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Super Power Records

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Fulton Street, Brooklyn record shop remembered as the beating heart of the borough's 1990s reggae and dancehall scene, founded by Louie Grant and famed for the exclusive imports and dubplates that armed sound systems for block parties and clashes.

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JAMROCK Museum; Boomshots; VP Records retail features.

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Articles & sources

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Reggae Record Stores in New York of the 1990s: The Soundtrack of a Generation

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JAMROCK Museum retrospective on New York reggae retail.

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In stories

Story · Well supportedFrom Little Jamaica to Fulton Mall: the diaspora record shop

In the diaspora the reggae shop was community infrastructure.

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Debate

Vinyl romance vs the digital reality of dancehall

One side

Vinyl-revival nostalgia

The other

Dancehall's early move to dubplate, CD-R and digital

Two documented positions, stated neutrally: vinyl-revival advocates celebrate the record shop and the 45 as reggae's authentic format and social space; others point out that dancehall itself moved early to dubplate, cassette, CD-R and digital distribution, and that romanticising vinyl can obscure how the music actually circulated. No verdict.

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