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Joseph "Jo Jo" Hoo Kim

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Joseph "Jo Jo" Hoo Kim (1942-2018) was a Jamaican record producer and engineer who founded Channel One Studios on Maxfield Avenue in West Kingston in the early 1970s. His productions with the studio's house band, the Revolutionaries (built around Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare), defined the mid-1970s rockers sound and made Channel One a leading roots reggae hit factory. Source note: Joseph Hoo Kim Wikipedia and The Vinyl Factory.

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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.