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NO MAN IS AN ISLAND 2 by MOMAN

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"NO MAN IS AN ISLAND 2" by MOMAN is a book that serves as a guide to identifying high-quality pressings of Jamaican music, particularly from the Studio One label. It was written by Morgan "Moman" Nixon and is the follow-up to a previous book on the same topic. Nixon, a music researcher, collector, and DJ, uses his extensive knowledge to guide enthusiasts on the best versions of classic tracks.

The book focuses on identifying the best versions of songs based on pressing, fidelity, and sound quality, drawing on Nixon's 20+ years of experience as a music researcher and collector.

Publisher: The Long Road Society / Year of Publication: 2019

About the Author:

Morgan "Moman" Nixon has spent the past 25 years meticulously researching and collecting music from around the world. His areas of expertise include Jamaican Oldies, Hip Hop, Funk, Psych/Indie Rock, Soul, Jazz, Disco, Boogie, African, Caribbean, Salsa, Leftfield/Avant-Garde and Cumbia. Through his work at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC he has also built an encyclopedic knowledge of American Folk, Country, R&B, and Blues. Moman has a passion for sharing music knowledge and over the past decade has published three books alongside countless music zines and reviews. In 2016 he co-founded The Long Road Society, a record label out of Oakland, California.

Moman's mother was from the East Side of Manhattan, and his father grew up in the North Bronx region of New York City—both were lifelong students of Jamaican music. From them Moman inherited his obsessive nature for collecting records, love for Jamaican music, and exhaustive researching habits. Although he's been collecting records and making mixtapes since he was a teenager, Moman started digging & DJing more seriously when moving to San Francisco in the early 2000s. Since then he's jumped headlong into collecting both rare and classic Jamaican 45s, as well as researching the deep history of Jamaican music to understand the context and culture that influences the recordings. This research led to his books, 'No Man Is An Island' 1 and 2 (Long Road Society, 2019, 2025), which catalog his research on the pressing quality of the records produced by the great Studio One label. He's toured in support of these books throughout the US, Japan, and Europe. For Island Pulse, he'll be playing a set of 70s and 80s Jamaican roots in honor of his upcoming book on the mighty Channel One label.