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Caroline Cooper’s “Mrs Chin Breaks Records in VP’s Shop” (
Jamaica Gleaner) is a commentary honoring Miss Pat (Patricia Chin), who she calls “the formidable P in VP Records.” This commentary doubles as a review of the new book,
Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey from Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae to Dancehall.
Mrs Patricia Chin, affectionately known as Miss Pat, is the formidable P in VP Records. She’s a woman of distinction who has broken many barriers in the music business from those early days when she and her husband Vincent established the legendary Randy’s Record Shop in downtown Kingston. Clive ‘DJ Kool Herc’ Campbell, the Jamaican-born founder of hip-hop, rightfully puts Miss Pat in the league of outstanding pioneers in the music industry: “What Berry Gordy was to Motown Records, what Russell Simmons was to Def Jam Recordings, what Sylvia Robinson was to Sugar Hill Records, what Clive Davis was to Arista Records, Patricia Chin is to the reggae indust