The "Official" Club 88/Brokers Reunion Party

[S&S]

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dont even front. many of you jersey heads were up in that spot at one time or another getting ur freak on (hehe)

[S&S]

Saturday Night
May 24th 2008
@ The Essex House
Northfield Ave
West Orange NJ

[Saved1]

Did you mean "Northfield Ave"?

[S&S]

yep thx

[Mike Barnes]

S&S, Whatever happened to Dj Burt(Lionel Burton), And, Kevin O(Kevin Oliphant), From Club 88 days, In the late 80's to early/mid 90's my man, Dj Burt was mad nice with his, And, Kevin O used to tear shit up in 88 too

(WORD), S&S, Just lookin at that picture of 88, Reminds, Me, On, How much power 88 had upstairs my man(S&S, Was Club 88's systems designed by Richard Long my man).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[S&S]

S&S, Whatever happened to Dj Burt(Lionel Burton), And, Kevin O(Kevin Oliphant), From Club 88 days, In the late 80's to early/mid 90's my man, Dj Burt was mad nice with his, And, Kevin O used to tear shit up in 88 too

(WORD), S&S, Just lookin at that picture of 88, Reminds, Me, On, How much power 88 had upstairs my man(S&S, Was Club 88's systems designed by Richard Long my man).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

Burt moved to the mid-west a few yrs ago, I'm still cool with his baby's mama and she says he doing well. He gave up spinning a looong time ago. The original system was a RLA system with all the bells and whistles ie: zanz. By the time I got there all that was left of the orig RLA stuff was the huge ass bass bins and the 3 way electronic crossover. Soundman Frankie Beauchamp (Design Studio) did alot of modifications over the yrs after Richard past away.

[Mr.I]

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dont even front. many of you jersey heads were up in that spot at one time or another getting ur freak on (hehe)

Ahh memories.. had PLENTY of good times up in there back in the day!! - don't remember the crowd being THAT young tho

[S&S]

and ol'skool pic of Frankie Beauchamp spinning in Pa (circa 1976)

[Pang]

don't remember the crowd being THAT young tho

interesting statement.

[Long Island Head]

yo yo S&S put me on the guest list??

You running dis here event right...

[Doug]

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dont even front. many of you jersey heads were up in that spot at one time or another getting ur freak on (hehe)

My mid to late 80's hanging spot fo' sho'.

[Mike Barnes]

S&S, Good lookin with the information my man, The only bad thing about Club 88, Was, The spot closed at 5:00am(That shit was mad wack to the ninth power/LOL), Mr.I, Clubb 88, Used to have college throwdowns, In the early 90's(Around the Christmas Holiday's back then in the early 90's), That,

Picture of Club 88, Could be, From one of the college throwdowns at Club 88, S&S, Is Bogies still around still around these days my man, Also, I heard the cat who used to rock the mic(Do the Play by play of the basketball

Tournaments at Endenwold Park), At The Harry James Pro Basketball Tournament, At Endenwold Park In East Orange,New Jersey(On Central Ave, Across the street from a highschool, That i cannot remember right about now/LOL), Well, I heard my man who used to call the play by play of the basketball games, During the Harry James tournament, Used rock mad Dance music tapes, By Dj Burt(Dj Burt used to sell tapes right of the booth, On

Occasions), The cat who used to call the play by play of the games, During the Harry James tournament, Reminds me of a cat from Brooklyn, By the Name of Ernie Kendall/Rip, Who was well-known for selling Dance music tapes, During basketball games at West 4thst, Going back to the late 70's to late 80's.
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[Mr.I]

Mr.I, Clubb 88, Used to have college throwdowns, In the early 90's(Around the Christmas Holiday's back then in the early 90's), That, Picture of Club 88, Could be, From one of the college throwdowns at Club 88,

that would make sense! I remember the "main" crowd being mid 20's and up, they look like high school kids in that pic

[Chris Conrad]

that would make sense! I remember the "main" crowd being mid 20's and up, they look like high school kids in that pic

i think they also had a few 'teen' parties...i have a tape from 'video music box' somewhere there they are at club 88 and it was a 'teen' party, full of people even younger than in that pic...

[likewater]

Burt moved to the mid-west a few yrs ago, I'm still cool with his baby's mama and she says he doing well. He gave up spinning a looong time ago. The original system was a RLA system with all the bells and whistles ie: zanz. By the time I got there all that was left of the orig RLA stuff was the huge ass bass bins and the 3 way electronic crossover. Soundman Frankie Beauchamp (Design Studio) did alot of modifications over the yrs after Richard past away.

They danced so hard upstairs and so much in the same spot. THE MIDDLE of the floor.. The Ceiling fell down on the first floor just caved In.. .. the place was closed for 2 months.. when it re-opened.. Man it was packedddd up stairs..
I never liked dancing in the middle of the floor.. it would Wabble.. sinking feeling..

[upliftdisco365]

The only bad thing about Club 88, Was, The spot closed at 5:00am...

The only bad thing? What about that floor? Hahaha... You could feel that shit give with every stomp of the crowd. That had to be some kind of violation.

I tried really hard to like Club 88. The vibe was weird to me. It's hard to explain. Zanzibar was like being at home from the first moment I stepped into it. Those cats in 88 just semed like they were on some other shit. Some of my boys went there and liked it. I never got into it.

[upliftdisco365]

They danced so hard upstairs and so much in the same spot. THE MIDDLE of the floor.. The Ceiling fell down on the first floor just caved In.. .. the place was closed for 2 months.. when it re-opened.. Man it was packedddd up stairs..
I never liked dancing in the middle of the floor.. it would Wabble.. sinking feeling..

Hahaha!!!! I know, right??!?!

[likewater]

S&S, Good lookin with the information my man, The only bad thing about Club 88, Was, The spot closed at 5:00am(That shit was mad wack to the ninth power/LOL), Mr.I, Clubb 88, Used to have college throwdowns, In the early 90's(Around the Christmas Holiday's back then in the early 90's), That,

Picture of Club 88, Could be, From one of the college throwdowns at Club 88, S&S, Is Bogies still around still around these days my man, Also, I heard the cat who used to rock the mic(Do the Play by play of the basketball

Tournaments at Endenwold Park), At The Harry James Pro Basketball Tournament, At Endenwold Park In East Orange,New Jersey(On Central Ave, Across the street from a highschool, That i cannot remember right about now/LOL), Well, I heard my man who used to call the play by play of the basketball games, During the Harry James tournament, Used rock mad Dance music tapes, By Dj Burt(Dj Burt used to sell tapes right of the booth, On

Occasions), The cat who used to call the play by play of the games, During the Harry James tournament, Reminds me of a cat from Brooklyn, By the Name of Ernie Kendall/Rip, Who was well-known for selling Dance music tapes, During basketball games at West 4thst, Going back to the late 70's to late 80's.
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

Hey Mike!

I think you're thinking of ELmwood Park in East ORange, for the Basketballtmatchups, that is across the street from VLD ELementry school.. Or you could be thinking of Colgate Park in Orange NJ, that is across the street from Orange High (which is now Orange Middle School), Bogies is a DOne deal.. there is a Parking Lot for A hugh New highrise Apt building.. Bogies was the spot for the First Fridays party..DJ Hot ROd was the dj there.. He works with Me Now.. I got in 88 for FRee.. my cousin was the bouncer there.. and the Cop.. YAY!!!!!!

[SuzanneT]

The only bad thing? What about that floor? Hahaha... You could feel that shit give with every stomp of the crowd. That had to be some kind of violation.

I tried really hard to like Club 88. The vibe was weird to me. It's hard to explain. Zanzibar was like being at home from the first moment I stepped into it. Those cats in 88 just semed like they were on some other shit. Some of my boys went there and liked it. I never got into it.

Me neither, I went in club 88 one time, didn't care for the vibe, saw my best friend's father in there and I knew it wasnt the place for me.

[S&S]

Club 88 had the sexiest women even though Zanz had the groove....Club 88 was the spot if u wanted to get laid

[liL Ray]

Me neither, I went in club 88 one time, didn't care for the vibe, saw my best friend's father in there and I knew it wasnt the place for me.

I tried it...and tried it...and tried it...

it was even too old for my old ass! I could never get into it...it always weirded me out how you had these old asses sweating up a storm in 3 piece suits and fedora's....crazy.

The system was bangin though and you could always find a MILF, who was past her prime, wanting to cut in on you and your date, and show you that she could "drop it like it's hot".

at least that was my experience....

[S&S]

you could always find a MILF, who was past her prime, wanting to cut in on you and your date, and show you that she could "drop it like it's hot".....

True dat

[S&S]

Hey Mike!

Bogies was the spot for the First Fridays party..DJ Hot ROd was the dj there.. He works with Me Now.. I got in 88 for FRee.. my cousin was the bouncer there.. and the Cop.. YAY!!!!!!

Dam, Aint been to bogies in a hundred years

[Mike Barnes]

LikeWater, Good lookin with the information on Elmwood Park in East Orange(Central Ave), I could not remember the name of the Park and the school across the street(Likewater, I sometimes suffer from those senior citizens moments/LOL), LikeWater, Is Cosmos still in operation these days, Stephon

Johnson used to tear shit up, At Cosmos, In the late 80's to early 90's, John Crockett, Yeah, The floor at 88 was wack to the ninth power, John, Me and my boys, Put some baby powder on the floor, One night(Me and my boys were all getting loose with a few young ladies, By the mirror, Underneath the Dj booth/LOL, John, We both share the same memory of Curtis Hairston,

Perfoming At club 88, In the late 80's, And, Curtis Hairston, Did not receive the respect that he most definitely deserved, From the crowd at 88 that ninth i saw him perform in 1988(WORD), Though, I've seen Adeva tear shit up at 88, In the early 90's(It was on a college night at 88, The crowd was mad young, But, Whoever was mixing was rockin mad hard to the ninth power/LOL).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[CoCoa Mahogany]

LikeWater, Good lookin with the information on Elmwood Park in East Orange(Central Ave), I could not remember the name of the Park and the school across the street(Likewater, I sometimes suffer from those senior citizens moments/LOL), LikeWater, Is Cosmos still in operation these days, Stephon

Johnson used to tear shit up, At Cosmos, In the late 80's to early 90's, John Crockett, Yeah, The floor at 88 was wack to the ninth power, John, Me and my boys, Put some baby powder on the floor, One night(Me and my boys were all getting loose with a few young ladies, By the mirror, Underneath the Dj booth/LOL, John, We both share the same memory of Curtis Hairston,

Perfoming At club 88, In the late 80's, And, Curtis Hairston, Did not receive the respect that he most definitely deserved, From the crowd at 88 that ninth i saw him perform in 1988(WORD), Though, I've seen Adeva tear shit up at 88, In the early 90's(It was on a college night at 88, The crowd was mad young, But, Whoever was mixing was rockin mad hard to the ninth power/LOL).
Much Respect
Mike Barnes

I used to love that spot in Irvington, that was back in the day when I used to drink White Russians and could dance all night in 5 inch heels..lol. Oh what memories...as far as Brokers/Club 88 I have had some nice times there as well but the ultra conservative vibe grew old for me...the guys in their suits and women ( including myself) in those tight dresses was a cute look back then when we were out to catch...Hey anyone have any memories of Bogie's? I met my ex-husband there, I actually had Kim Davis play @ my reception in '89...