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Rock Steady! Island Records' Reggae Legacy

Jun 23, 2009, 2:32am JamsBio Magazine
Island Records started in Jamaica. The record label, which turns 50 this year, began in the back of Chris Blackwell's van, where he hawked ska and rocksteady singles, and, despite its migration into rock, hip hop, and world music, the label would never finally abandon the music that quite literally brought it to life: reggae and its precursors.
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