Various Artists - Sweet Inspiration - Guilty Reggae Pleasures - To Be Released 23rd October on 140g Black Vinyl in card sleeve with printed insert & CD in 6 panel digisleeve.
Despite the widespread popularity of reggae music in the UK, following its explosion onto the international music scene in the late 1960s, many of those in charge of Britain's mainstream media were reluctant to give the exciting new sound coverage, whether in print or over the airways.
In an attempt to counter this resistance, Trojan Records took the bold step of embellishing recordings from Jamaica with sophisticated orchestration, with the resultant ‘commercial reggae’ sound immediately finding favour with the country’s reggae fans.
Consequently, the company not just maintained, but in fact extended the procedure, employing producers to record the country’s finest British-based reggae acts. The result was the release of an abundance of superbly crafted recordings, the production values of which rated with the best that British pop had to offer.
BMG Cat. No. Vinyl: 964216671 CD: 964216662 2026
Various Artists - Sweet Inspiration - Guilty Reggae Pleasures - To Be Released 23rd October on 140g Black Vinyl in card sleeve with printed insert & CD in 6 panel digisleeve.
Despite the widespread popularity of reggae music in the UK, following its explosion onto the international music scene in the late 1960s, many of those in charge of Britain's mainstream media were reluctant to give the exciting new sound coverage, whether in print or over the airways.
In an attempt to counter this resistance, Trojan Records took the bold step of embellishing recordings from Jamaica with sophisticated orchestration, with the resultant ‘commercial reggae’ sound immediately finding favour with the country’s reggae fans.
Consequently, the company not just maintained, but in fact extended the procedure, employing producers to record the country’s finest British-based reggae acts. The result was the release of an abundance of superbly crafted recordings, the production values of which rated with the best that British pop had to offer.
BMG Cat. No. Vinyl: 964216671 CD: 964216662 2026
