LLoyd Coxsone - His Story - Articulate And Outspoken. Coxsone Outernational Sound System Founder

Lloyd Coxsone, a tall slim man whose angular features are framed by a crown of locks, Lloyd Coxsone is an articulate and outspoken representative of the sound system fraternity in the U.K. Born in Morant Bay, a town in south-eastern Jamaica and the capital of the parish of St. Thomas, located about 25 miles east of Kingston, the capital.
Lloyd Coxsone's collection of Jamaican music boast an unrivalled selection of music. Coxsone Outernational Sound system was the first UK system to play dub, they set the pace in equipment and pioneered the use of echo, reverb, equaliser, and also in paving the way for a sound system such as Shaka to take sound to a new dimension, creating atmosphere out of rhythmic weight and effects. Sound system has come a long way since the days of Lloyd the Matador when upon asking an electronics man named Fred to build him a 600 watt amp, Coxsone was greeted with: “You must be fucking crazy.
With a rare library of music, the creative ability to “present” reggae music and the teamwork which has ensured that Coxsone Outernational Sound has for over a decade been the sound against which all others are judged is its founder, Lloyd Coxsone. With his surname borrowed from one of Jamaica's leading sound system operators and producers, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. Lloyd Blackford operated his own Coxsone Sound system in London from 1965 through to the 1980s, gaining a residency in the 1970s at the Roaring Twenties club in Carnaby Street.
In the early 1970s he began working as a Producer, having success with one of the early Lovers Rock hits, Louisa Mark's "Caught You in a Lie"; Lloyd Coxsone is credited with paving the way for lovers rock by incorporating soul records into his sound system sets. In the mid- and late-1970s he launched his own Safari, Tribesman and Outernational labels. Among his best-known works as a Producer are two dub albums released in 1975 and 1982 - King of the Dub Rock and King of the Dub Rock part 2. These mixed his own productions featuring musicians such as Matumbi with rhythms produced in Jamaica by Gussie Clarke, with the second album also featuring mixes by Scientist. His other productions included the debut single by Levi Roots. In the mid-1980s, Coxsone took a back seat with his sound system, allowing younger men such as Blacker Dread to take a leading role.
Lloyd Coxsone went into semi-retirement in the late 1980s, but later returned to the sound system circuit with his Sir Coxsone the Outernational system. He was paid tribute by I Roy on the single "Lloyd Coxsone Time".

Speaking on behalf of over 500 sound systems in the UK, Lloyd calls for more respect from Jamaicans for his and other sounds’ work during times of open racism and police brutality. He cites Bob and Marcia, Ken Boothe, Bob Marley and Dennis Brown as artists he and his colleagues helped up the British charts. He also disparages the proliferation of dub specials baring selectors’ names as a “gimmick”. This is an indept 'no holds' barred interview from UK sound system pioneer who has never sought and never got any credit for the work the he so diligently put into the reggae music business.

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