ENTITY · STUDIO
Treasure Isle
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Duke Reid's studio and label, pivotal to the rocksteady era.
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Discogs — Treasure Isle label page
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Source link ↗Interview: Jackie Jackson talks Treasure Isle
WEB · rights discovery only · press sourceUnited Reggae interview archive.
Source link ↗In stories
When the tempo dropped, harmony and bass moved to the front.
Story · Well supportedA label map from Studio One to VPRecord labels are not just logos: they are studios, producers, shops, distributors, reissue narratives and artist pathways.
Story · ProbableThe Downbeat and the Trojan: How Two Kingston Rivals Built the Sound SystemIn 1950s Kingston, Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat and Duke Reid's Trojan turned rival dances into the foundation of an entire music industry.
Story · Well supportedThe Riddim Economy: One Riddim, Many VoicingsHow a preset rhythm on a consumer keyboard turned Jamaica's oldest studio economy into the digital age.
Story · Well supportedWake the Town: Duke Reid's rocksteady and the birth of the deejay recordHow a toast over a Treasure Isle rhythm helped invent the modern deejay.
Story · Well supportedThe producer owned the riddimIn 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 · ProbableQuiet names of the toasting eraBehind U-Roy, Big Youth and Dennis Alcapone stood toasters whose records shaped the style but whose names rarely make the standard histories.