Dub Dérive @ The Dolphin.

Two weeks ago at our weekly night at Ze Dolphin. I was approached by a character called Shaqqy who does house clearances and had acquired some vinyl and asked "did i want it?" "Of course" was my instant retort although visions of Seekers and various brass & accordian players ran through my head. The collection I was given brought to mind very real ghosts of Hackney past. He walked through the crowd peering over the top of 90 or so Dub 12s dating from 1978 to 1981. All in mint condition apart from the classic DJ vandalism of scratching out Song titles and President Hi-Fi scrawled in permanent ink on the covers. My knowledge of this era has never been that good. I used to deal in some reggae vinyl in my record stall days in Camden but tended to concede defeat to the dub hounds that used to fleece me every Saturday morning for 12 years. So i did a bit of research and the only sound system i could find similar was Sir Bigga the President from Hornsey (Papa D). I did find an interesting list of the reggae sound systems round my way from back in the day.

"Fatman Hi-Fi - North London Baddest (Tottenham)
Sir Does Hi-Fi - Champion of Tottenham
Sir George Hi-Fi from Tottenham (Cubies resident)
Seven Seals (Tottenham)
Nationwide of Tottenham
Ital Force (Tottenham)
Tippa Sound (Tottenham)
The Mighty Youth Of Zion (Bruce Grove)
Count Shelley - Heavyweight Champion of the North (Tottenham / Stoke Newington)
Sir KP's Hi-Fi - Stoke Newington Heavyweight Champion
Papa Eastman International (Stoke Newington)
The Mighty Prophets (Stoke Newington)
Imperial Zion (Stoke Newington)
Emporer (Stoke Newington)
Jah Spirit (Stoke Newington)
Sir Fray Hi-Fi (Dalston)
Serge Hi-Fi of Dalston (Four Aces / Cubies resident)
Liberator Esq (Dalston)
Joshua Hi-Fi - Kingsland Entertainer
North Star Hi-Fi (Highbury/lslington)
Kendra the Young Lion (Archway)
Sir Bigga the President (Papa B) of Hornsey
Mighty Intrepid Sound of Finsbury Park
Roots Rocker (Finsbury Park)
Progressive Sound (Turnpike Lane)
Saxon (Wood Green)
Count Marshall from Edmonton
Count Cozie Cool the Trojan (Hanwell)
Tokyo the Monarch (Leyton)
Unitone of Leyton
Imperial Youth (Leyton)
Sir Wayne (Leyton)
Captain Ken Big Panasonic Sound - North London No.1 Musical Brain
His Majesty Jah Whitey - North London Humble Lion
Jah Tubby from North
Count Reggie Hi-Fi (North London)" source unknown.

Anyway with my limited Reggae knowledge i compiled a mix from the cache of vinyl:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/147hpr

Enjoy, Dérive.