The Trojan Records singles series has been hit and miss mostly but the quality is so dam good I’ll pick em up. Reviving long dead labels for the sake of this collectors series makes for a great touch. Seeing the Smash, Duke Reid, Big Shot etc. labels again in such thick pressings [...]
The amazing Ken Parker will make his debut appearance on the westcoast at the end of March. Ken has been largely overlooked as an artist except for the amazing ‘Groovin’ In Style!‘ collection put out by Trojan Records. That in no means that true Jamaican music nerds are unfamiliar with him. [...]
I remember finding Trojan Records’ ‘Club Reggae’ compilation on vinyl in a little shop in Burbank. I think it was Atomic Records in Burbank which dealt with a lot of original press vinyl mainly from UK and Jazz circles. They had tons of stuff but just a small reggae section but it [...]
VP Records’ subsidiary 17 North Parade specializing in mainly the Randy’s catalog stuff re-issued the first ever live album recorded in Jamaica ‘Live at the Turntable Club‘. It was originally recorded in ’74 and issued on Trojan Records in ’75. This is the first CD issue of this [...]
When I posted about a special pair of Trojan Records inspired sneakers I found online I didn’t know then that it would be one of the more popular posts I’ve made on the site. Everyone loves Trojan though and a good pair of Adidas sneakers is never a bad thing. But even [...]
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