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King Street record row (Downtown Kingston)

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King Street, downtown Kingston's grand commercial boulevard, whose department stores and arcades hosted a cluster of record shops from the 1950s — including the 125 King Street address that seeded Derrick Harriott's and Herman Chin-Loy's One Stop ventures — before the trade's centre shifted to Orange Street and North Parade.

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Jamaica Gleaner archive; David Katz, Solid Foundation.

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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.

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