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Heartbeat Records

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Heartbeat Records was a U.S.-based reggae reissue label important for circulating Studio One and other Jamaican archive material to collectors, libraries and global listeners who often encountered foundational recordings through reissue CDs rather than original singles.

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Story · Well supportedReissue labels and the global archive

Archival labels did not make the music, but they decided which of it the world could hear, and their sleeve notes became the first real scholarship the records ever had.

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Reissue liner notes as authority

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Liner notes can preserve crucial credits and context, but they can also become the first frame many global listeners encounter, so editorial provenance matters.

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