Susan Cadogan

Trojan was the original cool ruler of British reggae labels. In 1967, founders Chris Blackwell
and Lee Gopthal began to license the then-exotic dance tunes from visionary Jamaican
producers Duke Reid and Coxsone Dodd. Eventually, all of the island's key producers came
on board, notably Lee "Scratch" Perry during his close collaboration with Bob Marley and
the Wailers. The label went on to introduce Jamaican music to a generation of w... More >