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Herman Chin-Loy

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Jamaican-Chinese retailer and producer who ran the counter at Aquarius Records in Half Way Tree from 1969, having earlier kept the One Stop shop at 125 King Street; his forward-thinking Aquarius productions and instrumentals (later compiled as 'Aquarius Rock') shaped early-1970s reggae, and he is credited with giving Augustus Pablo his stage name.

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Razzle-dazzle at Aquarius record store in Kingston

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Jamaica Gleaner archive feature on Aquarius and Herman Chin-Loy.

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In stories

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In Jamaica and the diaspora, the retail counter was the A&R department.

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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 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.