July 2016 sees the introduction of Trojans new genre-themed vinyl album range aimed at satisfying the demands of Jamaican music fans of all persuasions from hardcore collectors to casual buyers.The national sound of Jamaica throughout the early sixties, the driving...
The late sixties witnessed the development and rise to musical dominance of reggae, with this new, dynamic style rapidly usurping the more languid sound of rock steady that had reigned in Jamaica since 1966.Early reggae recordings were noted for their tempo and high...
Don Letts reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body of work from the late70’s through to the millennium.The Don came to notoriety in the late 70’s as the DJ that single-handily turned a whole generation...
In recent years, interest in skinhead or boss reggae has steadily grown, as manifested in the popularity of the 2016 Trojan 2CD collection, Monkey Business.Since the release of this collection, demand for a another of similarly styled volume has been unrelenting, and...
The early sixties bore witness to a mass British youth movement that promptly acquired the universally acknowledged name: Mod. Between 1962 and 1966, Mod culture dominated both the fashion and music landscape, with the look and sound of young Jamaica playing a...
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