Masters At Work @ Evolution, 177 Townsend Street, San Francisco 03.07.1992

[henryvilla]

This is pretty awesome, a lovely early MAW mix.

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I came across it on another old hard drive, labelled 'Masters At Work @ Evolution, San Francisco 1992'. When I looked it up online, I found the flyer on eBay, being sold by a guy in the US from the exact night - what are the chances??! The flyer is dated Friday July 3, but not year, but when I checked July 1992's calendar, 3rd July was on a Friday.

After a bit more research, I found the following info on 177 Townsend Street, which turns out was a bit of warehouse vibe back in the day... Pic from 1992:

177 Townsend / 174 King Street
In 1992, Audrey Joseph, Bill Camillo and Les Dirks took over the struggling Club Townsend. After the death of both Camillo and Dirks from complications of AIDS in late 1993 and early 1994, Joseph formed a partnership with Ty Dakota.

Before long the club started to attract world renowned DJs as well as talent like: Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Prince, Blondie, Chaka Kahn, AC/DC, & The B-52’s to name a few. This is where Club Universe made its lasting impression on the city’s nightlife.

 

[Ming The Merciless]

Nice bit of research there dude thanks for the share

 

[henryvilla]

Nice bit of research there dude thanks for the share

It's nice to come across mixes and dates that match up for change bud, rather than the usual badly labelled mp3 that ends up being something else! Hope you're doing well Steve

 

[Ming The Merciless]

It's nice to come across mixes and dates that match up for change bud, rather than the usual badly labelled mp3 that ends up being something else! Hope you're doing well Steve

Your right there dude i have had some stinkers over the years that are made up of a couple of different tapes welded together with total nonsense written on them
I am all good thanks Henry hope your all good

On a side note here is a Markie Mark set (he is on the bottom of your flyer pic) from 3 years later also San Fran (must have been a local lad)
Markie Mark

 

[Ming The Merciless]

Then again what do i know! turns out Mr Markie Mark is one of our own


"This is one of the earliest Markie Mark Tapes that is in my collection and I am pegging it from 90-91? This is a tape that was made way before Mark lived in the states and was still a part of the infamous Tonka Hi-Fi Sound System in Brighton UK. The cover was made by hand from one of the first Cassette J-card artists named Rebekah that made a lot of the original Wicked tape covers from the early 90's. This tape is full of classic acid and house tracks from the earliest years of the underground scene. Markie eventually moved to San Francisco and became part of the legendary Wicked SF Crew that went on to pioneer the Full Moon parties in Northern California and the SF scene. If you are home and looking for a trip back in time, check this mixtape out. Big shout out to all those UK ravers that started it all and brought it to the states and paved the way for the West Coast underground scene to grow"


That's me all researched out! need a bit of a lye down

 

[chinatownswhite]

Thanks for the share Henry, so this was on a live broadcast from the club via KMEL 106 radio.
I was about to start a track list for the set then did a search and found it on a YT channel, with just one track missing which is hard to hear with all the talking etc, so I used shazam and says its Alison Limerick - Make It On My Own (T-Scat Mix) but im still cant work it out to be sure.
however they have messed the time stamps up etc.
Heres the link with tracklist

 

[Djmariiigold]

Had a moment 2day as I was dropping off catering across the street from 177 Townsend. It's now a Bento box apartment complex with generic ass brick &.mortar. My heart was torn knowing what legendary music and night life of SF was. Really grateful 2 have lived that realness of the underground. 177 closing party was everything!!! ‍