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Techniques Record Shop

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Downtown Kingston record shop opened by producer Winston Riley around 1971 at Chancery Lane, off North Parade, doubling as the retail front and A&R base for his Techniques label; Riley ran it until his death in 2012 and dreamed of turning it into a museum.

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Type: business →
Era: Rocksteady, reggae and dub →
Confidence: Well supported

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Story · Well supportedOrange Street to North Parade: Kingston's record district

A few downtown blocks pressed, sold and clashed the whole music into being.

Story · Well supportedCounter to catalogue: how record shops became record labels

In Jamaica and the diaspora, the retail counter was the A&R department.