Sid Bucknor

Jamaican sound engineer, producer and composer who played an influential role in the development of reggae, ska and rocksteady. Died on 9 May 2010 in London, UK.

Building up the facilities, he started his career as resident engineer at (aka Studio One) alongside his cousin and subsequently moved to [l=Treasure Isle Recording Studio]. He also worked at [l=West Indies Records Ltd.] (later [l=Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd.]), [l=Harry J's Recording Studio], [l=Randy's Studio], [l=King Tubby's Studio], [l=Joe Gibbs Studio] and [l=Channel One Recording Studio].

He immigrated to England in the mid-'70s where he worked at [l=Island Studios], [l=Chalk Farm Studios], [l=B.B.M.C. Studio, London], Hackney Community College Studio, [l=Tony King Studio], [l=Odessa Studios] and his own [l=The Buck Studio].

He was behind the labels [l=JamCan], and [l=Tropical Records (3)].
In 2009 he was honored alongside by the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association for his contributions as engineer.

He is the father of [a=Byron Bucknor] who runs the reissue label.