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August 22, 2011, at 10:46 pm

The Story Of Trojan Records – again?

When Trojan announced they were producing a “The Story Of Trojan Records” box set I’d have to say I was just a little underwhelmed, after all Trojan have been producing Trojan Story compilations since 1971, what would be different this time?

First things first. This set totals 123 tracks over five CD’s. It’s packaged in [...]

May 4, 2009, at 5:01 am

In Memory

Today is the 5th anniversary of the death of Coxsone Dodd so on this bank holiday (in the UK at least) it’s all about Studio One.

Gold Dust- A Studio One mix [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Jackie Mittoo – Gold Dust (Studio One blank) Alton Ellis – Tumbling Tears (Studio One) Clyde [...]

April 22, 2009, at 9:10 am

Ken Boothe's memories

Whilst the long overdue ideal of opening a museum dedicated to Jamaican music is wheeled out for discussion once again. It’s good to see that some people are getting on with is and not waiting for the authorities to finally pull their fingers out. See Ken Boothe and his photo collection in his home as [...]

March 9, 2009, at 9:51 am

The Train Is Coming

I’m not sure who thinks up these short occasional articles in the Gleaner but they are always worth a read… Ken Boothe, his song The Train Is Coming, and the Jamaican rail network.

November 30, 2008, at 12:41 pm

A German Big Shot

With it feet firmly in a pair of Doctor Martens comes Big Shot magazine straight out of Germany. Skinhead reggae/ska magazines that have a fixation with second rate UK tunes and can’t see beyond 1972 are usually pretty tedious but this mag looks pretty interesting and I wish I could understand German and read the [...]