Youthman Promotion Sound System Handsworth Birmingham 1986.
Deejays with the Youth Promotion Sound System, UK, Birmingham 1986.
Youth Man Promotion Sound System, Kingston Jamaica 1986.
Pleasure Minott wearing a bowler hat (Brother of Sugar Minott) with members of the Youth Promotion Sound System Crew, Robert Crescent, Maxfield Park, Kingston, Jamaica 1986.
Youthman Promotion Sound System Handsworth, Birmingham, UK. 1986.
Selector laying down a track at a Youth Promotion sound system session in Handsworth, Birmingham, UK. 1986.
Gong, Central Village, St Catherine Jamaica, August 1988.
'Gong' ran a sound system called 'Black Ruler'. Gong lived in Central Village, a sprawling settlement on the outskirts of Spanish Town, St Catherine in Jamaica. There were often shoot-outs in Central village - I myself was caught-up in the middle of a shooting only a few days after this photo was taken. ‘Gong’ was shot and killed about a year after this photo was taken. August 1988.
Youth Promotion Sound System crew Handsworth Birmingham 1986.
Youth Promotion sound crew, Handsworth Birmingham UK, 1986.
Youthman Promotion Sound System Handsworth Birmingham 1986.
Earl Minott (brother of Sugar Minott) with the Youth Promotion UK Sound System. Birmingham, UK. 1986.
Playing Bingo with stones, Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1986.
Playing bingo with stones, Waterloo, Saint Catherine, Jamaica. April 1986.
Alfa Boys School Kingston Jamaica, 2002.
A rainy Sunday evening at ‘Alpha Boys' Roman Catholic boarding school. Established in 1880 as a "school for wayward boys and orphaned children", and quickly became renowned for both the discipline it instilled in its pupils and the outstanding musical tuition they received. The institution was responsible for many of Jamaica’s great jazz, ska and reggae musicians who passed through its gates including Dizzy Reece, Cedric Brooks and the Skatalites's Tommy McCook, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond and Yellow Man, all who passed through its gates. Sister Mary Ignatius the nun who ran the music department at the school for 64 years, died in 2003. In 2014 the school residence closed down and the Alpha Institute replaced it, providing vocational training for inner city youth. Kingston Jamaica 2002.
Tranquility villiage Portland Jamaica,1986.
Dancing at a rum bar in 'Tranquility' Village, Portland Jamaica, 1986.
