UB40 Origins: Sound System Stories with Earl Falconer

Earl Falconer, founding member of UB40 has lived and breathed reggae and dub for a long, long time. His basslines are part of the band's most iconic hits. The story of his early days in the scene trails the history of sound system culture in the UK, him being 'absolutely mad for it' - to quote Earl verbatim.
In this epsiode, we scratch the surface of Earl's passion and his background, taking a look at some of the most iconic dances he attended, what got him into MCing, and what kept him going. We cover the sounds of Sir Coxsone Outernational, Jah Shaka Soundsystem and more.
This episode draws heavily from the archives of key youtubers, who have painstakingly digitised, remasterd and and uploaded videos, live recordings and mixtapes from some of the far flung heros of this scene. If you enjoy this video, please follow and support these people:
‪@TapeDeckWreck‬a prolific cataloguer of Dancehall and Dub mixtapes and live recordings. Give them a follow and consider donating to their Patreon: patreon.com/tapedeckwreck
‪@saffronsaffron4848‬Saffron Saffron's channel is chock full of amazing Dancehall and Reggae Sound System videos, a prolific catalogue of real black working class music culture
‪@DubLegend‬A digitiser of a lot of amazing dubplates and vinyls, the likes of which may never be seen again in tangible form
‪@bashnell123‬A cataloguer of Dub and Dancehall both old and new. Ital sounds.