New Classic Trojan Album Range Launched
16th June will see the release of the first pair of classic albums to see issue by Trojan’s new partners, Music On Vinyl.
The company, which over the years years has gained a reputation for the high standard of its product will be releasing many of Trojan’s most important long players over the coming months, with the first two titles comprisingthe Pioneers‘ popular 1969 boss reggae classic, ‘Long Shot’, along with ‘Duke Reid’s Rock Steady’, which originally saw issue fifty years ago on the UK’s first Trojan label.
The discs will be pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl and housed in individually numbered sleeves, with the first 750 copies pressed on orange vinyl.
Both releases will be available from most good music stores and can now be pre-ordered from the Trojan Store!
VARIOUS ARTISTS – DUKE REID ROCK’S STEADY (MOVLP1910)
Side A
1. Rock Steady – Alton Ellis & The Flames
2. You Don’t Care – The Techniques
3. It’s Raining – The Three Tops
4. Things You Say You Love – The Jamaicans
5. Oh Babe – The Techniques
6. Inez – Tommy McCook & Lester Sterling with The Supersonics
Side B
1. Out Of Many, One – The Techniques
2. Carry Go Bring Come (rock steady) – Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
3. Perfidia – Phyllis Dillon
4. Day O – The Techniques
5. Girl I Have Got A Date – Alton Ellis & The Flames
6. Train To Ska-Thedral – Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
In honour of the 50th year anniversary of the UK’s first Trojan label, Music On Vinyl, in association with Trojan Records is to proud to make available once more the album that got the ball rolling back in the summer of 1967.
The first of a series of classic albums from the legendary catalogue that will see issue throughout the year, the erroneously titled ‘Duke Reid Rock’s Steady’ was originally released by Island Records to promote their new Trojan label, an imprint launched to specifically showcase the productions of legendary Treasure Isle Records boss, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid.
Simultaneously issued in Jamaica as ‘Rock Steady Beat’, the LP highlights the best of Reid’s output from the preceding months and proved so popular that in ’67 pressings quickly sold out on both sides of the Atlantic.
Now, 50 years on, lovers of the coolest sound to emanate from Jamaica’s golden shores can finally own a copy of this seminal collection without needing to spend a duke’s ransom for the pleasure!
THE PIONEERS – LONG SHOT (MOVLP1911)
Side One
1. Long Shot Kick The Bucket
2. Caranapo
3. Black Bud
4. Long Up Your Mouth
5. Bring Him Home
6. Mother Ritty
Side Two
1. Poor Rameses
2. Samfie Man
3. Belly Gut
4. Lucky Side
5. Trouble Dey A Bush
6. Boss Festival
The sixties were a golden age for Jamaican vocal trios. During the latter half of this incredibly creative decade, a multitude of harmony groups made their mark on the island’s music scene, but of these only a relative few possessed the talent and determination to endure beyond the rock steady era.
One trio that not only succeeded, but blossomed following the onset of reggae is the Pioneers, who in 1969 became one of the first Jamaican acts to achieve international success with the UK hit, ‘Long Shot Kick The Bucket’.
The success of the single was swiftly followed by what became one of Trojan’s biggest selling long players of all time, the aptly titled ‘Long Shot’.
Comprising new material along with the best of their recent Jamaican singles to date, the collection is a must-have for all self-respecting fans of boss reggae and is now finally available once again, looking and sounding better than ever!
Coming Soon Summer 2017: Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Double Seven (MOVLP1912) & The Kingstonians – Sufferer (MOVLP1913)