Don Letts tells the story of how Island Records, founded by Chris Blackwell fifty years ago in Kingston, Jamaica, grew into one of the biggest and most exciting independent labels in the world
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Broadcast Sat, 30 May 2009, 22:00 on BBC Radio 2 but not available on BBC iPlayer.
2/2. Don Letts tells the story of Island Records, founded fifty years ago by Chris Blackwell.
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