This new book will get you acquainted with all the notable sound systems in Jamaica and the rest of the world. The book will be described as controversial only because it tells the truth and nothing but the truth, so help whoever reads it. Dancehall was before the 45RMP record format was invented. The name was then Danc?in Hall-a place where dance was kept and partygoers danced to live band music. Later, much later, with the introduction of Sound System ? Danc?in Hall changed its name to Dancehall in the late 40?s. This book titled ?Dancehall Sound Systems? (The Good, The Bad, and The...

When I started this project to write an account of Jamaica's Reggae Heritage, I first wrote a preface, I now suggest you once again turn to this preface and read it one more time. A little slower, this time, before you continue to read any further. After the book was completed during February 2003, I was shocked to have read a part of a book that was being sold on the market by a Jamaican writer. I will quote a part of that book as I have read it where the word Sebastian was repeatedly spell wrong. The next two paragraphs are from this mistake of a book. As the only survivor of that early...

This is an account of the rise and the fall of Studio One, also the brave attempt to rise again from the damaging image setup after Dodd passing on May 4, 2004 Damages done by his inexperience and malicious wife Norma Dodd and her daughters in efforts to make sure the other of Dodd's children would not receive their fair share of the estate left behind by Clement Dodd. The funds Mrs. Dodd took from the banks, (First The Victoria & Blake, Nova Scotia branch, plus The New Kingston branch of The RBTT) in addition to opening fictious accounts called "Beneficiary Account" where on such account she...

This is an account of the rise and fall of Studio One, and the brave attempt to rise again from the damaging image setup after Dodd passing on May 4, 2004. Damages done by his inexperience and malicious wife Norma Dodd and her daughters in efforts to make sure the other of Dodd's children would not receive their fair share of the estate left behind by Clement Dodd. Mrs. Dodd first damaging attempt was done by taking from the bank accounts over two hundred thousand dollars on a weekly basis. This money was stored at her home in Green Dale located in Spanish Town. She was making sure that...

The history of Jamaica's music, the people, the country and the machinery that help to put the musical culture into the world of musical entertainment and beyond