Downtown (4)

UK A subsidiary label of Trojan Records, set up exclusively for Dandy (Robert Livingstone Thompson) soon after Trojan was formed, in the summer of 1968. Dandy's session outfits included The Brother Dan All Stars, The Israelites and The Music Doctors, the line-ups of which were ever-changing, while featuring vocalists were Desmond Riley, Lyndon Johns, Tony Tribe and Gene Rondo (also known as Winston Laro). All told, just over two-thirds of Downtown's 115 releases were produced by Dandy himself. The remainder were issued in the 1972-3-period by which time Dandy has reinvented himself as Dandy Livingstone and was recording more commercially based material on Horse an the main Trojan label. After around DT 491, Downtown had deals with all manner of producers and in late 1973 Trojan finally scrapped the imprint.