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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Jamaica, sorted by type and name. ... Kingston HFO and Diesel 122.5 1953–62 [c] ... Wigton Windfarm Limited
West Indies Records Limited (WIRL) was a recording studio in Kingston, Jamaica [1] established by future Prime Minister Edward Seaga in 1958. [2] Seaga recruited and recorded many artists such as Higgs and Wilson, and Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. As Seaga pursued his political career he sold it to Byron Lee in 1964, [3] who renamed it Dynamic ...
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes , a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island.
Johnson started to operate a single turntable and speaker sound system in 1968 and started the Special I sound system in 1972, changing the name to Black Scorpio after the name caused friction in the area in which it was based, with the largely People's National Party-supporting locals suspecting sympathies with the Jamaica Labour Party due to its similarity to that party's slogan.
Based in Kingston, Jamaica, Winston "Wee Pow" Powell built the Stone Love sound system in 1972, using locally-built amplifiers. [1] [2] These were soon upgraded, and the equipment has been kept up to date over Stone Love's four decade history, with long-time engineer Winston Samuels in charge of technical aspects of the sound system. [3]
Studio One was founded by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd [1] in 1954, and the first recordings were cut in 1963 on Brentford Road in Kingston. [1] [2] Amongst its earliest records were "Easy Snappin" by Theophilus Beckford, backed by Clue J & His Blues Blasters, and "This Man is Back" by trombonist Don Drummond.
West Kingston may refer to: ... England, hamlet in West Sussex; West Kingston, Rhode Island, in the United States; West Kingston, Jamaica, section of Kingston, Jamaica