Metro & The Birth Of The British Sound System
James Maycock, Independent, The, August 1998
"AMPLIFICATION AND records – if you have those 2 items, then you can go somewhere," states the man called Metro. Born with the slightly less swish name of Percival Miller, Metro was a pivotal figure in the development of British sound systems and excelled in both the "amplification" and "record" departments.
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