Name: Dubstrumentals
Brand: Lee Perry

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Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

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Release date

2015-10-16

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541493992910

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5414939929106

Artist

Lee Perry

Label EU

Trojan

Genre EU

Reggae / Dub

The Beginning:
On July 28th, 1967, the label Trojan was launched by Island Records, one of the UK's leading independent record companies. Created as a sub-label to showcase the productions of Jamaican producer Arthur "Duke" Reid, Trojan quickly became synonymous with reggae music. The label took its name from Reid's powerful sound system and Jamaican label active at the same time. Despite being short-lived initially, Trojan highlighted some of the finest music from Jamaica during the Rocksteady era. After its demise, Trojan was resurrected and went on to dominate the Jamaican records market in the UK.
In the 60s and 70s, Trojan Records successfully spread Reggae throughout the UK and beyond by licensing Jamaican recordings and producing UK-based acts. The parent company was sold to Allied in the 1970s, who continued releasing records under Trojan Records. In 2001, Sanctuary Records Group Ltd acquired the full catalogue of Trojan Records. Subsequently, Universal Music Group purchased Sanctuary in 2007 and later sold it to BMG in 2013. Since then, BMG has distributed Trojan Records in Europe through PIAS. Reissues on Music On Vinyl since 2017 are handled by Townsend Music.
Trojan continues to be a legendary label that has played a significant role in promoting reggae music worldwide.

Newest Listed Items

This two-disc set, 'Dubstrumentals', collects three mid-'70s Perry dub albums, 'Kung Fu Meets the Dragon', 'Return of the Wax', and Vin Gordon's 'Musical Bones' (all three were released in the UK in 1975). Perry's legendary Black Ark Studio was up and running by this time - it had become more or less operational at the close of 1973 - and he was just beginning an amazing run of productions. 'Kung Fu Meets the Dragon' benefits mightily from the presence of Augustus Pablo on melodica, which gives it all a vaguely Far Eastern vibe, and the sequence flows like nothing so much as the soundtrack to some long-lost Jamaican spaghetti western. Sound unlikely? Welcome to Scratch country. 'Return of the Wax' was originally released as a limited-edition, white-label LP, and it is less dub proper than it is a deep, dense drum'n'bass set. 'Musical Bones' is actually a sequence from Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon (with Perry producing), featuring Gordon and friends fleshing out classic reggae rhythms with jazz structures and phrasing.

Dubstrumentals

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