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Channel One is a recording studio in Maxfield Avenue, West Kingston, Jamaica. [1] The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.
Studio One is one of Jamaica's most renowned record labels and recording studios; it has been described as the Motown of Jamaica. The record label was involved with most of the major music movements in Jamaica during the 1960s and 1970s, including ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub and dancehall.
The Black Ark was the recording studio of reggae and dub producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, built in 1973 and located behind his family's home in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Despite the rudimentary set-up and dated equipment, [ 3 ] it was nonetheless the breeding ground for some of Jamaica's most innovative ...
The Tuff Gong Recording Studio. Tuff Gong is a full-service recording studio located in Kingston, Jamaica.In 1981, Bob Marley's wife, Rita Marley, purchased Ken Khouri's Federal Records recording studio, the island's first pressing plant, and the company subsequently moved from 56 Hope Road to 220 Marcus Garvey Drive, where it continues to operate.
In 1972, Harry Johnson sold his record shop and set up his own recording studio "Harry J", on 10 Roosevelt Avenue, Uptown Kingston, where he employed Sid Bucknor and later Sylvan Morris as resident recording engineer. [3] Harry J Studio soon became one of the most famous Jamaican studios after having recorded several Bob Marley & The Wailers ...
List of Jamaican backing bands This page was last edited on 6 May 2024, at 21:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
In 1961 Lindon Pottinger opened a small recording studio – the first in Jamaica to be owned by a black person - to produce recordings by local acts. He set up several record labels including Gaydisc and SEP (Sonia's initials), and recorded acts including the Maytals , Derrick Harriott , Lord Tanamo , and teenager Millie Small .
The Fabulous Five Inc. (also known as Fab 5) is a reggae and soca band formed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Over a 45-year career, they have released 26 albums, had many number 1 hits in Jamaica, and were the featured musicians on Johnny Nash's platinum album I Can See Clearly Now.