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Culture Press is an independent record label from UK specialized in Jamaican music.

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It was founded in 1984 in UK by Enzo Hamilton with Webster Shrowder and was relocated, in 1987, to Paris, France. [1]

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Incomplete CD Discography

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References

  1. "Culture Press". Discogs. Retrieved 27 September 2023.