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Manasseh meets The Equalizer
12+ albums
dubbritishdub n bass
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Nick Manasseh MANASSEH SOUND SYSTEM EARLY DAYS Manasseh first played out at Notting Hill Carnival 1985. The sound was literally finished that Sunday and we found someone with a vehicle pass (all you needed in those days) and blagged some power off somebody in McGregor Rd and we played all that day, and in a basement flat across the road, all that night. Although this was the beginning of a Sound System, it was also the culmination of a good few years of planning and hoping. The speakers were all hand made and the amps and pre-amp were custom built by the veteran amp builder 'Jah Tubbys'. Right from the start our sound has specialized in Roots Reggae Music. Although we play all types of reggae and always have done, the roots is where we're coming from and is the reason why we started the sound, (especially in the middle eighties when Roots music was not being heard). The original crew consisted of Nick as the Selector and Operator, Eddie as the box designer / Tech, and Billy T as the overseer and voice of reason. Based in West London, Shepherds Bush, it wasn't long before we were playing all kinds of parties and blues around the place. It was when we hooked up with Femi (later with the Young Disciples) and the brothers Joey and Norman Jay that we started to provide reggae music at some big warehouse parties in the middle to late 80s. Apart from playing at some great nights and finally making a bit of money, this association had one big consequence: Joey and Norman got us a la
