About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: 2 Tone Records, ANTI-, Auralux Recordings, Basic Replay, Beverley's, Blood and Fire (record label), Blue Beat Records, Blue Cat Records, Charly Records, Crab Records, Creole Records, Culture Press, DEP International, Dub Store Records, Fashion Records, Four Music, Front Line (record label), Greensleeves Records, Heartbeat Records, Island Records, Island Reggae Greats, I Grade Records, JAD Records, Jahtari, Jah Warrior, Jamaican Gold, Jet Set Records, Jet Star, Lightning Records, Madhouse Records, Nature Sounds, Nicola Delita, Nighthawk Records, Pama Records, Pressure Sounds, Profile Records, RAS Records, ROIR, Shanachie Records, Socialist Roots Sound System, Spit Shine Records, Studio One (record label), Summer Records, Trojan Records, Tuff Gong, Tuff Gong Worldwide, Unidisc Music, Uprising Records, Upsetter Records, VP Records, Wackies. Excerpt: Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington (formerly Cambridge), Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of Linton Kwesi Johnson's Dread Beat an' Blood (1981). In 1989, Chris Wilson was hired as VP of A&R and the label began their association with Studio One label founder Clement Dodd and released Best of Studio One, a compilation of Dodd-produced music by artists including Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis, The Gladiators, Marcia Griffiths, The Heptones, Slim Smith, Sugar Minott, and Johnny Osbourne, among others. Heartbeat has released over 60 Studio One albums. The label licensed music from a number of different Jamaican producers including Lee "Scratch" Perry, Joe Gibbs, Sonia Pottinger, Clancy Eccles, Alvin Ranglin, Duke Reid, Niney the Observer, Sly & Robbie, Steely & Clevie, and Lloyd Daley. The label financed and...
