Mudd Club and Danceteria.  They would spin mainly obscure 60's</div> <div>  soul at their dances which went on monthly from place to place for </div> <div> about 10 years.  They would typically take place on Thursday nights</div> <div>  from 10 to 4 am.  DJ's including The Empress, W. Lee and </div> <div> Jeff The Chef took turns doing 1 hour sets.  It was ESSC's championing </div> <div> of semi-forgotten Stax recordings that helped inspire the 1991 9-CD box set </div> <div>  "The Complete Stax / Volt Singles:  1959-1968" from Atlantic Records,</div> <div> a Soul Shack favorite.  Steve Greenburg, the set's producer, was a club regular.</div> <bR> <div> Here's a few old posters, clippings and photos from the club's history</div> <div> courtesy of Soul Shack supporter and co-founder of the ESSC,</div> <div> Brian "Weems" Williams. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT></div> <div>            </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9847d1d0.jpg" border=0 width="637" height="1053" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="981813d0.jpg" border=0 width="641" height="829" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="97d7c220.jpg" border=0 width="636" height="1058" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="97e7f1f0.jpg" border=0 width="639" height="1055" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9a5bbdb0.jpg" border=0 width="443" height="475" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="9a815a30.jpg" border=0 width="533" height="419" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>