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Philip Smart

Philip Smart is credited on 952 releases across 337 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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952

Credits

337

Albums

6

Decades active

83

In collections

Biography

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Engineer, producer and studio owner, born 21 Nov. 1953, Kingston, Jamaica - died 25 Feb. 2014, NY.
He started his career as an engineer at King Tubby's Studio in Kingston, but moved to New York in 1976. Then he opened the HC&F Studio in the early 1980s, in partnership with his brother-in-law Michael McDonald. Many of the post-"Sleng Teng" computer generated riddims were laid here, as were many of the hits that broke dancehall into the music mainstream, such as Shabba Ranks"Mr Loverman", Super Cat's "Don Dada", and of course Shaggy's version of "Oh Carolina". He also ran the labels Eclipse Records and Tan-Yah.

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Credited work

952 releases · 337 albums · active 1973–2026

  • Engineering · 914
  • Production · 280
  • Performance · 103
  • Other credits · 33
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: HC&F Studio · King Tubby's Studio · Channel One Recording Studio · Dynamic Sounds Studios

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