Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Reggae, Classic Reggae, Kingston, Jamaica
Matrix #: TRLS 222
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great, some very light marks
Cultural Facts:
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Scene Ecology: Trojans 80s comps kept late-60s/early-70s Jamaican hits cheap and circulating in UK shops, DJ bags, and sound systems.
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Media Narrative: These songs got absorbed into UK youth subcultures (skinhead reggae, revivals), often stripped from their Jamaican context.
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Personal Struggle: Maytals singer Toots Hibbert was jailed in 1966 on a marijuana charge; the experience became part of his life-long public story.
2/28/2026 CC