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UK A subsidiary label of Trojan Records, set up exclusively for [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dandy+Livingstone]Dandy[/url] ([url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Robert+Livingstone+Thompson]Robert Livingstone Thompson[/url]) soon after Trojan was formed, in the summer of 1968. Dandy's session outfits included [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Brother+Dan+All+Stars]The Brother Dan All Stars[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Israelites%2C+The]The Israelites[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Music+Doctors]The Music Doctors[/url], the line-ups of which were ever-changing, while featuring vocalists were [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Desmond+Riley]Desmond Riley[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lyndon+Johns]Lyndon Johns[/url], [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Tony+Tribe]Tony Tribe[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gene+Rondo]Gene Rondo[/url] (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 [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Horse]Horse[/url] an the main [url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Trojan+Records]Trojan[/url] label. After around DT 491, Downtown had deals with all manner of producers and in late 1973 Trojan finally scrapped the imprint.