In the mid-1970s, many British Reggae fans found musical fulfilment in the first home-produced style to be successfully exported to Jamaica Lovers Rock.This romantic Reggae style continued to dominate the UK scene well into the Eighties and beyond, with both local and...
Volume 2 of the classic Trojan series reissued on vinyl. Like Volume 1 this album was made up of the hottest Trojan 7″s released in the preceding months and sold at a cheap price in Woolworths up and down the land in 1969. Includes the massive hit singles...
Volume 1 of the classic Trojan series, reissued here on vinyl. The now classic Tighten Up was originally a thrown together collection racked in Woolworths and similar stores in 1969. It sold in large quantities and spurned seven more volumes. Heavyweight 180gm...
Since Jamaicas independence almost over the past half a century ago, the islands music industry has blossomed from an almost insignificant local business into a hugely successful global concern.During these 50 years an array of Jamaican talent has graced charts the...
During the scorching Jamaican summer of 1966, widespread dissatisfaction over the failure of the islands government to address social problems ultimately resulted in a sea of violence in and around Kingston.As the perpetrators of the unrest, regarded by the...
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