20 Reggae Classics

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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Reggae, Classic Reggae, Kingston, JamaicaMatrix #: TRLS 222Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great, some very light marks Cultural Facts: Scene Ec ology: Trojan’s ’80s comps kept late-’60s/early-’70s Jamaican hits cheap and circulating in UK shops, DJ bags, and sound systems. Media Narrative: These songs got absorbed into UK youth subcultures (“skinhead reggae,” revivals), often stripped from their Jamaican context. 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 Show more