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Quaker City (sound system)

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Quaker City is a sound system based in Handsworth in Birmingham, England, playing as far afield as London, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.

It was founded in 1964 by Karl Irving, who was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, but emigrated to Birmingham. Originally playing ska, it later focused on reggae.

References

  1. Murray, Enda, ed. (1994), Sound fr6 Films, retrieved 17 November 2012
  2. ^ Murray, Enda (2001), "Sound Systems and Australian DiY Culture: Folk Music for the Dot Com Generation", in St. John, Graham (ed.), FreeNRG - Notes from the Edge of the Dance Floor (PDF), Melbourne: Common Ground, pp. 95–96, ISBN 1863350845, archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016, retrieved 17 November 2012


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