| | Prince Buster goaded Coxsone into going to the dance where Duke Reid was playing. The dance was held at the Kingston Jubilee Hall. Coxsone and Buster went to the bar and Coxsone bought drinks for those people who was already at the bar. In the week leading up to the dance session, Duke Reid was playing all the the tunes he had bought back from the US, including those exclusive tunes of Coxsone which would be no longer exclusive. Coxsone did not want to stay at the dance, Buhk, Prince Buster as he was known then persuaded Coxsone to stay. As the clock struck 12 on the dot at midnight, Duke Reid thrown down the gaunlet by playing the first of Coxsone exclusives. Coxsone standing by the bar suddenly dropped the glass of drink he was holding and slowly sank to the floor out cold by the first of the selected tunes the Duke had played. Yes! Coxsone was out cold as if been hit by a brick. Emotional psychological impact upon hearing his exclusive tune played by another sound system dropped Coxsone to the floor. After the dance session, Coxsone abandon his exclusives, the Duke made them his own. Duke Reid went on to become king of sounds for a long period of time, but as time went on the American import dried up and sound system operators had to look to grown artists. Duke Reid was the sound system operator to turn his hand to record production in 1957, followed by Coxsone and Prince Buster to cut exclusively for their own sound system. Coxsone fusion jazz with R&B using local musicians such as Clue J and the Blues Blasters band. Such was the introversion of their music for sound clash world that they never foresee anyone else becoming interesting in their sounds apart from other sound system operators. Of the big three, Coxsone, Duke Reid and Prince Buster, Coxsone produce a unique style of music that no one other record producer could copy, once again his music was exclusive. | |
