Larry Harris, AND PARTY EVERY DAY: The Inside Story Of Casablanca Records author: Mr. Media Radio

Casablanca Records exec Larry Harris shares with Mr. Media his advice to Gene Simmons… And Party Every Day!

In the 1970s, America was a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and no person or company in that era of narcissism and druggy gluttony was more emblematic of the times than Casablanca Records and its magnetic founder, Neil Bogart. And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records is a frontline look at the record company that defined the 1970s music scene, rising faster, burning brighter—and crashing more spectacularly—than any label in history. Written with great humor and candor by Larry Harris, Casablanca’s cofounder and former senior vice president and managing director, And Party Every Day is the only definitive, firsthand account of Casablanca’s remarkable story.

Casablanca launched in 1973 on little more than a whim and Neil Bogart’s unstoppable enthusiasm, but within five years it had become the hottest record label in the world. From Casablanca’s daring first signing, the positively pyrotechnic KISS; through the discovery and superstardom of Donna Summer, The Village People, and funkmaster George Clinton and his circus of freaks, Parliament Funkadelic; to the label’s descent into the manic world of disco and its attendant vices, And Party Every Day charts Casablanca’s meteoric rise and eventual, inevitable collapse.

Larry Harris joined his cousin Neil Bogart in 1973 in founding Casablanca Records. He became senior vice president and managing director of the company in 1976.

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