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Top Deck Records

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Ska-era label run by Chinese-Jamaican producer Justin Yap, whose Studio One sessions with the Skatalites and Don Drummond in 1964 yielded some of the genre's finest instrumentals.

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Story · Well supportedThe record men: Chinese-Jamaican producers

From ska instrumentals to modern dancehall, a cluster of Chinese-Jamaican entrepreneurs ran the shops, studios and labels at the centre of the music.