Photography — 1980-1985
Coxsone International Sound System
This photo shows members of Coxsone International Sound System. Lloyd ‘Coxsone’, or Lloyd Blackford (b. 1945) set up his Coxsone International Sound System in South London in 1968. He took his name from famous Jamaican record producer and Studio One founder Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd (1932-2004).
Tag team Lloydie Coxsone and selector, Festus Dodd created fresh sounds and sourced top Jamaican produced dub plates mixed with their own innovative UK productions. Championing lover’s rock and digital dancehall was pivotal in bringing the sound to a multi-racial London audience with long residencies in fashionable West End nightclubs such as the Grotto on Wardour Street and the Roaring 20s on Carnaby Street.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- 2020.65
- Object name:
- Coxsone International Sound System
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- Artist/Maker:
- Sohiez, Jean Bernard
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- Production date:
- 1980-1985
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- 17 x 12 inch, H 231 mm, W 346 mm (image), H 302 mm, W 379 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Sohiez, Jean Bernard
- Image credit:
© Jean Bernard Sohiez / Urbanimage
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