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    Posted: 18 May 2008 at 3:19pm
Reggae Sound System List
 
I know many are missing!!!
 
Originally posted by TRE4U2NV TRE4U2NV wrote:

HERE A TRUE LIST OF BACK IN THE REAL DAYS OF SOUND SYSTEMS
 

London: North-East

Fatman Hi-Fi - North London Baddest (Tottenham)
Sir Does Hi-Fi - Champion of Tottenham
Sir George Hi-Fi from Tottenham (Cubies resident)
Seven Seals (Tottenham)
Nationwide of Tottenham
Ital Force (Tottenham)
Tippa Sound (Tottenham)
The Mighty Youth Of Zion (Bruce Grove)
Count Shelley - Heavyweight Champion of the North (Tottenham / Stoke Newington)
Sir KP�s Hi-Fi - Stoke Newington Heavyweight Champion
Papa Eastman International (Stoke Newington)
The Mighty Prophets (Stoke Newington)
Imperial Zion (Stoke Newington)
Emporer (Stoke Newington)
Jah Spirit (Stoke Newington)
Sir Fray Hi-Fi (Dalston)
Serge Hi-Fi of Dalston (Four Aces / Cubies resident)
Liberator Esq (Dalston)
Joshua Hi-Fi - Kingsland Entertainer
North Star Hi-Fi (Highbury/lslington)
Kendra the Young Lion (Archway)
Sir Bigga the President (Papa B) of Hornsey
Mighty Intrepid Sound of Finsbury Park
Roots Rocker (Finsbury Park)
Progressive Sound (Turnpike Lane)
Saxon (Wood Green)
Count Marshall from Edmonton
Count Cozie Cool the Trojan (Hanwell)
Tokyo the Monarch (Leyton)
Unitone of Leyton
Imperial Youth (Leyton)
Sir Wayne (Leyton)
Capt�n Ken Big Panasonic Sound - North London No.1 Musical Brain
His Majesty Jah Whitey - North London Humble Lion
Jah Tubby from North
Count Reggie Hi-Fi (North London)

London: North-West

Tony the Paddington Terror
Duke Vin of Ladbroke Grove
Jah Sufferer of Ladbroke Grove (erstwhile Metro resident)
Messiah of Ladbroke Grove
Mighty Warrior of Harrow Road
Success the Raver from Kilburn
Java (with Jumbo at the controls) of Kilburn
Lord Koos of Willesden - the Harlesden Master
Alpha Int (Harlesden)
Count Sputnick (Harlesden)
Sir Jessus - King of the Bush
King Tropical Sound with the Velvet Touch (Acton)
Merritone Higher Field Marshall Sound (Greenford)
Jammini Sound from the North-West

  

DIRECTORY
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Creator from Camberwell
Sanatone Hi-Fi the Cool Charm Rocker (Waterloo)
Trojan Hi-Fi of Woolwich
Mighty Observer from West Croydon
Papa Cass of Croydon
Youth Steppers (Thornton Heath)
Mighty Crusader (Downham)
Neville the Musical Enchanger (South London veteran)
Sir Royale Quadraphonic - the Sound of the South


London: East

Chicken - East London No. 1 Entertainer
King Original the Crucial Rocker from Stratford (Studio One specialist)
Sir Riley Hi-Fi of Upton Park
Chappie Dread International of Corner Shot (Upton Park)
Sledgehammer of West Ham
Chanter Sound - East London Rocker (West Ham)
Jah Vengeance (West Ham)
Ital Rebel Hi-Fi of Forest Gate
Jah Youth the Mystical Rocker (Forest Gate)
Mighty Emporer (Forest Gate)
Casanova Hi-Fi (Hackney)
Mighty Intrepid Rebel (Homerton)
Mafia Dub Presser (Clapton)

 

Country

Quaker City the Earthshaker Dub Rocker from Birmingham
Jungle Man - Birmingham Outernational Warrior Sound
Mafia-Tone from Birmingham
Studio City from Birmingham
Sir Christopher from the Midlands (Birmingham/Wolverhampton)
V Rocket Sound from Nottingham
Quantro-Tone - Midlands Roots Rocker of Nottingham
Falcon Music International - Luton A1
Ital Earthquake - Luton Rocker
Poppa�s Hi-Fi of High Wycombe
Black Terror - Hitchin Rocker
Sir Newcome from Hitchin
Crystus - Slough Hardest
President of Reading - 79 Cup Winner
King Solomon the National Entertainer from Reading
Rockers Hi-Fi from Reading
Jah Tom of Ipswich
Masai Sound of Oxford
Jah Love Youth-a-National Oxford�s Dance Corker
Blazing Fire of Swindon
Enterprise from Bristol
Loco of Bristol
Count Ton Hi-Fi from Hastings
King Alpha of Coventry
Wellingborough�s Mr Entertainer: Sir Noel Hi-Fi
Samaritan Rockers of Gloucester

London: South-West

Sir Coxsone Outernational (Battersea)
The Mighty Moa Anbessa - The People�s Choice (Battersea)
S�Phese (Battersea)
Warrior King (Battersea)
Black Unity (Battersea)
Young Lion - Brixton Cat (Battersea I Wandsworth)
Sledgehammer from the Bridge (Wandsworth)
I Spy the Entertainer (Wandsworth)
Frontline International (featuring Natty at the control, Chuckle & General Saint at the microphone) from Brixton
His Lordship Soferno B from Brixton
D�Nunes the Champ of Brixton -South London No.1 Godfather
Stereograph of Brixton
Sir Higgins the Governor (Brixton)
Small Axe the Dub Technician (Brixton)
Papa Dynatone International (Clapham Perk)
Christos Sound of Clapham (boat dance specialists)
The Right Honourable Sir Lloyd Sound - Mr Lovers Rocker (Balham)
Lord David Imperial Hi-Fi - SW Rocker

 

 

London: South-East

Jah Shaka the Spiritual Dub Warrior (Lewisham)
Tiffany�s Hi-Fi with the Velvet Touch (Lewisham)
T-W-J (Lewisham)
Moziah (Lewisham)
The Mighty Enforcers (Lewisham lovers rock)
Jah Man (Lewisham / Peckham)
Admiral Ken of Peckham (Bouncing Bell host)
Papa Viking Sound (Peckham)
His Imperial Gorgon Hi-Fi (Peckham)
The Mighty Sounds of Black Scorpion (Peckham I East Dulwich)
Jah Revelation the Placid Rocker (Dulwich)
The Mighty Revolutionaries - South-East A1 Sound (Deptford)
Jah Ceaser (Deptford)
Rootsman Hi-Fi (Deptford)

 king ataurus leyton

 
I'm going back a long time now but anyone remember a sound system called Seven Warriors who used to regularly play at a club named Bumbles Nite Club in Palmers Green/Wood Green over in North London?
 
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That list certainly takes me back to my youth days!

Sounds i grew up with were:
 
Alpha Int (Harlesden) (Big up Trog, my inspiration)
Java (with Jumbo at the controls) of Kilburn
Sir Jessus - King of the Bush (Big up Ras Digby)
King Tropical Sound with the Velvet Touch (Acton)
Merritone Higher Field Marshall Sound (Big up Grumps)
Crystus - Slough Hardest (Proper heavyweght sound. Big up Hookie)
Loco of Bristol (First sound i see put "four face" on top of "four face" Driven HH S500D's and demolish Southall Community) 
Quaker City the Earthshaker
King Original the Crucial Rocker from Stratford (Studio One specialist)
Jah Youth the Mystical Rocker (Forest Gate)

I remember sitting outside Shackleton Hall in Southall on my bike (1976, 13yrs old, too young to get in!) listening to Jah Youth playing Merritone. Couldn't drag myself away from that dance the tunes were so good but it was worth the beating i recieved when i got in!PinchOuch

 
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I can't see 'Jam Down Rockers' or 'Nasty Rockers' or 'Jah Marcus' soundsystem on the list.
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Tek, do you (or anyone else) have any idea what Bumbles has turned into? got a couple of theory's, could be what is now Charlie Browns (a gentlemans club) on green lanes, opposite Harringay civic centre,  or club KO, opposite what is now a multipex and used to be wood Green market, ring any bells?
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Great list man the good old days the South-East A1 Sound (Deptford) was two sounds that used to play in the club called the A1 on deptford high street  which was VENUS HI POWER & STEREO CLASSIC which branched of sledge hammer & saxon was from south east london, great list though nuff respect
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the list originally appeared in the nme back in the early 80`s, it was in a sound system article that featured jah shaka, fatman and coxsone... the writer penny reel compiled the list.

 
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Teks how could you leave Duke Alloy heard him play in the midlands at a center not for from Dudley road I think, in the early days and he was the heaviest thing I have ever heard would leave the majority of the new sounds standing and when I say heavy I mean heavy not loud heavy
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Think i heard this sound mentioned before. They had weight, but not much music... heard that from one of the big soundmen of the period.
Most weight i heard was a while back, not since i heard Jah Youth a good few years ago, couldnt stop my eyes watering, my nose tickling, choking when i tried to speak too!!! That was 96/7 at Brixton Rec, also at Hakney Marsh fest, out doors! Never quite the same when i checked them the last few times, but always quality selection.
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Originally posted by Jhodas Jhodas wrote:

Tek, do you (or anyone else) have any idea what Bumbles has turned 
 
I have no idea, the whole area just looks completely different now!
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Just realized some of you are new(ish) comers, so maybe you didn't see that list before!
I borrowed it from Tre4U2Nv post on the following old thread...
 
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nuff sound from birmingham still dont get mention duke wally, bizmark,nyah esquire,tippa tone ,rebel international,goodwill outernational,lord shirley,zulu,now genaration,orthodox38,wasiffa,siffatone,meshack,negus warrior,makatone,king iwah,stubbs hi fi,jah youth, wadat,livewire plus more
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Originally posted by wooligan wooligan wrote:

nuff sound from birmingham still dont get mention duke wally, bizmark,nyah esquire,tippa tone ,rebel international,goodwill outernational,lord shirley,zulu,now genaration,orthodox38,wasiffa,siffatone,meshack,negus warrior,makatone,king iwah,stubbs hi fi,jah youth, wadat,livewire plus more
unfortunately bro don't think the person who started this thread is aware of what sounds were playing back in the days in country some I have heard of but not all, remember if you was from London you only travel to country when one of the big London sounds was playing. so I think the purpose was for the individual to add to the list thus completing an all round picture of who was a bout in them days. 
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