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Hedley Jones's radio, electronics and record shop on King Street, Kingston; the amplifier Jones built in 1947 to play records outside the shop is credited as the first purpose-built sound-system amplifier in Jamaica.

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Hedley Jones: The Renaissance Man Who Pioneered Jamaican Soundsystem Culture

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Story · Well supportedThe amp men of Kingston

From a 1947 shop-front amplifier to King Tubby's workshop, engineers built the sound system before anyone sang through it.