From: fu071@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lao Marzuki Zarief)
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: Reggae Dub wise !
Date: 29 May 1995 14:25:40 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Could someone recommend me some good dub stylee Lps (various artist).
email me at zarief@pop.jaring.my
thanks in advance
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From: grant <GRANT@grantg.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: Re: Reggae Dub wise !
Date: 8 Jun 1995 06:59:11 +0100
difficult to recommend budget titles for king tubby since most cd compilations and reissues are all full price. my pick of the reissues are:
- king tubby's special 1973-1976 [trojan cdtrl 409]
this is the cd version of a double lp released in 1989 with excellent sleeve notes by reggae expert steve barrow and beautiful artwork. a totally fitting tribute and great music. the first lp is a straight reissue of "dubbing with the observer" with incredible versions of niney the observer productions from 1975. the second lp is bunny lee productions from 1974-76. worth every penny.
- the agrovators: dub justice [attack atlp 110]
- the agrovators: dub jackpot [attack atlp 111]
- the agrovators: johnny in the echo chamber [attack atlp 106]
these are all compilations from 1990 on trojan's offshoot label, attack, and comprise some of the best mid 1970s b-sides from bunny lee productions on his justice and jackpot labels and his work with singer johnnie clarke. i have the vinyl versions but i think they're also out on cd with the "cdat" prefix instead of "atlp".
- king tubby & friends: dub gone crazy [blood & fire bafcd 002]
a 1994 release of material from 1975-89 produced by bunny lee, again with great steve barrow sleeve notes and comprising some of the excellent versions found only on the b-sides of jamaican singles.
all these are uk-released cds at full price, so if you're in the us, i guess you'll have to pay import prices [even in the uk, they are US$21 each]. but they are all the genuine article and not cash-ins on king tubby's name, like many i have seen in the shops.
king tubby was not the only dub mixer/producer. check out errol t's work on the joe gibbs productions "african dub chapters 1-4" [out on cd, but i don't have the numbers]; keith hudson's work on the cd reissues of "brand" [pressure sounds pscd 004] and "pick a dub" [blood & fire bafcd 003]; and anything by augustus pablo [lots on cd].
happy listening!!
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grant e-mail:grant@grantg.demon.co.uk
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From: ms20@Wolfe.NET (mAD sCIENCE 2o)
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: King Tubby Discography?
Date: 30 May 1995 16:55:25 GMT
Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C.
I've been rediscovering King Tubby these last few weeks. I'm trying to find an old album I used to have, but can't remember the title. Does anyone have a discography they'd be willing to post?
Thanks,
ROmeo Fahl
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From: GRANT GODDARD <GRANT@grantg.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: rec.music.reggae
Subject: Re: King Tubby Discography?
Date: 3 Jun 1995 22:16:18 +0100
ROmeo -
some of the best king tubby mixes were to be found on the b-sides of many hundreds of 7-inch singles that came out of JA in the 1970s. if you see any of these in secondhand shops, grab them - even if the a-side is not so hot, the dub can be incredible. otherwise, here are some vinyl albums from the period [though not entirely king tubby mixes] that you should look out for:
- dub from the roots (ja:total sounds:1974)
- the roots of dub (uk:grounation grol502:1975)
- shalom dub (uk:klik klp9002:1975)
- king tubby meets the aggrovators at dub station (uk:live & love lalp02:1975)
- king tubby meets the upsetter at the grass roots of dub (uk:fay music fmlp304/france:celluloid ltm1035/uk:studio 16 we101:1975)
- harry mudie meets king tubby's in dub conference vol. 1 (ja:moodisc hm108:1975)
- harry mudie meets king tubby's in dub conference vol. 2 (ja:moodisc hm110:1976)
- harry mudie meets king tubby's in dub conference vol. 3 (ja:moodisc hm112:1977)
- blackboard jungle dub [with lee perry/upsetters] (ja: us:clocktower:1981)
- dubbing with the observer [with niney/observer all stars] (uk:attack atlp1017:1975)
- king tubby's meets rockers uptown [with augustus pablo] (ja:yard music/us:clocktower:1977)
- rockers meets king tubby in a firehouse [with augustus pablo] (us:yard:1980)
- beware dub [with yabby U] (uk:grove music:1978)
- king tubby meets roots radics -dangerous dub [with ranking joe] (uk:copasetic coplp5002:1981)
- ghetto-ology dub [with sugar minnott] (ja:black roots:1981)
- surrounded by the dreads at the national arena (uk:studio 16 we102)
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd generation of dub [with jammy/scientist] (uk:kg imperial kglp002)
- dance hall style dub (us:clocktower ctlp0118)
- dubbing in the backyard (uk:black music bmlp804)
- majestic dub (ja:star/uk:jet star ptplp1029)
- presents the roots of dub (us:clocktower ct084)
- prophesy of dub (ja:prophets/uk:prophets/us:tr international tr520:1976)
- the dubmaster (us:clocktower lpct0091)
- upset the upsetter (uk:live & love lap15)
- king tubby versus channel one studios (us:bumb bumlp101)
- rocker's almighty dub (us:clocktower lpct0102)
by no means is this a complete list!! i have only listed original vinyl LPs. since then, there have been innumerable re-compilations and re-issues of King Tubby material. beware!! beware!! many of the cd's i have seen in shops that bear king tubby's name may well not be mixed by king tubby - many were simply recorded or mixed in his studio. perhaps i will post a separate list of reissues at some point.
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postscript - excerpt from my obituary of tubby/review of "harry mudie meets king tubby......vols 1/2/3" reissues in 1989:
"..............King Tubby's remix skills received scant attention outside the reggae world and, sadly, always remained a sideline to his electrical repair business and sound system work. Dub was the only truly innovative popular music to emerge from the 70s, and Tubby completely redefined the creative limits of what could be produced in a basic 4-track recording studio. His legacy is embodied in twelve dub LPs that are essential to any reggae collection. It's good to know that three of these are available again at long last."
City Limits magazine, 20 April 1989
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yours (in dub) - grant