Go-go sound board releases at Kemp Mill Records

ID: 5346 ~ Source: Courtesy DC Public Library, The People's Archive ~ Creator: Chip Py ~ Date: 12 January 2011

This file appears in: Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.

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Displays of go-go CD releases for purchase at Kemp Mill Records. Recorded go-go performances were often created by recording the music straight from the sound board at the concert venue.

This file appears in: Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.

Exploring DC’s Go-Go and Punk Music Scenes Tour: Metro PCS, Shaw: The cellphone store doubles as one of the last places in DC to buy live go-go performance CDs.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Despite the tense relationship between go-go music and city officials throughout the 1980s and 1990s, fans kept the genre alive and well. Private businesses and venues continued to provide a home for…