#record box

[thespliffbunker]

Kenny Schnurstein

The Upsetter

[bisquiii]

Designed this record box and built it with scrap wood :) It's made for 12" vinyl records.

[acnhcustoms]

Item: record box

# of customizations: 5

Customization names: none, logo, sunset, various, custom design

Custom kits needed: 1

[norepetitivebeats]

Record box used at acid house rave, Essex, 1989

[fragileheartxxx]

[echedey]

[echedey]

[eventjoeproject]

London legend Don Letts befriended Bob Marley backstage at a concert in England after being fully enamored with the early Dub and Reggae music that was part of his Jamaican heritage, and the foundation of Marley’s sound. Letts made the natural transition from working at London Clothing store Acme Attractions (which was frequented by The Clash, Sex Pistols, Deborah Harry, Patti Smith and others) to DJing at The Roxy Nightclub. This was before much (if any) punk music was ever recorded, and Letts saw over the initial explosion of the sound.

To this day Reggae and Dub music is a common thread that runs through the world of Punk and Hardcore (and pop) music, which can (in many ways) be traced back to this time, and Letts’ injection of the Jamaican sounds into his sets was a big part of this marriage.

Legendary DJ John Peel recently let Don Letts loose on music, and the result is a genre-spanning playlist :: “Don Letts’ Record Box” ~>

“In the third of our series of Record Boxes commissioned by The Space, Don Letts tells the unlikely story of how rebels from opposite sides of the globe became bedfellows, inspiring the last true musical counter culture of our age.“

Listen to/read Don Letts’ Record Box In The John Peel Archive