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Studio One, disco mix

During the [late] seventies in Jamaica the 12" mix of popular songs came into fashion. As a result of the popularity of these 12" singles Coxsone Dodd compiled and released some "Showcase" albums.

Always a hit factory, [Studio One] came close to completely dominating the Jamaican dance floor with the emergence of the long-playing 12-inch “discomix” in the [late] 1970s. Studio One capitalized on the extended discomix format, successfully recycling some of its best material from the 1960s. Older hits were updated simply by mixing in lengthy instrumental endings. The popularity of the discomix allowed the label to prolong its reign, even after its most creative period had passed. Because a discomix filled up an entire side of a [12"] record, a hit song had the power to keep competing records off the DJs turntable for a good long time.

[Studio One produced about 50 12" mixes, Wackies about 50 too.]



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