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Count Smith the Blues Blaster

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First-generation Kingston sound system of the early 1950s, named in histories alongside Tom the Great Sebastian and Sir Nick the Champ; it played US rhythm and blues on the downtown lawn circuit, and Bunny Lee recalled it later amalgamating with Coxsone's Downbeat.

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Type
sound system
Confidence
Probable
Musical & sonic elementsEvidence, memory & meta layers

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Looking back at Jamaica's sound system history

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Louder Than War history feature reference.

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