Event
Heavenly Social Aug 7-Oct 30
Aug 14, 1994

Format
DJ

Venue
Albany Club, London, UK
240 Great Portland Street
Great Portland Street Tube

Notes
Here we try to piece together the legend of the mythical night at the Albany Club. Resident Dj's were the Chemical Brothers known as the Dust Brothers back then and hosted by Heavenly Recordings.

Guest DJs were invited and our understanding is that Saint Etienne did the 2nd night on the 14th. Not sure if they did any other nights. The Social was given the Catalog# HVN44 by Heavenly Recordings and ran for 13 Sunday nights. (TBC)

18 months later Heavenly Recordings started the Social up again At Turnmills in Farringdon for three years. The Social was then moved into a permanent location at the new 'Social Club' at 5 Little Portland Street opened by Heavenly Recordings in the summer of 1999.

"One of many reasons why the Social was great was because there wasn't any of the usual crap you got at clubs. There was no guest list, there wasn't any door policy; it was egalitarian. It did mean it was horribly packed . . . no one really cared as long as they were inside. I remember when I played records down there with Bob, I'd only just started DJing around that time. It was a fairly wayward set, but people were asking what things were, there was no heckling. We were made to feel very welcome - it was great to be playing stuff that wasn't house music and not get some idiot having a go at you." (Pete Wiggs)

Presenter
Heavenly Recordings

DJs
Dust Brothers (Residents)
Saint Etienne (Guest Djs Aug 21)) Various Guest Djs each week

Memorabilia (see below)
Poster
NME Clipping Jul 30, 1994
Melody Maker Clipping Aug 6, 1994
NME Clipping Aug 20, 1994