'Champion Sound' - Documentary on the history of Reggae sound systems in Coventry, UK (2010) 

I can relate, although I've never experienced a sound system proper. It is difficult for me to describe how deeply I love this music and so much of the culture and traditions surrounding it. Over the past 20-some years, I must have listened to many thousands of hours of it--basically anything I can find. I always tell people that I didn't decide to get into reggae music; it chose me. I don't think there is anything else which has brought me more sheer joy.

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No problem - glad you liked it

Bring back a lot of memories 🥂🍾

Yeah mon, pete waterman was as broad as broadway in deh reggae bizness in dem early days - pete was deh article David Rodigan, before David Rodigan. Wi would refer to Pete Waterman as the white Pete Metro.

You mean Grundig? Nah Blaupunkt was running things in the 60s

I no uncle ronny!! Respect!!

Big Up Papa Clarks - respect due !! everything seems to have scattered after DHR closed down - but I'm releasing everything on Facebook groups - such as : UK Sound systems, The British Sound system Collective etc

Nice to hear from you bredda. Thank you fi all di history videos...will check facebook groups.

Those old white people on the councils just don't get it lol (I'm white, but not THAT white like they are). The council is the number 1 fun stopping organisation KNOWN TO MAN. Name me a group of people who spoil more fun than the council and their health and safety department? YOU CAN'T! They're above the police...everybody. But yeah 80's early 90's Reggae was pretty mainstream. Here where I live UB40 was MASSIVE. (Middlesbrough north east England. We didn't really get an influx of Caribbean's, we got Pakistanis instead, we have a large Pakistani population in the town. Wasn't really many black people in Middlesbrough, certainly not like a community of them, just the odd black family living amongst the white people, like there was no black neighbourhoods/areas like there is Pakistani areas in Middlesbrough. ALTHOUGH there WAS an INFAMOUS Reggae nightclub that everyone in Middlesbrough of a certain age will know called The Bongo, of course it sold Red Stripe lol and played only Reggae music, and that's usually were we would end up of a night out. Reggae is just BY FAR the BEST music to dance to.) I grew up on Reggae as my mam would play it all the time in the house.

@@rooneye I lived in Hitchin Herts and it was full of blues party's every weekend there was a blues plus you had the Bedford Arms pub that was pure reggae every weekend and it always had a great atmosphere, those were the days I enjoyed the most me an my friends often chat and remember those days an how much we miss it, the Bedford Arms has been turned into little flatlets, so disappointing :( there is nothing reggae there now :(

Somebody took me to 1 in London just like you say cheap, packed, smoking drinking, dancing all night tu be home at 8am! Am so glad to have experienced it ! One white dude/me and the white english native who brought me wanna do it every night!

@@rooneye Being an insular Londoner i had no idea Middlesborough had any sort of reggae scene. I heard Steph McGovern on her C4 show mention the Bongo club to Chris Kamara in a if you know you know type of way! London in the 80's/90's was the best time for reggae clubs and all night blues parties. Also UB40 Present Arms album absolute classic.

The councils ruined it as you put it because they were getting complaints from other people who lived close by and people going to these blues didn't give a fxxk about how much noise they made and how much inconvenience they caused to those people. If that hadn't of been the case and you had been a bit more considerate those blues might still be going

He wasn't

@@the-dubfather I know P.W. had no input as regards recording & production. Only through licensing & releasing it through Magnet records...

Apparently the documentary failed to mention that sound system culture stemmed from Jamaicans observing Black American block parties in New York....

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You better go by Ken Parker I think

Two crews on opposing systems shouting insults and death treats at each other.. that's what's happening nowadays.. SMH Oh...with a little bit of music thrown in.. sometimes..!

@@timedefinite384 So true. But we can change it again and bring back the love. At least that's my aim in my little corner. 🙏❤

check the end credits

Well it ain't White music

What else could you call it it's our black musical heritage I was there in that era from early 80s till presant day .

I think thats what they call "white fragility". It is black music and nothing else. Im white by the way.... Credit where its due.

@@steppamovements449 its music, branding it by colour is wrong as branding anything by colour is wrong.

@@akindele13 there is no term 'white music' as far as I know, that's what I mean.