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VP RecoRds
celebRates 40th
anniVeRsaRy
T his year marks the 40th Anniversary Kingston, which they changed out regularly for
of VP Records operating in the United the jukebox company’s owner.
States, however the story of Vincent
and Patricia Chin’s career in reggae
Randy’s Record Mart, the Chins expanded their
music started long before in a small ice cream- Building upon the foundation established with
turned-used-record-shop in Kingston, Jamaica. enterprise by opening a recording studio and
The founders and collective namesake of VP production facility called Studio 17. The address
Records opened Randy’s Record Mart in 1958, of 17 North Parade in Kingston, the location of
selling old records from jukeboxes throughout Studio 17 and Randy’s Record Mart, became
It all started when Vincent and Patricia Chin opened Randy’s Record Mart in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1958. Photo courtesy of VP Records
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