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- Music is an open message to the world.

Music has no color.

You hear it and you love it.

- Today's, he took cash

the foundations of a multicultural society

in fact, a long time ago, on the dance floor

laid down in the late 1960s, In the early 70s.

- No one knew it was coming.

We knew Soul.

We knew Tamla Motown.

But it just sneaked in,

like a trojan horse.

- The Trojan has a huge collection collected from Jamaican gold.

These records mean gold to me.

The history of TROJAN RECORDS is part of England,

but it began on a remote island.

There is no JAMAICA.

There is no JAMAICA. There is no TROJAN.

There is no TROJAN.

BMG presents

Come on, baby

Let 's have a good time

Come on, baby

I shake your soul

Come on, baby

Let 's have a good time

All night

Come on, baby

♪ Yes, that's it ♪

Él I live, it can not be missed ♪

Come on, baby

Let 's have a good time

All night

Come on, baby, as long as the blood is hot

Come on, baby

It 's fun now

Come on, baby

Let 's have a good time

All night

- This is the Caribbean.

It is made up of thousands of islands.

Let's see Jamaica, one of the larger islands.

FIRST CHAPTER THE Trojan

- Duke Reid, of the Trojans,

started as a police officer and after retiring,

opened a liquor store.

TREASURE ISLE ITALBOLT

Duke is even open could also leave the store door.

No one would have stolen from there.

It could not be taken for granted.

Duke Reid had the best and most severe soundsysteme

In Jamaica.

Don't ask yourself again

♪ Leave the fencing ♪

- Duke Reid's voice was himself, the Trojan,

probably after the Trojan van.

Don't ask yourself again

♪ Leave the fencing ♪

- The sound system attracted everyone,

they danced and celebrated together.

It has become a part of life.

Bunny Lee Music producer

- Duke helped me early in my career, gave free studio time.

Most frontrunners have a soundsystem from his prehistory he is no longer with us.

Only a few of us live.

- Here comes the Trojan!

Here comes the Trojan!

Here comes the Trojan!

Here comes the Trojan!

- At night, in the Foresters

to the music of the great Duke Reid, the Trojan you could dance.

They could have been lords of Jamaica if they wanted to.

As the melodies spoke,

everyone raced in competition with each other.

I'm with my baby

He has big red legs

"Sir Coxson's Downbeat was there."

♪ But she is my baby ♪

♪ And I still love him ♪

"King Edwards, the Giant, was there."

Another soundsystem.

He is still alive.

♪ Caldonia! ♪

♪ Caldonia! ♪

- The soundsystem has fundamentally changed it

the concept of entertainment.

Instead of live music, the records dominated.

Mom has no idea,

♪ what they know in Caledonia. ♪

I'm going to Caledonia

- Nobody seems to know reggae

He grew out of Reid's sound system.

But those songs in Jamaica in the 50s

they were American plates.

When the rhythm and blues blew,

they started making their own records,

and they spoke from the sound systems.

It has become an industry.

- His name was Little Richard,

because I imitated Little Richard.

They said, "Richards, did you hear

that Duke Reid are you doing auditions? "

I say, "yes, where's Duke Reid?"

"On Band Street and Charles Street."

I say, "okay."

There wasn't a song then.

I went there, I told him

"Mr. Reid, I hear organizes a hearing for musicians. "

He said, "can you sing?"

I say, "Yes."

To this he said, "Then sing."

I say, "okay."

I want a girl to dance with

I want a girl for love,

I want a girl to care for,

♪ Oh dear, are you coming with me? ♪

♪ Oh, oh, my beautiful baby, are you coming to dance? ♪

- He was picked up on Thursday.

I want a girl to dance with

I want a girl for love,

♪ A ... ♪

- One Saturday I heard my own song

first on the radio.

♪ ... to care, ♪

I bounced up and down.

I called everyone.

"Listen to this!

It's me, Derrick!

I sing! "

God, I felt in heaven.

I thought this was heaven, God, let it end here.

♪ ... are you coming to dance? ♪

- In those days

hitmaker and hit killer they were called because of all the songs

he was at the top of the top list.

- Duke Reid knew what he wanted.

Duke is in charge of Jamaica for his many great hits.

Derrick Morgan started.

We called him the King of Ska.

CHAPTER TWO SKA

The name "Ska" comes from a style called Clue J. When they played with his band,

tried to explain to members

for guitars to speak ska ska.

To this, one member said then we play ska-san, Ska is his name.

- Ska is fast music.

You need something that bounces.

♪ ... brings misery

We added it with the guitar that bouncing sound.

But behind that is there based on the bassist theme.

- If you hear it, you have to move.

Rhythm takes your feet.

- Ska is live music.

To hear the jingle in him, the bounce, ska, ska,

ska.

Ska is the spine.

If it’s not in it, it’s not Jamaican music.

You don't need light to

♪ To see how much dust you stir. ♪

- The air is full of waiting,

as the moment approaches, His Majesty,

Royal Princess Margaret arrives

Jamaica's independence for the opening ceremony.

- When Jamaica became independent in 1962,

everyone was there.

They danced all night, people close

and they had a great night.

- Kingston

It was good.

Love permeates Jamaica.

Many came here to England.

In my youth, I attended many farewell parties.

- For the first time in my life

people knew that they only have to exchange tickets to

to travel to England.

- We can see it here

more than 400 happy Jamaican arrivals.

They came to England for job opportunities,

and ready for any job

which helps the motherland to prosper.

They came hopefully,

so we welcome them with much love,

at the dawn of their new lives.

- And most of our records,

Jamaican local music

and the whole soundsystem culture

He moved to England.

They continued what we started.

CHAPTER THREE IMMIGRANTS

Between 1955 and 1963 more than 100,000 people

EMIGRATED from Jamaica To Britain.

- My mother...

he lived in a bad marriage.

He had had enough and went to London.

I followed him two years later.

It was hard at times.

Largely due to the weather.

There is something you will never forget.

DANDY LIVINGSTONE MUSICIAN AND PRODUCER

I remember when I arrived.

Maybe it was Victoria Station.

I remember, that my mother was not there.

I thought what was going on here?

I waved a cab and I went to Forest Gate.

- London is the change and the city of opposites.

The river Thames the dark centuries of our history,

and the radiant pose reflects life.

According to Dr. Johnson if you get tired of London,

bored with life.

- I've heard, that there is a lot of money in England

and many opportunities that it is paved with gold.

LLOYD COXSONE SOUNDSYSTEM-OWNERS

My parents decided to be transferred to England.

I didn't want to come.

When they brought me over, they got into trouble with me,

I wanted to go back To Jamaica, I didn't like it here.

There are plenty in my youth in Jamaica it was a fruit tree I could climb on.

I could swim in the sea by the river

we played cricket with my friends.

He missed excruciatingly my childhood in jamaica.

- I was a Rude Boy, but he was also very ambitious.

I moved to places where they could kill me,

or imprisoned.

So they took it out of there, brought it to England.

At the time, I thought I was going to have a better life.

But it was worse.

The young whites didn't know what to think.

They are not used to blacks.

His name was Golliwog, the brushhead.

Bananas and hazelnuts at school

scattered on the bench.

Young people did that at the time.

Young people are crazy, aren't they?

It was a very bad experience,

but solidified.

Because that's why I started boxing.

- Straight out, okay, now give it a try.

Straight.

- The others were boxing from sports,

I was driven by revenge.

Like animals, if you breed a dog for a long time

it will bite sooner or later.

- Boom.

- They're uncomfortable.

If one wants to walk past them on the street

they do not move.

- So you wouldn't be happy if one of them became his neighbor.

- Why should I be happy?

- I would deport them.

Pests are here, nothing else.

- When school I became a champion, it was over.

They were no longer offended.

I was "the Champion."

I won respect with my fists.

And it was a pretty good result.

I'm still alive, some of my friends are already dead.

The Teddy Boys killed many at the time.

- When I came here,

I signed up for the exchange program in Balham.

I loved it so much would have gone back to Jamaica.

But I had to find a job.

One day I pulled out a card.

It read "NCP."

Color-skinned No.

It was on all the cards.

As a Jamaican, I didn’t get a job.

Jamaican music has given us strength.

If we wanted to know what music is in Jamaica right now,

we had to turn to the sound systems.

And at the same time, just the soundsystem

kept our culture alive.

We went to cellars.

That's where it all comes from.

It could have been any pig.

We cleaned up, we brought some sound boxes.

Some unpacked their houses.

- Every second week

we had a dance party.

They took out the furniture.

And they brought in the sound boxes, bang, the dance began.

♪ You say ♪

♪ You are walking in a flag fire. ♪

You couldn't go to the white clubs.

There could be no question of it.

It was natural.

You had fun in your own way.

You've sung everything before

♪ And now we move, but you say ♪

I remember the neighbors the cops called us.

"They play jungle music!"

I'm not kidding.

♪ But when I was with you ♪

The music gave me strength

in everyday life.

To live and let live

If you were young Jamaican in England,

but you could come from anywhere, as a black person

music was your refuge.

That's true.

♪ ... you're on fire. ♪

Yes, alone in music

we could have a good time.

And so the plates became

becoming more famous, so they spread.

Sound system started,

people fell in love.

You know what I mean?

Sticks and stones

♪ They break a bone if you are also a king. ♪

♪ But the word is straight in two. ♪

♪ What can you do like that, old man? ♪

First in 1963 I met Lee Gopthal.

That's when I finished school.

We can say that we became friends.

He operated a mail order, plenty

He sold a West Indian record.

Owen Gray, Jackie Edwards, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan--

the big guns.

Lee gave a crate plate.

I sold them all over the weekend.

I remember calling Lee on Tuesday.

I say, Lee, the records are out.

To this he said, "What?"

He said, let's meet over the weekend,

and I will give more of it.

We met and the next

I also sold them over the weekend.

A Jamaican music it was a piece from our home.

- I met Chris Blackwell,

with the founder of Island Records.

I am partly specialized I worked as a record salesman.

Lee had a building, at 108 Cambridge Road.

When we moved in to the Island Records building,

very early he saw an opportunity in us,

because with Jamaican music we were a dealing company.

You boy, my little lollipop

My heart descends from you

♪ Sweet as candy. ♪

♪ You sugar boy ♪

- Millie Small's "My Boy Lollipop" song

sold 4 million copies worldwide.

It was also taken in Ecuador.

♪ Because I'm dying. ♪

My heart

- Lee was Asian-Jamaican,

and businessman, but from a certain point of view

obviously in the West Indies market was also interested in

because he thought maybe

so you can despise it set foot in the record trade.

In fact, that's how it happened.

♪ ... I'll let you go. ♪

Oh, my son, my little lollipop

- Millie Small record,

a "My Boy Lollipop," a processing.

♪ You cover the world on fire. ♪

♪ You are ... ♪

But he ran in.

It was good to see a Jamaican girl From Clarendon to the top list.

♪ I love you, I love you, I love you so. ♪

- To Lee to such an extent

started the business to open a record store on Willesden Lane.

I think to Musicland it was called and consisted of six shops.

He lives in England it was a mecca for Caribbeans.

At that time the plates

they were carried like sugar.

- Lee Gopthal helped a lot,

to start my music career.

[MUSIC - JUSTIN HINDS and THE DOMINOES, "NO GOOD RUDIE"]

I want to know

Why we gathered here

♪ I want to know why we gathered here ♪

History is one hottest summer in Kingston

Is suffering from an ECONOMIC CRISIS, the streets are dominated by VIOLENCE.

♪ As if there were some gathering here ♪

- Well, I know a lot about the Rude Boys.

I grew up back then.

Rude Boy does a lot of things.

The old Rude Boys

Duke Reid, Coxsone Sound

and were followers of King Edwards.

There was a thief among them.

There was a released prisoner among them.

There were some of them converted.

At that time they were the gods, the kings.

♪ It is good that you know what is good and what is bad. ♪

The wise are sure

- A Rude Boy at the time

he meant a tough boy.

They took off their caps, barely ...

... they could be recognized.

And he makes whatever he wants, when he wants.

DERRICK MORGAN ARTIST AND COMPOSER

- I knew one.

His name was Buzzbee.

Rude Boy.

He came to me, he says, listen.

Everyone is singing about the Rude Boys.

But you haven't sung about them yet.

I want you to sing one Rude Boy song about me.

This weekend.

Because he wanted to hear it about yourself a song at the party.

That's when I wrote the "Rudies Don't Fear."

I gave it to the DJ at the dance party.

♪ Now the Rudies are coming, boys ♪

♪ The Rudies are coming ♪

♪ The Rudies are coming ♪

The guy picked up the record at midnight,

and he said, "Give me a can of beer."

♪ Now they have the word. ♪

♪ I order that all ♪ ♪ Stand Rude Boy. ♪

And when it came to that

"They're tougher than everyone, strong as a lion, "

grabbed the beer, slammed it against the wall,

and said "Iron!"

♪ Rougher than everyone. ♪

♪ Tougher than everyone. ♪

♪ Strong as a lion, we are made of iron. ♪

♪ Rudies are not afraid of boys. ♪

♪ The Rudies are not afraid. ♪

Street girls stood on the stairs.

He went upstairs and splashed them with a beer.

I saw a young boy he held a pistol in his hand.

"Are you Buzzbee?"

He saw the child with the pistol in his hand,

the little boy's hand shook.

Meanwhile, from a different direction they also took a gun to his head,

and was shot.

♪ Rudies are not afraid of boys ♪

♪ The Rudies are not afraid. ♪

♪ Rudies are not afraid of boys ♪

♪ The Rudies are not afraid. ♪

♪ Rougher than everyone else they are tougher than everyone else. ♪

- Increasingly in England

more could be heard about the RudeBoy.

After a while, everyone RudeBoy wanted to write songs.

At one point I thought why shouldn't I try too?

♪ Leave hardening. ♪

♪ It's time to gather yourself. ♪

♪ Ba ba da ba da da. ♪

♪ Da da da da da. ♪

♪ Leave hardening. ♪

♪ Mm-hmm. ♪

♪ It's time to gather yourself. ♪

♪ Leave hardening, trouble mixing. ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, Rudy, yeah. ♪

♪ That's what I'm sending you, Rudy. ♪

♪ This is what I am sending you. ♪

My song didn't polish

the Rude Boy.

I told them to cool off,

think about the future

something like that.

♪ That's what I'm sending you, Rudy. ♪

♪ This is what I am sending you. ♪

Like this.

- I remember calling you once

Lee Gopthal.

He wanted to meet me.

He said, "I'm starting something now, and I want you to board. "

I said good, of course.

CHAPTER FIVE TROJAN RECORDS

Island and Lee Gopthal, two styles,

who came together.

Lee Gopthal was a gentleman.

And I knew his grandfather from Jamaica.

I also knew in the music industry

he was a gentleman he helped us a lot, he

and Dave Betteridge.

When I came to England,

many of my childhood friends also came over.

Here we had the opportunity to do more.

♪ Leave hardening ♪

Trouble mixing

I came in February 1968.

It was weird because I got cold.

When someone laughs, it looks like like blowing cigarette smoke

but in the meantime it was so cold.

Great Dave Betteridge, I'm telling you this

he came in with a small MG car.

We went to Cambridge Road.

- The 1960s were years of recovery.

For the first time in a long time he had some money again

for the people.

In fact, everything was for sale.

We decided to unite our musical affinities.

It was a matter of course for all of us.

We simply found it each other, as is often the case.

"I first met Bunny Lee."

We came out well and Lee had some ideas

to the name of the company.

- At one point we broke our heads

what should be the name of the company.

Bunny looked at me,

and I to him.

And he asked what do you say to Trojan Records?

I said yes, great.

And that was it.

Bang.

- The Trojan was the most appropriate,

Duke Reid, because of the Trojan.

Duke Reid made good records.

So when it was formed at Trojan Publishing, it also helped.

Working in an English publishing house

it can be great.

The first shot so I did it in two months

To Lee Gopthal.

I think the ...

One of my albums was the first one

the Trojan was released, if I remember correctly.

- Then I went back to Jamaica,

and I wrote a lot of songs.

- It was good to start Trojan.

We could say yes, reggae found a home here.

- We want Enoch Powell! We want Enoch Powell!

We want Enoch Powell!

We want Enoch Powell!

We want Enoch Powell!

We want Enoch Powell!

In 1968, Trojan Records year of its foundation

Prime Minister ENOCH POWELL in a speech responded to the issue of increasing IMMIGRATION.

- In this country within 15 or 20 years

blacks will be whipped

white people.

I can almost hear the indignant crowd.

How dare I say such horror?

- Of course I had to deal with prejudice.

"There's too much of you here." Yes.

It was a cold shower.

We want Enoch Powell!

- Why did you say that? Enoch Powell such a speech?

It is still visible from this speech

a trail on the streets of England.

Then we couldn't stand him.

- We want Enoch Powell!

We want Enoch Powell!

Enoch Powell ...

♪ Shut up, sir! ♪

CHAPTER SIX REGGAE

♪ Listen, sir. ♪

- Rocksteady had a slower pace.

♪ Put your hands high, sir. ♪

Reggae soon took over.

♪ And you're not in trouble, sir. ♪

♪ No, no, no. ♪

I am a different kind

I'm Rude Boy, a musician Rude Boy.

And I figured out the "reggae" word.

♪ I say yes. ♪

♪ I say yes. ♪

♪ Listen. ♪

♪ Listen. ♪

♪ Can't you hear? ♪

♪ I say yes. ♪

♪ I say yes. ♪

♪ Listen. ♪

♪ Listen. ♪

Published in Jamaica a new SOUND and the Trojan started

REGGAE disks can be imported to sells them on the GROWING ENGLISH MARKET.

♪ And if so, ♪ I would ask you to arrest me

- Reggae has been around for a long time

said before anyone knew

that reggae.

♪ I'm not a fool, to hurt myself. ♪

We had a slang word

In Jamaica, the "streggae."

If you didn't look good It was called "streggae."

So maybe from that word reggae came to me.

♪ Yes, give it to me, once. ♪

- Well, I've heard from many

about the path of reggae.

Bunny Lee says he's the first Toots says he's first.

Everyone wants to be first.

Some people think i am the inventor of reggae.

That I did my first reggae

number, "Seven Letters."

I don't know if that's true because of me

I do not care about this.

I just sing to the beat.

♪ This is my last letter, baby. ♪

♪ I can't write to you anymore. ♪

♪ My poor fingers will break off. ♪

- This is one of the very first reggae tunes.

♪ I just walk around. ♪

I remember when I put up this record,

it was one of Trojan’s early albums.

♪ I discarded my favorite discs. ♪

- Music can't be left out.

Ska, bass and drums are the base.

And the infiltrating organ.

This is called "reggae reggae" on the organ.

That was the new voice back then.

It was the sound of reggae, the bouncing organ.

He can't stand who says this, he's lying.

If you don’t have that bounce in it, it’s not reggae.

♪ I was lonely and sad. ♪

♪ I wrote again on Tuesday, baby. ♪

♪ I wrote to no one I don't like anyone either ... ♪

- More and more often

the word reggae appeared

reggae, reggae, reggae.

Jamaican music came through.

But there was an effort to

that sounds English make Jamaican music,

and so we did.

♪ Reggae, reggae, reggae, reggae. ♪

♪ Reggae, reggae, reggae, reggae. ♪

♪ Ma'am, start betting. ♪

♪ Ma'am, start betting. ♪

♪ Come on, let the reggae, ♪ ♪ reggae gets into your blood. ♪

♪ Come on, let the reggae, ♪ ♪ reggae gets into your blood. ♪

- We developed our own reggae variety,

and was adored by the young English.

Like "Red Red Wine," "Reggae in your Jeggae."

♪ Ma'am, we don't want anything wrong. ♪

♪ Ma'am, we don't want hatred. ♪

Hogy Just make reggae, ♪ ♪ reggae gets into your blood. ♪

- I'm only from 1968 or I worked for the Trojan from 1969.

I first worked as a production manager,

I supervised the production,

I ordered the records, labels, covers

and the rest.

Pirate radios played all the time

the records if they did well in the clubs.

- This is Wonderful Radio 1 on 247.

- But the fact that the BBC is playing the discs,

it was problematic from the beginning.

The music industry didn’t keep it a lot of this kind of music.

- Reggae at first he encountered a lot of resistance.

From the 70s to the big radio stations they didn't even want to hear about reggae.

Even Tony Blackburn said that reggae eyes,

We forced it here in England because

because we loved it.

- You think he's holding it back

the music is the way it is fashionable

discarded by disc jockeys?

- I think only the newspapers bring it that way,

in accordance with BBC standards

classified or something.

They classify reggae,

but I don't think so the audience is interested in this.

If they like it, they buy it.

- Trojan all

I will receive your publication.

If I go to the Trojan's office,

they give it to me.

I don't have to pay for it.

The Jamaican music industry

one of the wonderful elements

pre-release disc.

In limited numbers printed discs with a white label,

which is empty.

This is the Jamaican of the 50s tradition of sound systems.

Taken to sound systems,

it was trial marketing.

Blinds came with me, ♪

To tell the teddy bear

♪ The teddy bear approached with a wide smile. ♪

In the late 60s

we printed this and that before release,

to see if the sound systems would play,

whether the clubs like it.

Lee was primarily a businessman, but ...

I think he had good ears for the records to be sold, for the good melodies.

♪ ... he was there with me. ♪

With the mistress on my side ♪ We went through the valley. ♪

The Count and the Countess in the evening ♪ ran reggae, reggae, reggae. ♪

Although mainstream radio stations do not played Trojan Records records

the PIRACY RADIOS are getting more Jamaican music was BROADCASTED.

- When the pirate radios started,

it was like as if the lights were on.

I will never forget when one summer

we sat at one end of the playground

at our apartment, and "007," sounded from the radio.

Desmond Dekker.

♪ 007, 007, at Ocean 11. ♪

Like another we would have caught a message about the planet.

Listen to this.

This is great.

I liked it so much because

because it was completely different.

♪ Rude Boys don't make mistakes. ♪

♪ Because otherwise the probationary period will come. ♪

This music is a very found a targeted audience

obviously the blacks,

but the working class also white young people.

He told us.

♪ They rob, shoot, cry. ♪

♪ In the slum. ♪

♪ Rude Boys get a trial period. ♪

In the summer of 1968 very I cut my hair short

as everyone.

Tom, a hairdresser a Maple Road

was an expert on this hairstyle.

CHAPTER SEVEN SKINHEAD

- The Skinheads were young,

they wore braces and big boots.

They were the Rude Boys of England.

They sensed the wavelength.

- West Indians have approx. 80 percent

it was a job.

And the Skinheads were also young jobseekers.

- It was a period

when everyone longed for something again.

ROYSTON EDWARDS ACTOR AND SKINHEAD

We actually rebelled against the long-haired

and crappy flower power against music.

- How are hippies different from you?

- They're dirty, stinky and have long hair.

- We felt like we belonged together.

You were a member of the Skinhead group.

And you gave it your all.

You have not deviated from the road.

Now that I think about it, it was like an army.

You had friends right away.

And if you traveled to another city,

there was also a group with whom you came out immediately.

- It wasn't cheap.

Another Ben Sherman also had 3 guineas.

In the Squire Shop a pair of shoes was 8 guinea.

As a jobseeker, this is more than a two-week salary.

- If you worked eight o'clock, it's half your salary.

- The Skinheads brought out the music

about the Jamaican market.

But in the beginning it was still quite small.

And they listened to layered music,

which did not get beyond the walls.

- The reggae music

appropriate because it was distributed and loved by the Skinheads.

We wanted to play for those who love it.

Then came the Skinheads.

And I liked the Skinheads.

They showed up because they loved reggae.

♪ Je, je, je, je, je, je, ♪

♪ je. ♪

♪ Je, je. ♪

- The music has been there since I was a kid,

when even a little I was Rude Boy in Jamaica,

even then, my mind was only on the music.

One of our main goals was to to contract with Trojan,

as the best Jamaican musicians

they were all with the Trojan.

♪ Walk the MoonHop. ♪

♪ Walk the MoonHop. ♪

♪ Now jump like a kangaroo. ♪

The Trojan SKINHEAD CULTURE spent all over England,

and Jamaican MUSIC is new market was emerging.

- Derrick Morgan

ran in with his song "Moon Hop",

just when the first man has arrived on the moon.

Graeme Goodall once said:

"So many skinheads love you.

Why don't you write something about Skinheads? "

I swear on my life kill me here if it didn't,

nothing was written from the text.

I just went into the cabin and I started talking.

I want, to get all Skinhead to get up.

Pick it up braces, boots and dance legs,

and trample the moon well.

It was also released the same week.

He fired.

♪ Get ready. ♪

♪ The moon is 3 million miles away. ♪

♪ So let’s start to rejoice. ♪

♪ Are you ready? ♪

♪ Je, je, je, je, je, je, je ♪

♪ Je, je. ♪

♪ Je, je, je, je, je, je, je ♪

♪ Je, je. ♪

- "Skinhead Moonstomp" was an anthem,

issued by the Trojan.

There were skinheads on the album cover,

That's why they took it.

But the number was the point.

♪ All right, listen. ♪

Jük Before we reach the moon, buddies, ♪

We need to make sure

♪ that everything clicks, okay? ♪

- It belonged to the good side of the Skinheads,

that they did not beat blacks.

According to the Skinheads blacks are like them

because their hairstyle was taken from us,

we brought it from Jamaica.

We called it "Skiffle."

Brush your teeth,

because the moon is different man looks like on earth.

Thanks to the English Skinheads,

that reggae was not forgotten.

♪ My name is Caleb. ♪

♪ That's right. ♪

♪ I'm the boss, remember. ♪

♪ You can see. ♪

♪ You can see, watch my boots or my foot, call me ♪

Whatever you want, ♪ I have the biggest boots. ♪

♪ God have mercy. ♪

♪ Now! ♪

- I brought some records with me.

I'll ask you some.

This is "Tighten Up" from Untouchables.

This is an early Lee Perry record.

- Island Records he just thought he could pull it off.

Trojan Records picked up, and re-crowned.

LEE SCRATCH PERRY LEMEZPRODUCER

Get up, get up and shake.

My name is Lee "Scratch" Perry, the Upsetting Upsetter.

Look at my rings.

I'm the star of Trojan Records.

My songs go to the people of London.

Baby, cheer me up, ma'am ...

- We started in 1969 the "Tighten Up" single series.

Best bought of the month was a selection of reggae singles.

- "Tighten Up" brought money.

It was a gold mine.

We put together a selection and was a great success.

- Well, the "Tighten Up" on discs all the numbers were good.

All to one thread.

I think these are the records were the best,

which were issued.

- "Return of Django" became a hit.

- Scratch was a genius.

He knew exactly what he wanted.

Also that one he couldn't play an instrument either.

He knew exactly to explain what he wanted.

- It's a dream.

I can make music, magic music.

- Everyone had it "Tighten Up" 1 and 2.

They were all on it -

"Return of Django," "Long Shot (Kick the Bucket). "

Everyone was there under his arm.

Much of this thanks for this music,

not because of radio charts,

but because wherever you went,

there was a "Tighten Up, Volume 2. "

- He appeared suddenly a new style of reggae.

And we were just in time in a good place to milk.

We once recorded "Long Shot (Kick the Bucket) "- et.

Once.

Oh, and for me a "Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)"

well known in London, and the whole ... In the universe?

Big number.

Rugged, rugged, massive, massive.

And they still carry it.

CHAPTER EIGHT INTEGRATION

- I've never heard ska music before,

I did not grow up in such an environment.

My parents were older and white,

I was adopted.

What mourners and sobs

♪ in Caymanas Park. ♪

♪ Big boy, kick up the bucket. ♪

♪ Big boy, kick up the bucket. ♪

Because it was me the only black in my school

first from the Skinheads in Dagenham

I heard ska music.

On the fifth or sixth floor

there was a room they played ska.

♪ Kick up the bucket. ♪

♪ Big boy, kick up the bucket. ♪

- There was an old red Dansette.

They brought disks, often Trojan disks.

He had a good mood,

because of the unusual music for some reason one turns to dance.

It doesn't matter if they are black, whether whites or Asians dance to it.

I think that was what ska music, rocksteady,

reggae music, call what you want

this is what he brought to this country;

its bloodless, post-war, gray, quite unhappy

to a desalinated country.

♪ Well, I need to talk about this. ♪

I get up in the morning, drive for the insert,

♪ that all rumen fill it for my money. ♪

- It was depressing.

Desmond Dekker woke him up

the general public the existence of musical individuality.

- The atmosphere was exciting, which he created on stage.

The adrenaline jumped from him.

I get up in the morning,

♪ I drive for the insert to every rumen ♪ ♪ fill it for my money. ♪

♪ We poor Israelites. ♪

- I knew it was our music it wasn’t just about entertainment.

♪ I say, woe, we poor Israelites. ♪

- We waited at the venue before the show,

Desmond was made for the stage.

He was wearing a nicely knitted tie.

I said, "Desmond, take off your tie."

- "No, man, you have to get dressed for a stage. "

- "Yes, but you look like him, like a sugar boy. "

As soon as he went on stage, a group of young children

white kids flooded the stage and his tie was clenched.

'Ah, Desmond!'

I haven't seen it yet black with red head before.

♪ Nurse. ♪

I get up in the morning,

♪ I drive for the insert to every rumen ♪ ♪ fill it for my money. ♪

♪ We poor Israelites. ♪

- That brought the breakthrough.

It was the first really big reggae record.

♪ ... to see. ♪

Between March and June 1969 Desmond Dekker "THE ISRAELITES"

plate of more than one million sold in copies.

♪ T-shirt torn, pants nowhere. ♪

♪ I don’t end up like Bonnie and Clyde. ♪

- I lived in Rock Bay, went TV,

I had a small antenna for it.

Desmond Dekker was on the show.

♪ We poor Israelites. ♪

As I saw it, I thought

"Oh, there's a black guy on TV."

You didn't see it then black singers on tv.

He dominated the stage.

I know he is too It was Rude Boy,

but not that gangsta Rude Boy.

She looked like Rude and dressed as Rude.

It was cool, I wanted to be like him.

Oh poor poor poor poor Israelites.

- I was a troublemaker when I was young.

"Neville, rude boy, bad boy,"

my father always said that. "Behave, boy."

Rude boy, why are you like that?

Rougher than everyone harder than everyone.

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ I'm on my way to Bambria. ♪

"Monkey" comes from the Maytals.

[MUSIC - THE MAYTALS, "MONKEY MAN"]

♪ I say, baby. ♪

♪ The big ape will come to you. ♪

- When I came here,

I felt that black English are treated differently.

My father talked a lot about this.

You have to behave.

It's not like Jamaica.

♪ The big ape will come to you. ♪

♪ I don't know where you are. ♪

♪ I just heard ... ♪

Racism was very strong at the time,

caution for white parents they warned their children

to hang out with black kids.

That was one thing.

But as children, we had a great time together.

I found them.

They are me too.

I have such a gift.

I came out with everyone.

♪ I understand now. ♪

♪ Now you set the monkey on it. ♪

We played a lot of songs

from the Trojan.

Many white young people also liked it.

They also wanted to attend the party.

It was good because that's how we knew it

to integrate with each other.

♪ It's not a lie. ♪

♪ It's not a lie. Just say ... ♪

We didn't think it would be that big.

We did it because we felt that way

as young people, so we grew up.

♪ The big ape will come to you. ♪

♪ I know now. ♪

♪ I understand now. ♪

♪ You set a monkey on it. ♪

♪ I know now. ♪

♪ I understand now. ♪

♪ You set a monkey on it. ♪

♪ Hi, baby. ♪

♪ The big ape will come to you. ♪

SON LETTS DJ AND FILMMAKER

- I think early Jamaican music

reminded my parents of their home

the place they would return to.

But the music that over time

from the scab and rocksteady

grew up and the Trojan make up a large part of its repertoire,

it was the music of my generation

and that generation stood still.

♪ Oh, yes. ♪

Wonderful world, ♪ Beautiful people. ♪

You and your girl, ♪ dreams can be beautiful. ♪

♪ But there's a secret behind it all. ♪

My first Trojan disks

at the local youth club I heard it in Stockwell.

They are like "Double Barrel, "" Liquidator, "

"Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)".

That's what they said at our Skinhead parties,

because Skinhead was cool at the time.

Now I'm talking about the fashionable version,

not about the later fascist version.

♪ Look around, how are things going? ♪

Black and white youth

got together because they loved music and style.

And Trojan disks they played a big role in this.

♪ ... a better direction. ♪

If we unite our love ...

I am a first generation in England i am born black.

We didn't really know where to fit.

Then we tried Jamaica.

Because we come from there, but we weren’t quite Jamaican either.

it took a while until "black" and "english"

develop as a concept.

Wonderful world, ♪ Beautiful people. ♪

You and your girl, ♪ dreams can be beautiful. ♪

♪ But behind it is the secret, ♪ ♪ which should not be told to anyone. ♪

Young, talented and black ...

♪ Oh, what a beautiful, uplifting feeling. ♪

♪ Young, talented and black. ♪

♪ Look at yourself and no question. ♪

You know, all over the world

Million boys and girls young, ♪ talented and black. ♪

♪ And this is not a fairy tale. ♪

♪ ... dear dream. ♪

CHAPTER NINE YOUNG, TALENTED AND BLACK

Open your heart ...

- In Jamaica at the time

the power of blacks was in the public consciousness.

Everyone had an afro.

♪ ... boys and girls. ♪

I think it was my idea

to process that song.

♪ And that's a fact. ♪

The song ran in, everyone liked it.

I've also heard from musicians that they should listen

sometimes a little Marcia.

♪ A whole world is waiting for you. ♪

♪ Your journey is just beginning. ♪

If you are sad, yes,

There 's the truth, think about it

"Life in Romford was weird."

... talented and black, ♪

♪ Strong soul. ♪

The National Front

I called it a hotbed.

I knew a lot of people who

they were the same like the other white working class,

however, they had a racist attitude.

"Time, weather and ..."

- A "Young, Gifted, and Black "

sent a positive message to that many black young people

in the country.

♪ Young, talented and black. ♪

♪ No fairy tales. ♪

At first it was then that I felt

that being black can be good.

It was like a song.

Inalienable.

Young people need to know

A whole world is waiting for you ...

"26 April 1970 Empire Pool, Wembley, London.

The show: the Reggae Festival.

10,000 came from all over the country.

10,000 black and white youth. "

Ó - Oh, young ♪ Fiatal - Young, talented, ♪

♪ and black. ♪

♪ Oh, I so want to know the truth. ♪

- Sing this song ...

Wow.

I felt in heaven.

I think reggae music lately

personal freedom and expresses a sense of life.

They sing about life.

After all, we are all one.

- Yes.

Those were good times.

The music was there.

The musician was there.

Respect, humility ...

it was so appropriate.

And the audience ... My mother.

"I've never seen such a crowd in my life."

The place was full of black and white.

One side is white, Skinheads, Skinhead Girls,

Mods and others.

They are black on the other side.

But everyone shouted at once.

It was a fantastic sight.

When I went out on stage,

I came out like a Rude Boy.

Shirtless, in braces and boots.

And I sled.

I didn't sing.

It was instrumental, I danced and shouted

like U-Roy.

It was visibly felt by the audience.

The musicians also had a good time.

You really had to be there, so you know what I'm talking about.

It felt great.

And that makes me always feel good.

I've done something in my life, which addresses the world.

- There were booming times.

Many were hit,

reggae has grown explosively.

The two years 1969, 1970, 1971 ...

It was great in the history of Trojan Records.

CHAPTER TEN SUCCESS

- It was also a sign of a cultural change.

From the settling population

included in the total population.

We had a lot of things to do

We sold so much.

- We were completely surprised,

that it has become such a huge success,

since we started it all out of necessity.

And at one point we became a mainstream record label.

- Many times we didn't even pack new records,

because we knew it very much they will be taken away quickly.

We had an infinitely great record,

it seemed unstoppable.

- We had a chance to negotiate

start with the bbc

that it is going very well now.

- Top the chart for six weeks.

Very good feeling,

that we have a brand new hit, especially if it is so good.

Dave and Ansel Collins with their hits,

whose title is "Double Barrel," right?

Good.

You forgot, right?

So come on.

- We went to Joe Gibbs' studio.

They played the song.

I did not feel.

Somehow I didn't find myself in it.

I tried.

His brother said: Dave, imagine

that you are standing on the highest mountain in the world.

And you're huge.

Having said that, it occurred to me that "I am the mighty lord,

my way to the blade-crate,

the storm-stirring voice of the soul watches out! ”

♪ I'm still here. ♪

Work, work, work, work, ♪ work, work, work, work. ♪

- I got the twenty dollars and went out.

I forgot about it.

♪ Once. ♪

Me, The Sensations and Johnny Osbourne,

we were street musicians.

We were called from the Trojan.

I think it was Lee Gopthal.

After Winston hung up,

came out to us.

He said, "The Trojan called,

it seems the "Double Barrel"

it will soon be at the top of the leaderboard.

♪ Yours, if you really want to. ♪

In May 1971, Dave and Ansell Collins ’DOUBLE BARREL

topped the English charts; it became the Trojan's first TOP LEADER single.

♪ But strive, strive for it. ♪

- The Trojan at the time was the Motown of reggae music.

♪ Gets together once. ♪

- We came to conquer the world to blow out Motown.

♪ ... you have to be scared. ♪

If you win, if you lose, ♪ you get yourself. ♪

- Reggae is unconscious quantities.

Ruthlessly.

- We created a generation, who listened to reggae because they loved it.

Alton Ellis was released by Trojan, John Holt, say a name.

Trojan had every musician.

- I remember once There were 5 Trojan disks in the top 40.

That's not so bad, is it?

♪ Strive, strive for it. ♪

♪ Gets together once. ♪

- I was in the studio day and night,

because the Trojan released them, you know.

♪ Rome was not built in a day. ♪

♪ There is also one that will break up. ♪

- So fast

it all happened, i didn't have time

to stop and ask myself

how did we get here

By this time we had been touring all of England.

Yours if you really want to.

- We traveled through the country.

I don't even remember all of them.

We went to Durham County.

- Birmingham, Leeds.

- Land's End, Penzance.

- Manchester, Sheffield.

"I remember going to Newquay once."

Just a little I put my foot in the water

and I screamed in the middle of summer.

- We had a great time.

It can be yours if you really ...

- The Trojan brought money.

So what happened to the money, then you ask me in vain.

I have no idea. Okay?

- I don't really remember

whether reggae was said on the radio

until the 1970s, when the Trojan

one after another squeezed out hits.

And they were smart because

the original Jamaican they put strings on the sound.

The strings soften the music.

- Instead of

they would have done concentrated reggae,

they even sweetened the music with the strings,

like powdered sugar on the cake, then he could go.

♪ You say "yes." ♪

♪ But you don't mean it. ♪

♪ You say "no." ♪ ♪ And meanwhile you are unyielding. ♪

- Music and market trading

we targeted your page.

It was a business, for the most part.

Igen Let it be yes, ♪ ♪ and not not now. ♪

- Almost with strings it has pop music sound.

If there are strings in a reggae number,

it's already like soul music.

♪ ... from head to toe. ♪

- Strings ruin reggae.

♪ ... and not your gender. ♪

-Maybe "Young, Gifted and Black"

was the first thing we put on strings.

We also did a lot of Jimmy Cliff songs.

If we sugared the number a little,

they were more likely to play.

It was a common business trick.

A little like than when you ask for a pay raise.

- Then there was a demand for records

In 19'70 and '71 Proud Skinheads for 18 months

everywhere, everyone thought

- but not everyone -

that you should to enter the musical mainstream.

♪ Yes, yes ♪

♪ And your gender is not. ♪

- While the young English,

puppies, skinheads, they loved hardcore reggae.

Until then, radio stations did not.

On the radio it was considered to make violent music.

So the producers tried to sell

that they made the music very tip-top,

with strings, sheet music.

Sometimes a very special record comes up,

like "Everything I Own."

You protected from the storm,

♪ You warmed up. You warmed up. ♪

♪ You gave my life, you set me free. ♪

- If you play music, you have to be strong.

You have to persevere.

♪ The most beautiful tear I have ever seen. ♪

♪ Oh, my God ... ♪

You do what you have to do.

And you have to.

I would give all my possessions,

♪ my life, my heart, my home. ♪

- Trojan released the record in England,

and I received a telegram, that "Everything I Own"

is on the top list.

I went home, and I watched Top of the Pops.

It was the 19th.

He was already in the top 10 in the next section,

then it came in fifth,

and the first in a broadcast.

♪ I would give all my possessions. ♪

♪ My life, my heart, my home. ♪

I would give all my possessions,

♪ To be here with me again. ♪

- From the two proudest days of my life

one was when Jamaica became independent,

and a song by Ken Boothe at the top of the Top of the Pops.

An evergreen reggae hit.

- It was really a gold rush,

if you were a record producer.

The problem started there ...

We didn't realize what was really going on.

This golden age lasted 18 months,

at least that as for the Jamaican music market.

Many figures

it came at a good time, with good numbers.

And that's why they were on the charts, but ...

Unfortunately, the momentum weakened at one point.

- They were very excited then.

They wanted to give everything out,

six to seven plates per week were printed.

And at one point, that was a lot

to an independent small company.

And maybe that’s the reason for the decline as well.

- We released a lot of records,

there was what was carried, there was what was not.

We produced so much

there was what was left on us after pressure

went to the shelf and finished.

Storage space is a great value.

Not good with a set upload what they don’t carry.

Each record had to be taxed.

We had to destroy them.

- Do business often

a team starts out as a family.

Trojan Records was like that at first.

But money is a tricky thing.

- The company has grown huge, and the expenses also became huge.

It couldn't be anymore go back to 1968 times.

The Trojan was in ruins.

I took my share of it in the same way,

none of us were responsible.

We didn't think it would go that way.

It is also a path to success and failure

is successfully paved.

No one dared to say that "Not anymore."

Lee, a lot ... you know.

There was never big money in the company.

It was a big problem.

And of course

unfortunately we derailed.

- By 1975, the Trojan had almost disappeared.

It was different in public life as well.

People wanted something different.

Jamaican music is sudden

became harder, more combative,

with greater political emphasis.

- He died with the strings.

There came a line of roots of music.

More and more roots number exploded into the public consciousness.

They could not adapt to the changing world.

- Lee Gopthal was a great man,

kneaded from a good material.

It changed my life.

They played him.

They got rid of him.

It was very sad to see

this end result because

single financial controller was for the group.

In Soho Square met with the liquidator,

for one last meeting.

Everyone was invited, to see who stays, who gets out.

At that time we did not know to take over the company.

Lee was then called and said:

"-Lee, I have a question for you.

Are you Indian? ”

"- Yes, I'm Indian."

To this: "As Indians,

why do you want an empire for yourself

You should drive a greengrocer. "

Tears welled up in Lee Gopthal's eyes.

He stood up and did not move.

- One day I was freaking out.

I remember on North Circular Road.

I parked, someone did that he said the Trojan had so much.

I ask, what is it?

Yes. It was liquidated.

I met in Kingsbury With Lee, in a pub.

They said, "Dandy, I'm sorry I don't know what could have happened. "

"But then we'll gather ourselves."

But of course there was nothing left to gather.

It was very sad for everyone.

The only black record company in England.

A TROJAN RECORDS He filed for bankruptcy in 1975.

Duke Reid, A TROJAN died for a year.

- The name Trojan will always be there

in reggae music because they were there

from the beginning.

- It was important to to our culture, to art.

And I was absolutely sure

that they will be collected for a very long time

these discs.

- The Trojan is the country

one of the defining social part of the music, this is not in dispute.

Bringing people together.

- The Trojan had an indescribable effect.

They started with Jamaican music

presentation to the majority of the English population.

- Because the Trojan gave it first

English multicultural movement,

the Skinheads are under the music, somehow

it survived until the turn of the millennium.

When the 1970s punk rock came towards the end

those figures put in they knew the whole Trojan catalog.

- I think Clash was the first,

who strongly advertised that they are white and black

they can also play music together.

And Two Tone I think it solidified that.

White and black

in a band on a stage.

- The black and white line was strange.

But once it spread, it didn't matter anymore.

♪ I say if you fall, oh, you will feel it. ♪

- Lots of musical experimentation

built into popular music,

the focus is on the pace has been, the rap has started,

and most importantly, the bass.

♪ ... and the pressure. ♪

♪ pressed, oh, they're pushing, the pressure presses well. ♪

- came from Jamaica, and proclaimed love.

The key is love.

♪ ... pressed. ♪

♪ It's you. ♪

- Music is like water.

It has no color.

That way anyone can love.

♪ It's you. ♪

♪ Yes. ♪

If nothing else, the effect of reggae

evidence of culture

you can also bring people together.

The churches did not do this.

Neither do governments.

Nor is politics.

Just the music.

♪ ... well pressed. ♪

If it 's on you, you feel it

You did something wrong

I say if you're on it ...

- Finally, Trojan Records

he did something good, didn't he?

♪ I say, they're down. ♪

♪ Oh, they're pushing. ♪

♪ Yes, the pressure is well depressed. ♪

♪ I say, they're down, ♪

♪ Oh, they're pushing, ♪

♪ Yes, the pressure is well depressed. ♪

♪ It's you. ♪

♪ Yes. ♪

♪ It's you. You. ♪

♪ Yes. ♪

♪ It's you. You. ♪

♪ Yes. ♪

♪ I say, they're down, ♪

♪ Oh, they're pushing, ♪

♪ Yes, the pressure is well depressed. ♪

♪ I say, they're down, ♪

♪ Oh, they're pushing, ♪

♪ Yes, the pressure is well depressed. ♪

♪ I say if you fall, you will feel it. ♪

Pressure, pressure, pressure, ♪ pressure, pressure drop. ♪

♪ Oh, pressure, pressure, ♪

Pressure, pressure, pressure, I say

Oh, pressure drop,