Miss Pat
My Reggae Music Journey
Will be published approx. on 5. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
979-8-89121-262-6 (ISBN)
Description
"This memoir will go down as required reading in years to come." - Flea Market Funk, DJ Prestige
"A remarkable, and still ongoing, journey." - The Daily Beast, Pat Meschino
VP Records co-founder, and one of the reigning matriarchs of Reggae music, Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin, continues to lead the largest independent label and distributor of Caribbean music. Her energetic and engaging autobiography covers her family history, her relationship with her late husband Vincent Chin - and to Jamaica overall - her arrival in New York City in the late 70s, and of course her crucial role in the founding of VP Records. The book is packed with fantastic archival images spanning the emergence of Jamaican music as a cultural force in the 1950s up until today, bringing Miss Pat's revelatory memoir to life. Perspectives from business people, politicians, and musicians including Chris Blackwell (founder of Island Records), Edward Seaga (Former prime minister of Jamaica), singer Marcia Griffiths, and Lee "Scratch" Perry further light up the amazing story of Miss Pat's life and experiences.More details
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
506 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-89121-262-6 (9798891212626)
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Person
Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin is the dynamic force behind VP Records, the world's largest reggae music label, a person of unmatched energy and enthusiasm. She is the mother of four, grandmother of 12 and great-grandmother of three. The last few years, she's focused her passions on "giving back," collaborating with illustrator, Michael Thompson, in the creation of the pop-up exhibit titled "A Reggae Music Journey," on the history of reggae, in cooperation with VP Records.