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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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Jamaica Gleaner archive; United Reggae, 'Orange Street'; Discogs; VP Records artist notes.

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