The influence of black American music on the development of Jamaican music over the past fifty years has been nothing short of profound, but while the significance of fifties R&B and sixties and seventies soul has been regularly highlighted, the the impact of...
In the late sixties and early seventies, the development of the skinhead scene in the UK led to some of the countrys top reggae acts recording songs championing the youthful cropped haired stylists who had helped propel Jamaican music into British mainstream...
The successor to Ska, Rock Steady first came into being during the long hot summer of 1966 and reigned supreme in Jamaica for two glorious years before finally being superseded by Reggae. Without doubt the most soulful era of Jamaican music, the Rock Steady era...
The past few years has seen a significant surge in demand for skinhead or boss reggae from the late sixties and early seventies.Last year, in response to this demand, Trojan released an expanded CD version of the classic Monkey Business LP, which originally saw issue...
This Is Trojan brings together 60 Reggae Classics across three discs, with the selection including none other than 5 UK No. 1s and 35 UK Top 20 hits.Featured are seminal hits from such reggae legends as Desmond Dekker, Harry J All Stars, Ken Boothe, John Holt, Bob...
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