Group · 1968 · London [51.51, -0.13]
Trojan Records
Trojan Records was a British record label that became the principal channel for Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae reaching the United Kingdom from the late 1960s. Its steady stream of releases fed the skinhead and pop charts alike and made the island's sound a fixture of British youth culture. The cited sources record the British record label central to reggae's UK spread.
Evidence2
- Wikidata: Trojan RecordsWikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126543
accessed 2026-06-04
- MusicBrainz: Trojan RecordsMusicBrainz
musicbrainz.org/label/5bda15e5-d721-4f01-bdc1-24ed2f712712
accessed 2026-06-04
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migrated from → Desmond Dekker
Records by artists such as Desmond Dekker reached British listeners largely through Trojan Records, the London label that channelled Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and reggae into the United Kingdom. This pipeline carried the Kingston sound across the Atlantic and into British youth culture.