I asked Robbie Leslie what DJing looked like before laptops and USB sticks, when DJs lugged heavy bags of records, sometimes up four-flight walk-ups in Manhattan.

Well, of course, in the vinyl era, we're talking about other DJs coming in from Manhattan.

They would carry their records out with them, usually on the train.

Sometimes they'd have a car service.

I would usually take four to six bags of records.

A bag would be about 100 records out to the beach on the train.

I would say maybe full would be about 40 pounds each bag.

Roy's reputation soon took him from Cherry Grove to clubs like Studio 54 and Paradise Garage.

He played all the greatest venues and is still playing.

There was no live DJ until 1976.

And then in 76, we hired Tom Savarese and Larry Sanders, and they would work in rotation.

But they were the best DJs going.

They were the best around.

And the talent... that I was exposed to.

And I mean, I can't possibly dream of a better entree into my career than to listen to these guys, these like top of the field talents, because I'm the, you know, the little kid behind the bar.

And that's what people wanted.