Wayne Tippetts - Documentary; Subculture & beyond....

Wayne Tippetts

'Inna Dancehall Style

'Inna Dancehall Style'. 1992-94. An authentic record, capturing some of the fashion, style, dance and creativity of this massively influential subcultural movement.

Beres at the mix with Sugar Minott recording in Angel Islington, London,1986.

Beres at the mixing desk with Sugar Minott recording in Angel Islington, London,1986.

Youthman Promotion Sound System Brixton, England UK 1986.

Deejays rehearse on the Youthman promotion Sound System,Brixton, London 1986.

Dancehall deejay Tenor Saw on the mic, Kingston Jamaica, April 1986.

Jamaican Dancehall singer and deejay on the mic, at Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion sound system Kingston Jamaica 1986.

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.

Selector Ja Stitch on the Sugar Minott Youth Promotion Sound System April 1986.

Selector and singer Major Ja Stitch born Melbourne James, Born 27 July 1949 – Died 28 April 2019. On the set of Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion Sound System. Robert Crescent, Maxfield Park, Kingston Jamaica April 1986.

The late singer and deejay Tenor Saw (died in1988) on the Mic. Youthman Promotion Sound System. Kingston, Jamaica. 1986.

The late dancehall singer and deejay Tenor Saw (died in1988) seen here on the mic at the Youthman Promotion Sound System, at 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.


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