When yardman just wanted to work during the week and bubble at weekends, the police called them 'trouble-makers'. 20 years later, their own children started copying 'soundman culture' but they called it ACID house...

Met my wife at ah Blues ....... 37 yrs later .. We still deh about

Blues parties were awesome where man and woman used to meet. Back in the day when I was in my teens I remember going to a Fatman blues in Richmond road in Dalston with my school mate Denly Nyack what was funny is that we took the 30 bus to the blues from Fulham. We were both 14 year old school kids who were adventurous West London at the time had sounds like Count Steve and Jesus but we didn't like staying in our area we found it boring . Our next adventure was going to Brixton a total different atmosphere completely very tense and much more aggressive and that area seemed more forward in terms of the fashion and swagger. Then a sound from Battersea came to West London and blew everyone away the sound was called Sufferer sound who played in Ladbroke grove a club called Metro which was on every Friday night. It was packed every Friday night. Sufferer was a great sound and Sufferer used to play in awesome blues dances in and around Ladbroke grove and the surrounding areas like Kensal RIse and Paddington. Fast forward to the early 80s Frontline played in nuff blues in Brixton Railton road wicked blues parties but you had to be diligent. Then in the middle 80s a sound from Wandsworth came out which was a combination of school mates from South and West London called Diamond the girls best friend who played like a party sound in a blues dance. Those blues dances were legendary as the selector played a lot of high grade soul music and top reggae music . At the time I would say Diamonds blues dances in West London were so popular that people from other areas began to follow the sound in droves. Specifically the women there were no major incidents in those dances because the men were too busy trying to check the women and man and women were also busy scrubbing down in the dark rooms .

Thank you for uploading and sharing a rich slice of Londons black social history and Club culture, this contains some rare and unique interviews and footage. It's easy for others here to be critical of this film, as they have the luxury of viewing it through the eyes of someone living in 2021, but I'm sure this fine journalist documentary had good intentions when it was made back in 1980. Will this documenaty satisfy everyone? No! Is it a perfect piece journalism? No! But in my opinion we should value the fact that this rare documentary was even made back then and that it still survives all these years later.

England was such a boring country until the Jamaicans came.....BIG UP to all the Jamaicans..... ❤️💛💚

I was around 10 years old then and I really miss those times. I love watching these documentaries. There's a saying 'you don't know what you have until it's gone'.

What's wrong with a random party. Bless to the people who are older and had a good time back in they're days

I’m a white woman and married to a Jamaican man in the 80s. We visited Birmingham Blues all over. I loved it. We go to dance and dress up. The good old days.

All for the love and passion of music. Nothing more, nothing less.

My aunt and uncle always had blues parties in the 80s and they were always ram..everyone was happy just enjoying the music/dancing drinking smoking Having a good time..as a yute man I would sometimes sneak down in my Pjs until I got caught..good times 🔥👑

This brings back so many childhood memories, Church rd NW10!

So glad we had that time, sweet music. Farrah slacks and coney fur jackets. The youth today have missed out big time.

Awesome video. I was born the late end of the 70’s. And remember these blues at my cousins. I also remember my cousins trying to steal Cani & baby chams at all the family blueses. This is a great documentary but also sad. As yet again, everywhere plays out music but yet we don’t have our own ones.

Growing up in London during the 70s and 80s was fucking brilliant.From Blues and Soul parties to Acid House raves.Great times😁

Congrats on unearthing this film!

Thank You for sharing this piece of reggae/soundsystem history. Respect Big Up!

Here in Huddersfield we had around 10 blues every weekend from the 1970s to 1990s , but now nothing very sad ☹️. How I miss those days😢

thankyou for this footage, many a sunday ngt @ the Q club, but alway's went to a blues after, they were still rocking, Columbo's was a nice club too, but again there was alway' blues party to follow on, oh how i would love to go back for just for little hours ♥♡★★★★★

That's not noise that's pure good sweet music

Wow, did you here that.... council estate in west London with lots of empty flats that they finding difficult to rent out.