Saturday 13 December 2008

The legendary ‘Vego’


who was original selector (Jamaican term for
DJ) on the 1st UK sound system and played every
night for 7 years at the legendary ‘Roaring Twenties’
Club in the West End of London.

Daddy Vego was its first deejay

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Duke Vin, Count Suckle & The Birth Of SKA ...
Count Suckle started the famous Roaring Twenties club on Carnaby Street in 1962 and Daddy Vego was its first deejay.Daddy Vego would later set up People’s ...
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Daddy Vego would later set up People’s Sound Record Store

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A bustling red, green and gold-painted reggae emporium that is the only non-gentrified business
on All Saint’s Rd. Forty years ago that same street was rapidly evolving into one
of London’s frontlines and a virtual no-go area for the police.
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Today Daddy Vigo’s People’s Sound shop maintains the tradition ..

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The sound system concept originated in the 1950s in Kingston, Jamaica.
DJs would load up a truck with a generator, turntables, and huge speakers
to set up street parties. The sound system scene is generally regarded as an
important part of Jamaican cultural history and as being responsible for the rise
of modern Jamaican musical styles such as ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub. When
Jamaicans emigrated to the United Kingdom, the sound system culture followed and
became firmly
rooted there in the 1970s.top buttonIn the early 80s the reggae scene revolved
around the Upfront record shop on All Saints Road. Today Daddy Vigo’s People’s
Sound shop maintains the tradition ..

Duke Vin, Count Suckle & the Birth of Ska in Britain - trailer

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Duke Vin, Count Suckle & the Birth of Ska in Britain - trailer from Adam Pelling-Deeves on Vimeo.