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Federal Records

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Pioneering Jamaican recording/manufacturing label/studio lineage associated with early ska/reggae recording infrastructure.

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Discogs — Federal Records Jamaica

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Story · Well supportedThe producer owned the riddim

In Jamaica's foundation years the man who paid for the session owned the sound - and often the shop, the studio and the label too.

Story · Well supportedVinyl pressing, reissue and export

Pressing plants, catalogue reissues, mail-order shops and online stores carried Jamaican records from Kingston streets to global collectors and sound systems.