Tippatone
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Tippatone (also known as (Lord) Tippatone Hifi[1]) was an early Jamaican sound system.[2] Tippatone rose to prominence in the late 1960s, as the popularity of the second generation of sound systems (specifically Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat Sound System and Duke Reid's The Trojans) decreased,[1] and they were very popular in the early to mid-1970s.[2] Their selector was Jah Wise, who had started as a "boxboy," carrying equipment for the act, and quickly became their selector.[1]
Tippatone, like all sound systems, engaged in sound clashes; according to Jah Wise, those with King Twilight from Montego Bay were the most difficult.[3] Tippatone is one of the few sound system who has dubplates from Bob Marley.[4]
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