Although not the most celebrated of Jamaican vocal groups, the Clarendonians none the less released some of the most successful ska, rock steady and reggae recordings of the 1960s and early 1970s.During this time, the ‘group’, which...
To celebrate the release of their new single’Heatwave’, Pama International gave a blistering performance at The Trojan Records official club night on 8th October, with resident DJ Mistah Brown (Tighten Up) spinning...
Recorded at the Caribbean Festival Dance at London’s Alexandra Palace on 16th October 1971, Desmond Dekker’s ‘Pickney Gal’ was among a number of tracks by the likes of the Maytals, John Holt, Hopeton Lewis, Greyhound and Byron Lee &...
After bursting onto the Jamaican music scene with a series of hits for Coxson Dodd and Bunny Lee at the start of the rock steady era, Ken Parker remained one of Jamaica’s most popular perfoprmers into the 1970s.During this time he recorded for almost every...
After bursting onto the Jamaican music scene towards in 1966, Phyllis Dillon cut a series of sublime singles for Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label, which quickly led to her assuming the mantle of the queen of the rock steady sound.Over the ensuing years, she...
Released last spring, the ‘This Is Trojan’ vinyl box set proved so popular that all 1500 copies swiftly sold out, resulting in repeated and numerous calls over the months since for its reissue from reggae fans.At last those calls are set to...
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