| Trojan
Records started in 1967 as a subsidiary of Island Records, lasting
for a few months only.
The label was revived in 1968 by Lee Gopthal, who had previously
run a record store called Musicland, and before that collaborated
with Chris Blackwell of Island Records on mail order sales.
Trojan's main function was not to develop new artists, but to
serve as a sister label for Island Records.
In 1972, Island Records pulled out of its partnership with Trojan
Records. Around the same time, there was a declining interest
in Jamaican music among British youths, who ventured towards
other genres when Rastafarian lyrics and slower tempos entered
the music. In 1974, Trojan had made attempts to anglicize the
reggae on the label, by re-mastering and overdubbing string
arrangements over the original Jamaican recordings.
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