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Chris Blackwell

(1937–2009) Record Producer

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Chris Blackwell was a record producer.

Quick Facts About Chris Blackwell

Born: June 22, 1937
Died: January 1, 2009
Profession: Record Producer

About Chris Blackwell

[Wikidata] English record producer... | [Wikipedia] Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell is a Jamaican-British former record producer and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most r

Quotes by Chris Blackwell

Running a farm is about solving a problem, and that's always interesting to me. But it's a constant process.

Chris Blackwell

Constant

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Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world.

Chris Blackwell

Cocoa

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I never liked the whole thing about pictures with the artists. You look back at an Elvis Presley record, and you don't…

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Art

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Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it…

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Bob

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I was touring a lot... I loved the touring because you could really feel the audience. You were much closer to everything.

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Audience

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I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa…

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Best

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I think Jamaica would thrive if we promote agriculture as a way to bring people here.

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Agriculture

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I want people to enjoy the simplicity in the natural.

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Enjoy

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