80-minutes of disco and disco’s revenge from The Godfather of House

*This article from February 2022 is being shared today in memory of Frankie Knuckles

Frankie Knuckles DJ set from 1986 shared online for the first time: Listen
MARTIN GUTTRIDGE-HEWITT
Thursday, February 17, 2022 – 14:23

A rare Frankie Knuckles DJ set from Valentine’s Day 1986 has been shared to SoundCloud by Chicago music luminary Braxton Holmes.

The 80-minute recording was made at the now-defunct C.O.D. Club in the Windy City. Located at 1201 West Devon Ave., the mid-sized space was once a hotbed for the area’s famed punk and alternative rock scene.

DJs became a more regular fixture in the mid-late-1980s, with house music names including Ron Hardy and Craig S. Loftis among the guests. As a mix, the tracklist packs disco and early Chicago house music.

At the beginning of this year, Knuckles’ birthday was marked with the release of a track from the Director’s Cut project, of which he formed one-half. Watch a video showcasing his room-sized record collection, now housed in Chicago’s Stony Island Arts Bank thanks to the efforts of The Frankie Knuckles Foundation.