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United Kingdom. Official website. trojanrecords.com. Trojan Records is a British record label founded by Jamaican Duke Reid in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon -built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid 's ...
THE TROJAN RECORDS STORY. On July 28th 1967, British-based Jamaican music company, Island Records launched a label to showcase the output of one of the most popular and successful producers of the ska and rock steady eras – Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid. The imprint, called ‘Trojan’ after the title Mr. Reid had acquired during his early days in ...
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Jun 18, 2021 · "The Trojan Story" rocked the music world in 1971, introducing listeners to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Long out of print, the three-LP set is reissued on June 18.
Trojan Records is a British record label founded by Jamaican Duke Reid in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica. The truck had "Duke Reid - The Trojan King of Sounds" painted on the sides, and the ...
The 2018 documentary Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records chronicles not just the pioneering record label that introduced Jamaican ska and reggae to the UK but how generations of British youth ...
Sep 13, 2018 · Dandy’s 1969 production, a reggae adaptation of Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine” by singer Tony Tribe, gave Trojan its first mainstream U.K. chart entry. More national chart hits followed for ...
Aug 9, 2018 · To mark the anniversary, reggae historian and writer David Katz selects 50 of the label’s most essential releases, spanning singles and albums and chosen from original records that were issued on Trojan itself, rather than subsidiary labels. The Wailers. ‘Stir It Up’. (TR 617, 1968)
