Quaker City (sound system)

Quaker City is a sound system based in Handsworth in Birmingham, England,^[1] playing as far afield as London, Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.^[2]

It was founded in 1964 by Karl Irving, who was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, but emigrated to Birmingham.^[2] Originally playing ska, it later focused on reggae.^[2]

References

^ Murray, Enda, ed. (1994), Sound fr6 Films, retrieved 17 November 2012
^ a b c 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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[1] Murray, Enda, ed. (1994), Sound fr6 Films, retrieved 17 November 2012

[murray2001-2] 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