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TROJAN SKA BOX SET VOLUME 2 - In the late fifties, the Jamaican music industry underwent a revolution. The raw, New Orleans style of American Rhythm and Blues so favoured by Jamaican audiences had been in decline for some years and as a result, the island's sound system operators began producing their own music using local singers and musicians. Initially, producers relied upon the limited facilities available at the handful of small, basic recording studios scattered around Kingston, but in response to the increase in demand, more sophisticated set-ups such as those at Federal and later W.I.R.L. (West Indies Record Limited) were soon created.
At first, records were pressed up in strictly limited numbers and used specifically for sound system dances, but as demand to make them widely available grew, producers began running off larger quantities of the discs and started selling them directly to the Jamaican public. By the early sixties, operators such as Arthur 'Duke' Reid, Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd and Cecil 'Prince Buster' Campbell had become established as major producers on the island, earning substantial sums of money from the rapidly developing record industry.
Early Jamaican releases had little to distinguish them from the aforementioned style of American R&B, but by the late fifties, there were signs of a new musical style beginning to develop. The off-beat became increasingly accentuated by the rhythm section, eventually creating a shuffle style known as 'Jamaican Boogie' or 'Blues Beat'. Over the ensuing months, the trend continued, until the music was almost unrecognisable from American R&B - Ska had been created and for the next few years, it was to dominate the island's music scene.
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