Launched in January as part of Trojan’s half Centenary celebrations, the ‘This Is Trojan’ range a new 2CD genre-themed range sees launch in January, with each of the six collections in the series showcasing a specific form of popular Jamaican music. The second...
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One of the most popular and influential reggae artists of all time, Robert Dandy Livingstone Thompson first made making his mark on the UK music scene in the sixties with a series of fine ska and rock steady 45s, most notably Rudy, A Message To You and Lets Do Rock...
First issued in 1968 on Trojans newly-formed subsidiary, Big Shot, the Reggae Girl LP highlighted the best of the Tennors self-produced material to date.Aside from being notable for the title track (one of the first recordings to bear the name Reggae) and the...
Throughout the mid to late seventies Reggae was dominated by what became widely known as roots a term that described songs concerned with the rastafarian faith, political wrongdoings or cultural heritage.By the following decade, the style had been superseded by...
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