Trojan Records is 50 years old this year. It was the label that, together with Island Records (founded a decade earlier in 1958), introduced first ska, then reggae, to Britain. To celebrate the 50th anniversary,  a new film, Rudeboy, has been released. It is, as the blurb says,  ‘a film about the origins and ongoing love affair between Jamaican and British youth culture’.  It’s a wonderful film, and an even better soundtrack. And it got me delving back into my […]

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