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| Trojan Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Sanctuary Records Group (BMG Rights Management) |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Lee Gopthal |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group[1] (physical) BMG Rights Management (digital) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Official website | trojanrecords.com |
Trojan Records is a British record label founded by Jamaican Duke Reid in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica. The truck had "Duke Reid - The Trojan King of Sounds" painted on the sides, and the music played by Reid became known as the Trojan Sound.
The label had almost 30 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart between 1969 and 1976.[2]
- ^ "BMG forms alliance with Universal Music Group; plans to move physical distribution to UMG's Commercial Services division". musicbusinessworldwide.com. 19 October 2023.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2535. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.