[DudeAsInCool]

Wired takes a look at Trojan Records, a UK based reggae label, with this multimedia presentation:

"Throughout its 40-year history, the U.K.-based Trojan Records released hundreds of titles and scored dozens of hits in Europe, Jamaica and North America. Here are some covers of classic albums from Trojan's massive back-catalog"

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[sideshow bob]

I posted a comment on the site.

Thankyou for the hello on the 70s thread dude.

By the time i "got the ears" for deeper raggae in 80 Trojan wasn't releasing much except retrospectives - yes, even then! - and the one Lee Perry album I bought was released on Clocktower records so I had no idea he had worked for Trojan. Likewise, the Maytals were recording for Island and I do not remember what label "The Israelites" was released on but I recall it was yellow so probably not Trojan.

Infact the only record I've ever owned on Trojan was the 1974 no 1 single [UK] "Everything I own" by Ken Boothe [although that's still got to be one of the purest sounding raggae strums/riffs [what do they call it when they hit that note?] that I've heard.

:D

This post has been edited by sideshow bob: 16 July 2007 - 12:12 PM

[DudeAsInCool]

sideshow bob, on Jul 16 2007, 11:01 AM, said:

I posted a comment on the site.

Thankyou for the hello on the 70s thread dude.

:D

Glad to have you here

[sideshow bob]

Ah, I think I was still editing when you replied.

That's typical. I always go on far too much.

If you do know the answer to the strum/riff question I would be very interested to know the name of it. I mean what do they call it when they hit that raggae note?

If nobody knows I'm just going to continue to call it strumming.

[DudeAsInCool]

sideshow bob, on Jul 16 2007, 11:01 AM, said:

Infact the only record I've ever owned on Trojan was the 1974 no 1 single [UK] "Everything I own" by Ken Boothe [although that's still got to be one of the purest sounding raggae strums/riffs [what do they call it when they hit that note?] that I've heard.

:D

You can watch them perform that song right HERE

[sideshow bob]

It's midnight to six, man,
for the first time from Jamaica.
Dillinger and Leroy Smart,
Delroy Wilson, your cool operater;

Ken Boothe for UK pop raggae
With backing band sound systems
And if they've got anything to say
There's many black ears here to listen.

The Clash "White man [in Hammersmith Palias]. 1978.

[slum_goddess]

LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY IS MY GOD!

[sideshow bob]

The Clash [whose lyric is quoted above] asked Lee Perry to produce their 3rd single, so that the Scratchmaster has a permanent place in UK punk history, believe it or not.