{"product_id":"the-story-of-trojan-records","title":"The Story of Trojan Records","description":"\u003ch4 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"11575772-22b3-4823-599c-dc1cb1f74b32\"]' data-w-id=\"11575772-22b3-4823-599c-dc1cb1f74b32\"\u003eThe definitive official history of the iconic record label\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-short-review-input\" data-wf-id='[\"68356e4e-874f-4efa-5534-4d5f1a87f129\"]' data-w-id=\"68356e4e-874f-4efa-5534-4d5f1a87f129\"\u003e‘A beautiful book’ Robert Elms\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"7a88a248-ac16-4990-5750-f63ebfe7d39a\"]' data-w-id=\"7a88a248-ac16-4990-5750-f63ebfe7d39a\"\u003eTrojan was founded in 1968, as part of a deal with Island Records, its mission to bring Jamaican music to the world. Over the subsequent half-century it has done just that, releasing many of the defining albums of ska, rocksteady, dub and reggae from artists including The Upsetters, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, The Maytals, Dennis Brown, John Holt, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Bob Marley and the Wailers, as well as the hugely popular \u003cem data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"b8f066ee-7e45-407d-3d10-dcefe283054d\"]' data-w-id=\"b8f066ee-7e45-407d-3d10-dcefe283054d\"\u003eTighten Up!\u003c\/em\u003e compilations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"e6de50b3-51a3-ae6c-4bd8-ca8801040213\"]' data-w-id=\"e6de50b3-51a3-ae6c-4bd8-ca8801040213\"\u003eWritten by journalist Laurence Cane-Honeysett, who has worked with Trojan Records across three decades, this is the definitive history of one of the most enduring labels in popular music. It contains hundreds of photographs, record sleeves, labels and archive material, much of it not seen for many years.\u003cbr data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-description-input\" data-wf-id='[\"LineBreak\"]' data-w-id=\"LineBreak\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A beautiful book’ \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Elms, BBC Radio London\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘It’s got lots of photographs, and reminiscences from tons of artists, but also a lot of history – the weaving of the social history of Britain into the story makes this a fascinating book’ \u003cstrong\u003eCerys Matthews, BBC Radio 6 Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The wide-ranging, sometimes bonkers, always exciting story of a record label that played a huge part in announcing a black presence in Britain, and in doing so changed the nation forever’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A timely reminder of the music that sparked a cross-cultural revolution’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary reggae label, this big, beautiful artefact combines artist biographies and interviews with wonderful evocative images, plus records sleeves, labels, ads and other archive material’ \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUncut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– Top 10 books of 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘In all, this profusely illustrated coffee-table book is a marvellous tribute to the Trojan label, authored by somebody who has a real passion for the music and knows his stuff inside out’ \u003cstrong\u003eRhythm \u0026amp; Blues magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eHardback\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ePublished: Eye (July 2018)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eISBN: 9781785630781\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eye Books Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":722508382227,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/5ace05dfbeebdd2a163b5b7c_ScreenShot2018-04-11at13.55.20.png?v=1759840473","url":"https:\/\/www.eyebooksgroup.com\/products\/the-story-of-trojan-records","provider":"Eye Books Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}