This Dancehall Reggae sound system got its start in the Kingston area of Jamaica it was started first by Robert (really a family friend) and the brothers of Phillip & Ivan. The sound system started out with the name of Arrows Disco doing small dances around their own city and town. The sound system at that time was known for their hard bass and their choice for hard-core Reggae and Dub.
During the mid-70's Arrows Disco at this time changed the name to Arrows Hi Fi and can be found entertaining many sessions around Kingston and beyond. At that time some of the main posse was Jah Mikey, Cruthches (who is a main man of the sound as far as DJ's goes) and also Puddy Roots who for some may not know but before he took that name he was going by Puddy Lion as a DJ. .
Coming now into the 80s Arrows is starting to grow greater as a sound system around Jamaica. Now the posse that is traveling with Arrows are Shaka Shamba, & his sparing partner Liberty, Hugo Brown & others. If you listen to many of the live session tapes that can be found at DJ14K's Tapes R Us, you can also hear other sessions with Arrows brining in DJs like Capt. Sinbad, Peter Metro, and big man himself Briggy.
Into the late 80's and early 90's Arrows The Ambassador (as they are more known now) did start to fold out from the sound system arena but their name carries on with the many tapes and CDs that can be had. Although not really known as a clashing sound system you can catch them clashing with sounds like Jaro, Black Scorpio, Volcano, Jammys and more.
One place of reference that carries a huge variety of foundation sound systems is DJ14K's Tapes R Us (www.DJ14K.com
Be sure to visit the site as its adjusted on a very general basis and sure to have one of your favored Reggae sound systems in there massive catalog!
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