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North Parade record district

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The downtown Kingston blocks around North Parade that held Randy's Record Mart and its upstairs studio (Studio 17), along with a cluster of shops and distributors. Randy's later became VP Records after the Chin family emigrated — one of the direct lines from the Kingston retail trade to reggae's global distribution.

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The Reggae Museum — The rooms that built reggae: a history of Jamaica's pivotal studios and record shops

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A guide to the Kingston rooms that built reggae: the studios and the record shops around them.

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