2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Island Records, arguably the most prestigious record label in the history of British music.
The Jamaican Years, covering the label's releases from 1959 to 1966 - this year, in the UK at least, is considered a turning point in popular music, providing Good Vibrations and Revolver. Popular music had changed, and Island Records changed with it.
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I saw Desmond one night at University and he was rocking! Israelites: The Best Of Desmond Dekker
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Cynthia Weiner’s music playlist for her novel A Gorgeous Excitement
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"Music in the 1980s was unabashedly over-the-top—synthesizers, hard-driving
guitar riffs, propulsive drum fills—both mirroring and perhaps contributing
to ...
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