Trojan Records have launched an exciting new genre-based 2CD series featuring the very best in Jamaican sounds from the past half-century.
Drawing extensively on both the Trojan and Island catalogues, each of these 40 track collections highlight a popular Jamaican music style, ranging from Mento and R&B through to Ragga.
Available now, the first eleven releases each highlight many of the greatest music Jamaica has ever produced, with many of the recordings making their CD debuts.
The 2CD sets are priced at a tasty £4.99 each.
The series includes sets devoted to:
Dub
Mento and R&B
Original Reggae
Ragga
DJs
Dancehall
Roots
Ska
Rock Steady
Classic Reggae
Lovers Rock
Featuring artists such as:
Max Romeo, the Heptones, Delroy Wilson, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, the Upsetters, Prince Jammy, Keith Hudson, Leroy Smart, Culture, Black Uhuru, Shabba Ranks, Eek-A-Mouse, Buju Banton, U-Roy, Big Youth, Dillinger, Prince Far I, Trinity, Barrington Levy, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott, Jacob Miller, Bim Sherman, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and the Maytals, Lee Perry, Desmond Dekker, Ken Boothe, and many more.
Check the whole set out at the Trojan website
Originally posted 2011-06-05 09:23:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
