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HC&F Recording Studio

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The Freeport, Long Island studio Prince Philip Smart opened in 1982, named for father-in-law Herbert Chin and Family, which became a required stop for visiting Jamaican artists and a diaspora outpost of King Tubby's engineering lineage.

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Philip Smart, Celebrated Reggae Producer/Engineer, Dead at 61

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Billboard obituary.

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R.I.P. Philip Smart: Classics From His HC&F Studio

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LargeUp editorial reference.

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