CD-251

REEL BEGINS: INTERIOR SHOTS (DARK FOOTAGE) OF THE EARLY 1980S NEW YORK CITY MUSIC NIGHTCLUB HURRAH - BARTENDER MIXING DRINKS, PEOPLE PARTYING, PEOPLE KISSING , COUNTING MONEY, FAST MOTION SHOTS OF CLUBGOER DRINKING, ETC.

Hurrah was a nightclub located at 36 West 62nd Street in New York City from 1976 until early 1981. Hurrah was the first large dance club in NYC to feature punk, new wave, no wave and industrial music. The in-house DJs at Hurrah were Sara Salir, Bill Bahlman, Bart Dorsey and Anita Sarko. Under the management of Henry Schissler, and later Jim Fouratt, it became known as the first "rock disco" in New York, and pioneered the use of music videos in nightclubs, placing video monitors around the club, over a year before the launch of MTV. The club was owned by Arthur Weinstein (who also created The World and the after-hours clubs The Jefferson and The Continental and his partners, who opened the club in November 1976, months before Studio 54.

With Ruth Polsky as booking agent, Hurrah became known as a place for new wave, punk and post-punk bands to play, featuring many of the British bands' first American performances.

David Bowie was filmed in the club for his music video for the song "Fashion" in 1980.