And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records

by Larry Harris, Curt Gooch, Jeff Suhs

Overview

(Book). Now it can be told! The true, behind-the-scenes story of Casablanca Records, from an eyewitness to the excess and insanity. Casablanca was not a product of the 1970s, it was the 1970s. From 1974 to 1980, the landscape of American culture was a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and no person or company in that era was more emblematic of the times than Casablanca Records and its magnetic founder, Neil Bogart. From his daring first signing of KISS, through the discovery and superstardom of Donna Summer, the Village People, and funk master George Clinton and his circus of freaks, Parliament Funkadelic, to the descent into the manic world of disco, this book charts Bogart's meteoric success and eventual collapse under the weight of uncontrolled ego and hype. It is a compelling tale of ambition, greed, excess, and some of the era's biggest music acts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617133831
Publisher:	Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Curt Gooch was executive producer and creative consultant on the documentary Inside the Casbah: A History of Casablanca Records and Filmworks. Gooch currently works as a film and video consultant, and his list of clients includes the BBC, Comedy Central, the National Geographic Channel, A&E, PBS, and the estate of Harry Chapin. He lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Jeff Suhs coauthored the bestselling KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. In addition to serving as contributing editor for KISS' official magazine, Suhs also served as editor for three different publications at Washington University in St. Louis.

Larry Harris began working for Buddah/Kama Sutra Records in the summer of 1971 as the local New York promotions man, and in 1973 he joined his cousin Neil Bogart in founding Casablanca Records. He became executive vice president and managing director of the company in 1976 and left Casablanca in the fall of 1979. He was born in New York and now lives and works in Seattle.

Jeff Suhs coauthored the bestselling KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. In addition to serving as contributing editor for KISS' official magazine, Suhs also served as editor for three different publications at Washington University in St. Louis.