Enforcer Sound System (Derby, UK) - interview with Lloyd & Cliff Christian...
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Enforcer Sound System (Derby, UK) - interview with Lloyd & Cliff Christian......
Wicked in-depth interview with the founders of Enforcer sound system : Lloyd & Cliff Christian - about the history of Derby's biggest and most widely respected Reggae sound system nationally in the UK......
Enforcer sound was founded in the late 1970's and played up until 1983 - and is still remembered fondly to this day as the sound system that put the city of Derby on the UK Reggae map - check out recent Facebook threads about Enforcer sound here:
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Also featured is vintage footage from 1981 of when King Charles visited Derby and played a game of pool with members of Enforcer sound at a local Afro Caribbean community centre....
At the end of the video is a rare vintage clip of the only existing (so far) soundtape recording of Enforcer sound from 1982.......
Big MASSIVE Respect goes out to Guvna Gregah for converting, editing & processing the video so that it could be shared with everyone - BIG UP SIR !!
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I've just come across this interview . I was a student art the Keddleston Road campus of the Derby and District Colleges of Art and Technology from 1970 to 1973 . I frequented The Havana Nightclub often . My other haunts were the House Parties at Rose Hill Street , The Carib Nightclub , The Normaton Pub , The Seven Stars Pub , The Irongates Pub , The Dancehall in Swinburne , Tiffany's Nightclub , etc. I have fond memories of Ricky , the owner of the Havana Nightclub , as well as his bouncer , Slim . My love for reggae was developed right there in Derby . Thank you for the interview and the memories . Thank you for the nostalgia . Thank you for the walk down Memory lane .
I have just remembered : The Dancehall Reggae I frequented in Swinburne was at a pub called The Roebuck Inn . Memories and Nostalgia galore .
I have just remembered : The Dancehall Reggae I used to go to in Swinburne was at a pub called The Roebuck Inn .
I was a student at Derby Lonsdale College Of Art from 1980-81 and I have very clear memories of the place and of Enforcer. I used to go to The Havana regularly and remember seeing quite a few other sounds there as well as Enforcer. Seeing Shaka there for the first time in 1981 was a life changing experience for me. Shaka was playing with a new sound from Derby which I think was called Soul Symbolic, it was just one guy who had different boxes to usual ones, more like a PA set. They both sounded good but Shaka tore the place down and I’ve never heard music like that in my life.
I used to buy records from Black Star and recall seeing Lloyd in there sometimes. Probably Cliff too but I think I knew Lloyd a bit more. There was a very nice lady who worked in there sometimes and I’m now wondering if she was Lloyd and Cliff’s sister? If so then I’m so sorry to hear of her passing. She was very friendly and helpful whenever I came to the shop and I recall her asking if I wanted to come with them on a coach to see Enforcer playing in Birmingham. As a white guy, I always felt very welcomed by people on the reggae scene in Derby and I really appreciate that to this day.
There was another record shop in the town centre which wasn’t a reggae specialist but it carried a good selection. I can’t remember the name but it was run by two white guys, one was called Hector and he also DJ’ed under the name Hip Ki Do. I’m pretty sure he once played at The Havana with Enforcer but he didn’t have his own sound so he played on Enforcer’s set.
When I was at college we arranged for Enforcer to play our xmas party there but not at the student union, it was actually in one of the photography studios upstairs in the main college, a lot of people came including some of the lecturers and it was wicked.
I used to know Rudy a bit back then too, who’s mentioned in the video. My girlfriend at that time lived literally across the street to the Baseball Ground and I remember being at her place on Saturday afternoons and wondering if the windows would be smashed by the hooligans outside, lol!
My memory of Enforcer is exactly how Lloyd and Cliff describe it - crisp, heavy and sounding very good indeed. They could definitely hold their own with other big sounds.
I recall one time at The Havana with Enforcer and another sound whose name I forget though they may have been from Coventry. It ended up with some words being spoken between the two and I’m pretty sure Lloyd wouldn’t let the other sound get away with it so he started playing at the same time to drown the other sound out and so both were playing at the same time until the manager pulled the plug, lol.
I also remember a gold cup dance at a hotel with Enforcer and 2 other sounds from Derby, can’t remember who the others were but one might have been called Rema?
Another big tune I remember Enforcer playing a lot as well as Kunte Kinte was Jah Give Us The Power by Johnny Clarke on dubplate.
I was fascinated to hear about Cliff’s music producing, as I later got into production myself after leaving Derby and moving to London, so I’m wondering if Cliff ever released anything or if there are hidden gems in the archives which have never been released?
Those couple of years I lived in Derby played a huge part in my musical education and it’s fantastic to see you guys on film and hear all about your history. Blessed love to one and all.
Many thanks for the great history Steve 🙏
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Big up all sound systim inna Uk
Wow -great to see you guys -Lema x
Back in the day Lloyd have to correct you Havana used to close at 12.00hr cos Ricky had a liecense for a night club.When i went there was always out of town sound system who played i remember Mafia tone from Birmingham Quaker city,studio city,from Birmingham. VRocket from Nottingham. From London Coxone came to Havana a few times with also jah shakka before he went to Canada. Leroy Donaldson myself,and Roy Hutchinson ie IRoy was Castro followers.The record shop on Normanton road was owned by chichi can't remember is name.And Mackie used to build amps for pappa steel.etc good times
Many thanks for the history !!
What about syndicate sound system from Derby
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Mi memory is not so good but I only heard one sound from derby in Manchester in the early 80s im sure they was called symbolic they had a dj that sounded like nicodemus the sound they played against was bushman from manchester it was in the West Indian club in moss side✊🏾that was a dance
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