Duke Reid

Duke Reid

OK, so we know that we’ve already paid tribute to legendary music maker, Duke Reid this year, but given he was born 102 years ago on 21st July, and the fact we happen to have a tasty 4CD box setlined up for release at the end of next week, we thought it...
Treasure Isle

Treasure Isle

Created by pioneering sound system operator, Duke Reid, Treasure Isle Records was one of the most powerful presences on the Jamaican music scene throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, rivalled only by Coxson Dodd’s Studio One enterprise. During this period,...
This Is Trojan Playlist Gets a Christmas Makeover

This Is Trojan Playlist Gets a Christmas Makeover

With the festive season well and truly upon us, we’ve spiced up the This Is Trojan spotify playlist with 30 seasonal ska and reggae tracks from the Trojan catalogue.So if you’re tired of hearing the same old recordings by the same old artists, why not...
The Incredible Heptones

The Incredible Heptones

Formed in the mid sixties by Earl Morgan, Barry Lewellyn and Leroy Sibbles, the Heptones’ work for such noted produicers as Coxson Dodd, Joe Gibbs and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry rates among the finest to eminate from Jamaica during the sixties and...