Word: discoth
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...Warfield's arena was the doll-house dance floor of the exclusive Princesse, one of the 50 discothèques that currently preside over Parisian night life. La Princesse is a definitive discothèque-a private-unless-we-know-you bar that is smoky, chic and expensive...
...remaining disquaires are generally less inspired than Warfield, but their ranks are deep and growing. France has at least 200 discothèques, and the Jet Set has spawned carbon copies in Manhattan, providing ample opportunity for great phonograph players to practice their subtle art. In control rooms off the dance floor, they preside over the music, nimbly switching from turntable to turntable to spin new records. Some discothèques allow their patrons to suggest tunes to the disquaire, but at many such an impertinence would be unthinkable-like asking Pablo Casals to play Melancholy Baby...
...dared think up discothèques is Jean-Claude Merle, a Paris entrepreneur who opened a club called La Discothèque 14 years ago and is still riding the boom. When he began, he detested musicians ("They play for perhaps twelve minutes, then go to the bar and swill down drinks for half an hour"), but now he detests phonograph records with the cold fury that comes from marrying a machine. This week Merle will close down his discothèque for a month or two, and when he reopens, it will be with the help of a live...