Record Album, "Do You Think I'm Disco / Coho Lip Blues," 1979
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Artifact Overview
Chicago radio DJ, Steve Dahl, became famous for his hatred of disco music. He wrote parody songs to criticize discotheque culture and performed them with his band, Teenage Radiation. In 1979, he conceived and hosted Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park during a double-header baseball game; Dahl detonated thousands of vinyl records, inciting a riot among the crowd.
Artifact Details
Artifact
45 rpm record
Date Made
1979
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2021.82.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Kristen Gallerneaux.
Material
Vinyl
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
White (Color)
Black (Color)
Red
Orange yellow
Dimensions
Height: 7 in (Record cover)
Width: 7.188 in (Record cover)
Length: 0.063 in (Record cover)
Inscriptions
label on front of record:
ovation / RECORDS / (R) / STEREO / Produced by / Tom Pabich / & David Webb / (P) 1979 Ovation / Incorporation / OV 1132 A / Riva Music Inc/ / WB Music Corp/ / Nite-Stalk Music/ / Coho Music/ / ASCAP / Time 3:35 / DO YOU THINK I'M DISCO? / (Steve Dahl/Rod Stewart/Carmine Appice) / Based On: DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? / STEVE DAHL / and TEENAGE RADIATION / Mfg. and Dist. by Ovation Records, 1249 Waukegan Rd. Glenview, Ill. 60025
etched on front of record:
OV-1132-A
label on back of record:
ovation / RECORDS / (R) / STEREO / Produced by / Tom Pabich / & David Webb / (P) 1979 Ovation / Incorporation / OV 1132 B / Coho Music/ / Creative Music/ / ASCAP / Time 3:26 / COHO LIP BLUES / (Steve Dahl) / STEVE DAHL / and TEENAGE RADIATION / Mfg. and Dist. by Ovation Records, 1249 Waukegan Rd. Glenview, Ill. 60025
etched on back of record:
Mastertonics / OV-1132-B
on front of record cover:
Steve Dahl / + / TeenageRadiation / OV-1132 / DO YOU THINK I'M DISCO / b/w / COHO LIP BLUES / Produced by Tom Pabich & David Webb / ovation / RECORDS / (R)
on back of record cover:
THE INSANE COHO LIPS (R) / WANT YOU! / ovation / RECORDS / (R) / 1249 WAUKEGAN ROAD GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS 60025 (312) 729-7300
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