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08/19/2026

08/05/2026

A mediados de la década de 1950, en las calles de Kingston, Jamaica, un hombre estaba por cambiar la historia de la música popular para siempre: Clement "Coxsone" Dodd y su demoledor Downbeat Sound System. 🎤

En una época donde la radio local no tocaba la música que la gente del pueblo quería bailar, Coxsone armó un sistema de sonido monumental. Viajaba a Estados Unidos a conseguir las joyas más raras de Rhythm & Blues y Boogie-Woogie, para luego reventar las pistas de baile en los barrios populares de la isla.

El éxito imparable del Downbeat fue de tal magnitud que la demanda de música propia llevó a Dodd a crear el templo sagrado: Studio One. Del rugido de sus torres de madera nacieron las carreras de The Skatalites, The Wailers, Alton Ellis y toda la época de oro que conquistó al planeta entero.

07/22/2026

The Premiers, San Gabriel, California. The Premiers were an all Latino band, instrumental in developing and sustaining the all important ‘East L.A. Sound’ of the 60’s. In the early days, encouraged by their mother, they practiced in the Perez brothers back yard and after a while they soon started drawing crowds to their rehearsals. They went on to have 8 singles, 1EP, and 1 LP to their credit, with their biggest record being ‘Farmer John’ in 1964 which topped out at #19 nationally. Hear ‘Farmer John’ in the comments below or elsewhere on the Page …

07/21/2026

Today's Birthday greetings go out to legendary S*x Pistols, The Professionals., Vic Godard & Subway Sect drummer (& more) - young Mr Paul Cook born July 20th, 1956 & joining the Platinum anniversary club! Image - Paul Cook Then & Now.
A very

07/12/2026

Introduced with little fanfare, the cassette recorder first appeared in the Sears catalog 60 years ago.

07/12/2026

We’re making a deserving Sun Ra fan very happy.