Trojan Records

To begin with, I want to apologize for the button accordion, who made it in a post about soundtles in the Styth Stile stream ... There I wrote that Label Trojan was founded by Duke Reid, but this is not so, his label is called Treasure Isles, and its sound system was called Trojan SoundSystem.

And now, in fact, about Trojan Records: the label was founded in England on April 28, 68 of the last century. The label specialized in reprinting the best samples of Jamaica music. At the beginning of his journey, he released Rocksteady and Reggae melodies during the heyday of these genres. In the late 80s and early 90s, Labble began to pay more attention to genres such as Dancehall and Jungle.

The first success for the label was the single Red Red Wine, published in 69. This was the first breakthrough of the label in the charts of Great Britain, in a month he reached 46th place in the chart of singles. Then a few more single labels rose to the top 20.

And in the spring of 71, Trojan first takes possession of the upper line of the island of the island with the track.

Trojan discovered for Europe such Jamaican names as Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, U Roy as well as the Kingstona trio of Bob Marley & The Wailers.

For inexplicable reason, the reason for the releases of the label was successful not only in the emigrant circles of England. But these rhythms received a much greater response in the hearts of the working youth of England. Skinheads from the workers of the quarters were imbued with these vibrations and very soon Statia is associated with this music in the eyes of the British. Rough guys bought label records, which provided him with commercial success.

For several years, Trojan focused on artists living in the UK. The label glorified names such as Greyhound , The Pioners , Dandy (LivingStone) and Judge Dread .

A few years later, Trojan resumes contacts with the Jamaican studios. The main reason for the return can be considered the appearance of a new musical course - Dub. The ingenious sound engineer and radio engineer Osborne Ruddok, known as King Tubby. This man, with his appearance, determined the development of styles on Jamaica for several years to come ...

Starting from 75, the label was re -soldered from one company to another, without changing its style: high -quality British preset with the sounds of the best samples of Jamaica music ...

In 2001, the label was purchased by Sanctuary Records Group. Under the control of this company, the label developed to unattainable previously scales ....