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Daddy Kool Records
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London reggae shop opened in October 1975 in the Soho district by Steve Barrow and Keith Stone (Daddy Kool), a regular stop for visiting Jamaican singers, producers and DJs. It also issued a handful of records, including Prince Far I's 'Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III', before closing in 2003.
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- British Record Shop Archive and The Black Music Record Shop history.
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Pre-release culture: connoisseur access or artificial scarcity?
One side
Specialist pre-release access as connoisseur culture
The other
Artificial scarcity and mark-ups
A documented British debate framed both ways: defenders saw the pre-release 'pre' system as connoisseur culture that rewarded specialist shops and deep knowledge; critics saw manufactured scarcity and mark-ups that gatekept the music and inflated prices. Neutral framing.
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