24 Sep2015
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Vinyl sales have been surging for years. But now, the oldest format on the market is generating more revenues than all ad-supported on-demand streaming music services, combined. According to data re..
19 Sep2015![[JAMWAX05] King Kong - Rocky Road](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Releases/JAMWAX05-Flyer-335x200h.jpg "[JAMWAX05] King Kong - Rocky Road")
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Born
in Kingston, Jamaica, Dennis Thomas aka King Kong recorded his
first tune ‘Pink Eye’ as a deejay at Tuff Gong studios
in 1982 under the name Junior Kong. He worked with GT and then his
own Love B..
10 Sep2015![[JAMWAX04] African Star - They Just Can't Stop Us](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Releases/JAMWAX04-Flyer-335x200h.jpg "[JAMWAX04] African Star - They Just Can't Stop Us")
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Sylvan Morris is the
jamaican sound engineer behind thousand of tunes and some of the best
classics reggae albums. From the mid sixties till the 90’s, he
shaped a unique sound in the best studios of t..
08 Aug2015
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A quarter of young adults buy records they never listen to, a survey of British music fans discovered last year. Some might take this as baffling or pretentious behavior, but the future of vinyl may r..
05 Aug2015
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A popular collectors item, vinyl records are regaining popularity. Vinyl was used to record music and sound before the industry moved to audio cassettes (tapes), and then later compact disks (CDs). Or..
09 Jul2015
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Although there are numerous great shorts floating around on YouTube focusing on vinyl culture, digging and record collecting, here is a list of some must-see feature length documentaries and mini-seri..
18 Jun2015![[EN] Why buying vinyl makes sound sense](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Blog/Blog-2015-06-18-335x200h.PNG "[EN] Why buying vinyl makes sound sense")
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No matter how sophisticated sound equipment gets, there's always going to be something appealing about the vinyl record. There's something about vinyl. Actually there are a few things. For one, lots o..
01 May2015![[JAMWAX03] Hopeton Crawford - Donnette](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Releases/JAMWAX03-Flyer-335x200h.jpg "[JAMWAX03] Hopeton Crawford - Donnette")
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Hopeton
Crawford was born on August 21, 1961 in Kingston. Jamaica. He grew up
at number 12 on 5th street in the Trenchtown neighborhood. All the
popular singers of that time are in the corner, from Bo..
22 Apr2015
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Difficile d'échapper au retour du vinyle dès lors que l'on s'intéresse de près à la musique. Et ce "revival" dépasse le simple phénomène de mode. Le cofondateur de maPlatine.com, Jérôme Tré-Hardy, exp..
01 Mar2015![[JAMWAX02] Owen Knibbs - Juggler](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Releases/JAMWAX02-Flyer-335x200h.jpg "[JAMWAX02] Owen Knibbs - Juggler")
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Owen
Knibbs was born november, 10th
1966 in Mt Salem, Montego Bay, Jamaica. He grew up with his mother
(mama granty), three sisters and nine brothers, Owen was the
youngest. He was introduce to music ..
10 Dec2013![[JAMWAX01] Delroy Melody - Ease Up The Pressure](https://www.jamwax.com/image/cache/catalog/Releases/JAMWAX01-A-335x200w.jpg "[JAMWAX01] Delroy Melody - Ease Up The Pressure")
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For
many jamaican music fans, the name Delroy Melody is unknown, however
for connoisseurs and lovers of roots reggae from the 1970’s and
1980’s his music includes gems like his album “Dread Must Be Fe..
16 Aug2013
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1. Amoeba Music in Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe world-renowned Amoeba Records lives up to its hype. With a frequently changing stock of new and used media, you can basically get whatever you want here. ..