Bomb Squad Instrumentals - '07/08 Special!

It's taken some time for me to post this, as I was waiting for a tracklisting from Bobby Hill - but he never got back to me so I'm just going to go ahead and post this. If you're as big a Public Enemy/Bomb Squad fan as I am, you won't be too pressed for a tracklisting. Every New Years Eve/Xmas Eve time, DC's local community Jazz station WPFW 89.3FM goes all out. Bobby Hill hosts this show called The Other Side Saturday nights, and he has been doing an instrumental PE/Bomb Squad special every year since 1990 or something. It's the coolest thing ever, and still do this day it's my favorite thing on the radio all year.



So, sorry for the delay and lack of tracklisting this time around - but any fans of PE or Bomb Squad productions in general (Ice Cube, YBT, Son of Bezerk, Terminator X etc.) will love this. I split the 3-hour special up into 3 1-hour chunks for easy digestion. Please grab them and bump them loud! Much love to Bobby Hill and the entire WPFW/Pacifica family for keeping this show on the air so many years. Love it.



(And for those who missed my Bomb Squad Other Side special post last year, you can check the archives here: http://itscomingoutofyourspeaker.blogspot.com/2007/07/bomb-squad-instrumentalsb-sides-dc.html)

more info on Bobby Hill/WPFW/The Other Side: http://www.wpfw.org/index.php?db=content/Profiles&tbl=Profiles&id=88

WPFW - End of 2007 Bomb Squad Instrumentals Special
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cheers.

Posting

this is the last post from AMP for a while - i'm off to Mexico for a spell. please enjoy the dubs and feel free to leave some comments ;)

many thanks for all the love & support. remember MLK today and every day. peace!

~AMP

Various Artists - Trojan Dub Rarities Box Set

RE-UP 22 May 2008

Various Artists - Trojan Dub Rarities Box Set
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X-8X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Tapper Zukie - Rub A Dub A Weh Them Want
2. Agustus Pablo & The Upsetters - Babylon Police Thief Dub
3. Queen Tiney & The Aggrovators - Natty Dread Time Dub
4. The Observers - Under Tight Raps (Flat Foot Dub)
5. The Key All Stars - Key Dub
6. The Silvertones - African Dub Version
7. The Musical Intimidators - Double Struggle
8. The Upsetters - Tedious Dub
9. Tommy McCook - African Jumper
10. Niney - My Time Version Observer Style
11. The Revolutionaries - Natty Dread Dub
12. The Blackbeard All Stars - Garvey Mead Dub
13. Augustus Pablo - Fat Girl Jean
14. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Revolution Version
15. The Upsetters - Roots Train Dub
16. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Reggay Train Dub
17. Clint Eastwood & The Observers - Gate Number Version

Disc 2:
1. Tommy McCook - Lambs Bread Herb
2. The Revolutionaries - Roots Dub
3. The Upsetters - Iron Wolf
4. Tapper Zukie & Brethren - Broad Back Skank
5. The Observers - Boiling Water
6. Augustus Pablo - Rocky Road
7. Zoot Sims & The Aggrovators - Fat Dub
8. In Crowd - Dub In Love
9. The Upsetters - Sipple Dub
10. The Musical Intimidators - Real Version
11. The Observers - Iron Fist
12. Barrington Levy & The Roots Radics - Shine Eye Dub
13. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Daughter Dub
14. The Roots Radics - Loving Version
15. The Upsetters - Three Times Three
16. The Musical Intimidators - Natty Prince Version

Disc 3:
1. The Musical Intimidators - Mariguana Version
2. The Observers - Headline
3. The Green Stars - Effortless Dub
4. The Roots Radics - Settle Down Version
5. The Blackbeard All Stars - Bridgeport Dub
6. The Upsetters - Dub In Time
7. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Sensimelia Version
8. The Observers - Straight To Bunny Lee Head
9. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Only Love Dub
10. The Wittys All Stars - Just Like A Dub
11. Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Red
12. Thunderball - Twenty Eight Version
13. The Musical Intimidators - Escape From Hell
14. The Observers - Hotter Fire
15. Tommy McCook - Rasta Da Master
16. The Roots Radics - Scientist In Fine Style
17. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - She Want A Version

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2

RE-UP 22 May 2008

Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Lambs Bread
2. Observer All Stars - Casanova Dub
3. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Loving Melody
4. Prince Jammy - Fist Of Fury
5. The Upsetters - Kingdom Of Dub
6. War In A South African (Version) Killerman Jarrett
7. The Roots Radics - Buck Rogers In The Black Hole
8. Linval Thompson - Channel One Dub
9. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Buckshot Dub
10. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Reform Institute
11. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - Smile Dub
12. Augustus Pablo - Well Red
13. King Tubby - Dancing Version
14. Scientist - Young Lover
15. The Revolutionaries - Fredom Dub
16. Truth Fact & Correct - Jungle Fever
17. The Aggrovators - Since I Dub

Disc 2:
1. King Tubby - I Trim The Barber
2. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - Here I Come Dub
3. The Aggrovators - Stop The Dubbing
4. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Rizla
5. Linval Thompson - Thompson In Dub
6. The Roots Radics - Gambling
7. Prince Jammy - Throne Of Blood
8. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Doctor Seaton In The Echo Chamber
9. The Aggrovators - Straight To Channel One Head
10. Augustus Pablo - House Raid
11. The Upsetters - Bad Lamp
12. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Embarrassment
13. Observer All Stars - Silver Bullett
14. The Soul Syndicate - This Is The Greatest Version
15. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Mighty Gates Of Goza
16. The Revolutionaries - Dub I Dub

Disc 3:
1. The Upsetters - Bus A Dub
2. The Aggrovators - Soldering Version
3. The Revolutionaries - Roots Man Dub
4. King Tubby - Another Version
5. Prince Jammy - Shaolin Temple
6. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - So Long
7. Winston Fergus - Long Time Version
8. Augustus Pablo - Curly Dub
9. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Crofs
10. The Roots Radics - Flash Gordon Meets Luke Sky Walker
11. Linval Thompson - Nigrea Africa Dub
12. Observer All Stars - Mr. D. Brown Skank
13. The Groovemaster - Tanglelocks
14. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Strictly Dub
15. Scientist - Scientist
16. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - True Believer In Dubs
17. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Acapulco Gold

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set

RE-UP 22 May 2008

Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Marijuana
2. The Roots Radics - Storming The Death Star
3. Gregory Isaacs - Public Eyes
4. The G.G. All Stars - Love Of Jah Jah Children
5. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Dancing Version
6. Scientist - Miss Know It All
7. Observer All Stars - Rebel Dance
8. The Upsetters - Dubbing Sandra
9. King Tubby - King Tubby's Conversation Dub
10. The Aggrovators - A Crabbit Version
11. Sly & The Revolutionaries - White Rum
12. The Roots Radics - Mission Impossible
13. Gregory Isaacs - Leggo Beast
14. The Velvet Shadows - Dubbin & Wailin
15. Observer All Stars - Rema Dub
16. The Upsetters - Long Time Dub
17. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Version I Can Feel With Love

Disc 2:
1. King Tubby - King Tubby's Explosion Dub
2. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Cocaine
3. The Roots Radics - The Death Of Mr Spock
4. Gregory Isaacs - Nigger
5. The Jahlights - Right Road To Dubland
6. The Aggrovators - Jah Jah Dub
7. The Observers - Rasta Locks
8. The Upsetters - Dub Dat
9. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Gorgon Of Dubs & Horns
10. King Tubby - King Tubby's Patient Dub
11. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Black Ash
12. The Roots Radics - The Son Of Darth Vadar
13. Gregory Isaacs - Slum
14. The Aggrovators - Do You Dub
15. The G.G. All Stars - Mosquito Dub
16. The Observers - Dubbing With The Observer
17. The Thompson All Stars - Rock Me In Dub

Disc 3:
1. The Upsetters - Freedom Dub
2. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Gigantic Dub
3. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Collie
4. Gregory Isaacs - Tam Tam
5. The Observers - Turntable Dub
6. Scientist - Scientist Ganja Dub
7. The Aggrovators - Dub On My Pillow
8. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Herb
9. The Roots Radics - The Alien Aborts
10. Gregory Isaacs - Leaving
11. The Lloyd's All Stars - Dread Dub
12. The Observers - Sir Niney's Rock
13. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Big Boss Of Dubs
14. The Upsetters - Dub So
15. King Tubby - King Tubby's Badness Dub
16. The Silvertones - African Dub

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Various Artists - More Pressure Vol. 1 (Straight To The Head)

Various Artists - More Pressure Vol. 1 (Straight To The Head)
Label: Pressure Sounds
Record date: 197X
Album style: Deejay, Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Vocals

This album is simply stunning - in our opinion - and we have chosen tracks that are our personal favourites so every track is a stone dead killer. Although some of them may be slightly unfamiliar don't panic as this really is the crème de la crème of reggae music.

'Diverse Doctrine' by Ras I Buna, Michael Rose with 'We Shall Overcome' included with its searing dub version and The 'Way It Is' by I Kong are not only extremely rare but also fantastic to listen to... 'Folk Song' by Uhuru (Black Uhuru's first ever recording) rare as hens teeth!!! ~pressure.co.uk

Tracklist:
1. Ras Ibuna - Diverse Doctrine
2. The Village Bunch - Diverse Doctrine Version
3. Ricky Storm - The Way It Is
4. Ricky Storm - The Way It Is Version
5. Michael Rose - We Shall Over Come
6. The Key - Over Come
7. Bongo Gene - Skyjack
8. Bongo Gene All Stars - Skyjack Version
9. Cornell Campbell - Free Meal Ticket
10. Barrington Levy - The Winner (Twelve Inch Version)
11. Dillinger - Nah Chuck It
12. The Hardy Boys - Chucky Dub
13. Tafari Syndicate - Free For All
14. Tafari Syndicate - All For Free
15. Black Uhuru - Folk Song
16. The Freedom Singers - Folk Song Version
17. The Mercenaries - Eight Against Rome Version

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Various Artists - Studio One Dub

Various Artists - Studio One Dub
Label: Soul Jazz
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Continuing the Studio 1 Series this album features classic and rare Dub tracks from Studio One, many available for the first time in over thirty years. Studio One Dub includes the dubs of many classic tracks such as Horace Andy’s “Skylarkin”, Johnny Osbourne’s “Truth and Rights”, John Holt’s “Hooligan”, Freddie McGregor’s “Bobby Bobylon” plus many more rare tracks. In short, this is an essential album! ~souljazzrecords.co.uk

Tracklist:
1. Bionic Dub
2. Take A Ride Version
3. Sky Rhythm
4. Taurus Dub 2
5. Hooligan
6. Dub Rock
7. Rastaman Version
8. Jah Jah Version
9. Creator Version
10. Running Dub
11. Hi Fashion Dub
12. Pretty Version
13. Race Track Version
14. Spawning
15. In Cold Blood Version
16. Chase Them Version
17. Feel The Dub

Producer: C.S. Dodd ("Dub Specialist")
Studio: Studio 1 (Kingston, JA)

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Various Artists - Dub Xperience - The Dread Operators: An On-U Sound Compilation

Various Artists - Dub Xperience - The Dread Operators: An On-U Sound Compilation
Label: Cherry Red - Cleopatra Records
Record date: 1981-84
Album Style: Dub, Experimental, Lee Library, Roots, UK Stylee

From beginning to end, this album is packed with great dub, roots, and early dancehall recorded between 1981 and 1984. There isn't the over-production and/or over-experimentation that plagues some On-U Sound releases, and neither is there the generic sound that plagues others. This is just good old-fashioned reggae in all its glory. Creation Rebel and Singers & Players dominate Dub Xperience, each contributing 4 strong tunes. Creation Rebel's "Independent Man," a cover of Bob Andy's "Unchained," may be the best song here, with its classic, emotional roots melody and driving bass, while "Chemical Specialist" -- the dub version of Jah Woosh's fun "Woodpecker Sound" (in which he mimics a woodpecker's call) -- and "Eugenic Device" are inventive dubs. Singers & Players meanwhile contributes the solid early dancehall chatting style and simple drum and bass rhythm of "Autobiography" alongside 3 airy roots numbers: "Breaking Down the Pressure," "Make a Joyful Noise," and the Congos-esque "Moses." Easily the best of the 3 albums in the On-U Sound Box set (along with In Dub Daze and A Party of Dubbers and Toasters). ~reggae-reviews.com

Tracklist:
1. Autobiography (Dread Operator) - Singers & Players
2. Quante Jubila - Prince Far I
3. Independent Man (Part 1) - Creation Rebel
4. Independent Man (Part 2) - Creation Rebel
5. Ballroom Control - Playgroup
6. Moses - Singers & Players
7. Woodpecker Sound - Jah Woosh
8. Chemical Specialist - C.Rebel/N.A.Steppers
9. Middle East Power Station - Voice Of Authority
10. Breaking Down The Pressure - Singers & Players
11. Silent Mover - Playgroup
12. Creation Rebel - Creation Rebel
13. Eugenic Device - C.Rebel/N.A.Steppers
14. Make A Joyful Noise - Singers & Players

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Various Artists - In Dub Daze: An On-U Sound Compilation

Various Artists - In Dub Daze: An On-U Sound Compilation
Label Cherry Red - Cleopatra Records
Record date: 1981-84
Album Style: Dub, Experimental, Lee Library, Roots, UK Stylee

Collecting together Adrian Sherwood-produced dubs recorded between 1981 and 1984, In Dub Daze was released in 1996 and then re-packaged in 1999 with A Party of Dubbers and Toasters and Dub Xperience: The Dread Operators as the On-U Sound Box. In Dub Daze is the most experimental, with only about half of the tracks being traditional dub or reggae. Much of this album is influenced by the early '80s New Wave and electro-funk scenes -- "Feeling Wild" and "Technical Miracle" by Voice of Authority being examples of the former and "Stopping and Starting" by Voice of Authority and "Parasitic Machine" by Alan Pellay of the latter. Of the more traditional dub cuts, Creation Rebel's "Rubber Skirt" -- which utilizes the music from John Holt's "Love I Can Feel" -- and "Painstaker," along with Singers & Players' "Alla la Dreadlocks Soldier" -- featuring Prince Far I -- are the best. ~reggae-reviews.com

Tracklist:
1. Epic Sound Battles - Playgroup
2. Stopping & Starting - Voice Of Authority
3. Painstalker - C. Rebel/N. Age Steppers
4. Alla La Dreadlocks Soldier - Singers & Players
5. Crunch - Playgroup
6. Final Frontier - C. Rebel/N. Age Steppers
7. Feeling Wild - Voice Of Authority
8. Deep & Mintyful (?) - Playgroup
9. Love I Can Feel - Creation Rebel
10. Technical Miracle - Voice Of Authority
11. Asian Rebel - Suns Of Arqa
12. Parasitic Machine - Alan Pellay
13. Afghani Dub - The Mothmen
14. Epic One Drop - Playgroup
15. Knock The House Down - Voice Of Authority

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Burning Spear - Original Living Dub Vol. 1

Burning Spear - Original Living Dub Vol. 1
Label: Burning Music
Record date: 1978
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots
Notes: Crucial dubs! This is the dub to 'Social Living' - original mix without overdubs.

Tracklist:
1. Children Of Today
2. Present
3. Associate
4. Jah Boto
5. In Those Days
6. Iry Niya Keith
7. Help Us
8. Musiya
9. All Over

Producer: Winston Rodney
Engineers: Sylvan Morris, Karl Pitterson, Benji Ambrister
Studios: Harry J (Kingston, JA), Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas)

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King Tubby & Errol Thompson - The Black Foundation In Dub

King Tubby & Errol Thompson - The Black Foundation In Dub
Label: Heartbeat
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Tubby

Dub is a uniquely Jamaican invention where the song is stripped down, manipulated, and reborn in a mind-blowing melange of visual sounds. Black Foundation In Dub is the instrumental Dub companion to Jack Ruby Presents The Black Foundation and features the dubbing brilliance of the legendary King Tubby among others. The original tracks featured Burning Spear, Justin Hinds and the Dominoes, and The Heptones as well as other groups in the Jack Ruby stable. Contains an hour of dub music. ~heartbeatreggae.com

Tracklist:
1. Marcus Garvey Dub
2. Jah Jah Dub
3. Time Hard
4. Creation
5. Patient Dub
6. African Brightright
7. Running Dub
8. Track Dub
9. Slavery Days Dub
10. Dub Upright
11. Dub In Time
12. Nubia
13. Bawling
14. Burning
15. Harvest
16. Dubn Of Tomorrow
17. Warning Version

Mixing Engineers: King Tubby, Errol Thompson, Sylvan Morris, Chris Wilson
Arranger: Jack Ruby
Producer: Jack Ruby
Backing Band: The Black Disciples
Drums: Horsemouth Wallace, Santa Davis
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett
Guitar: Leonard White, Tony Chin, Ranchie
Lead Guitar: Earl Chinna Smith
Keyboards: Bernard Touter Harvey, Earl Wire Lindo
Tenor Saxophone: Tommy McCook, Dirty Harry
Alto Saxophone: Herman Marquis
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis
Flute: Carlton Samuels
Trombone: Vin Gordon
Percussion: Sticky, Burning Spear
Recording Studios: Channel One (Kingston, JA), Randy's (Kingston, JA), Harry J (Kingston, JA), Joe Gibbs (Kingston, JA), Federal (Kingston, JA)

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Skin, Flesh & Bones Meet The Revolutionaries - Fighting Dub

Skin, Flesh & Bones Meet The Revolutionaries - Fighting Dub
Label: Hot Pot
Record date: 1975
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Originally recorded in 1975 and released on the Love Label, the album is reissued here in its entirety. Most of the tracks were laid at Randy’s studio, and subsequently mixed at Joe Gibbs studio by the late Eroll ‘ET’ Thompson. The original album features dub cuts of many of Lloyd’s Campbell’s hits up that time, including “Dread Out Deh”, “Jacket”, “Won’t You Come Home”, “First Cut Is The Deepest” and others.

Listening to the album with hindsight, it can be seen as a blueprint for the ‘rockers’ sound developed by Sly Dunbar at Channel One in the period shortly after its release. In fact, Lloyd was to work consistently with Sly and the Revolutionaries throughout the late 1970s. Along the way, he helped Donovan Germain make his first records, Joy White’s “Love Is A Message” and Ronnie Davis & the Itals “Equality & Justice”. Lloyd carried Germain to Treasure Isle studio and helped arrange the songs - both do-overs - using the Revolutionaries. It was also during this period that Lloyd first worked with Glen Washington, recording him on a version of “Tighten Up” which was released by Nationwide Records in the UK in 1976. In latter years, after Glen had scored massive hits with the late Clement Dodd, Lloyd renewed his association with the singer and to date has recorded four big-selling albums with him. ~cookingvinyl.com

Tracklist:
1. Boxer Dub
2. Slavery Dub
3. Third Cut Dub
4. Jack Ruby Special
5. Scotch Dub
6. In Tone Rock
7. Spider Man Web
8. Run Run Dub
9. Baby Face Dub
10. Harbour View Rock
11. Jah Woosh - African People
12. Africa Dub
13. Vin Gordon & The Revolutionaries - Argument
14. The Revolutionaries - Tense Verison
15. Vin Gordon & The Revolutionaries - Cobra Rock
16. Westcoast
17. Danny Special
18. African Dub

Producer: Lloyd Campbell
Arranger: Errol Thompson, Lloyd Campbell
Backing Band: Skin, Flesh & Bones
Mixing Studio: Joe Gibbs (Kingston, JA)

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Prince Far I - Dubwise

Prince Far I - Dubwise
Label: Virgin
Record date: 1979
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots
Notes: This is Cry Tuff Dub Encounter II w/ bonus tracks 1-8.

DUBWISE features the entirety of the original CRY TUFF DUB ENCOUNTER PART 2, with the bountiful addition of eight bonus tracks. Prince Far I's dub productions here, with the Revolutionaries laying the rhythms, are among the most satisfying of the genre.

All fading and echo effects are used in an organic fashion to accentuate the infectious rhythms; the mixing evolves throughout the pieces to literally form songs. An African feel within the fluidity of the CRY TUFF tracks is reflected in the titles themselves. Among the bonus tracks are three vocal numbers, including "Jah Do That," which is one of Prince Far I's mightiest deliveries--militant, and inspirational. ~cduniverse.com

Tracklist:
1. Throw Away Your Gun
2. Throw Away Your Gun (Dub)
3. Love Divine Dub
4. If You Want To Do Ya Dub
5. Jah Do That Dub
6. Jah Do That
7. No More War
8. No More War Dub (In Fact Borno Dub)
9. Suru-Lere Dub
10. Anambra Dub
11. Kaduna Dub
12. Oyo Dub
13. Borno Dub (In Fact Gongola Dub)
14. Bendel Dub
15. Ondo Dub
16. Ogun Dub

Producer: Prince Far I
Mixing Engineer: Prince Jammy
Drums: Sly Dunbar, Santa Davis
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare, Fully Fullwood
Lead Guitar: Chinna
Rhythm Guitar: Bingy Bunny
Keyboards: Bobby Kalphat, Tarzan & Easy Snappin'
Horns: Dirty Harry, Don D. Junior
Percussions: Bongo Herman, Prince Far I
Recording Studio: Harry J (Kingston, JA)

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WCVT 89.7FM Towson: Follow Up by Stacy Meyn

(FYI: Stacy's is the voice heard on my WCVT tape, posted earlier here)
((thanks, Stacy))

Happy New Year, y'all!


It's been a few weeks of enjoyable back and forth with Steve, which also rekindled electron herding with Roberta [Cowan] and Linda [Cashell]. We're hunting down old air-checks in hopes of adding to the rips. Pamela [DeVier] and DJ Neska might have some too—as far as I know, Neska is the WCVT tape master, claiming at one point to have a wall's worth of shelves brimming.


Large greetin’s to Skizz and PJ—pleased to read both are alive and seemingly well. I haven’t been in the Charm City area for nearly a decade, having flit off to the Left Coast for employment opportunities. Hard to fathom that it’s been over two decades since I showed up at Towson [State] University with my Depeche Mode t-shirt and an insatiable desire to work in radio.


From 1987 to 1991, I had the distinct pleasure of being on various late night shifts—there was nothing like the thrill of seeing all the phone lines light up as I headed into the booth to start the program. I was honored to speak with many listeners from near and farther away than our transmitter should have been capable of reaching. I’ll never forget the gentleman who thanked me for “bringing intelligence to the airwaves.” Although there were and still are plenty of times when I ain’t bright, I’ll always appreciate that comment.


Thanks also to all of the aforementioned folks for expanding my music base—indeed there was so much more than Mr. Gahan and co.! Many of us would go on to work at An die Musik and expand our collections after the demise of WCVT. Now before anyone spits on me for listing WTMD (maybe someday I’ll tell the Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel story), I did get to cover a few shows of the long-running and much-loved Cosmic Music Experience, before that too, finally went off the air. I am told that even WHFS, at the time the last bastion of “progressive music”, gave up the ghost and submitted to a format change. Sigh.


On a much happier note, there is Steve and his dedication, affording us a chance to revisit better audio times. I am astounded that after all these years, WCVT is so well-remembered and regarded. I count myself among the fortunate who got to share in making station history and I am grateful for the friendships that still thrive. Yeah, yeah, group hug and insulin shot forthcoming!



Cheers,

--Stacy


Anyone else from 'CVT who wishes to post some follow-up thoughts, feel free. That tape was the reason I started my first blog - so that I could put that out there, and without that tape, I probably wouldn't have ever thought about starting a music blog. And now look how big this one has gotten..... you can email me directly to send correspondence and I'll gladly post it up!

Scientist

Scientist, born Overton Brown in Kingston, Jamaica, 1960 (and also known as Hopeton Brown), was a protégé of King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock), one of the originators of dub music. He left King Tubby’s studio at the end of the 1970s and became the principal engineer for Channel One Studio when hired by the Hoo Kim brothers.

He came to prominence in the early 1980s and produced many albums, his mixes featuring on many releases in the first part of the decade. In particular, he was the favourite engineer of Henry "Junjo" Lawes, for whom he mixed several albums released on Greensleeves Records. He also did a lot of work for Linval Thompson and Jah Thomas. In 1982 he left for Tuff Gong to assist Errol Brown. He then emigrated to the Washington, D.C. area in 1985, again to work in studios as a sound engineer.

Many fans came to know his music due to half of his album 'Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires' being used on the soundtrack for the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto III. The tracks on the fictitious radio station 'K-Jah' are composed entirely of songs from this album. However, Scientist received no royalties for this and sued Rockstar Games unsuccessfully in a US court. The court ruled that according to precedent a recording mixer was not considered the author of a musical work, and so Rockstar were correct to treat the producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes as the copyright holder of the album.

This ruling could be argued to neglect the fundamental difference between dub-reggae and other kinds of music - after all, the album is marketed as 'Scientist rids the world of the evil curse of the vampires': so the publishers and self identified licensors are prepared to attribute authorship to Hopeton Brown when it suits them, but not when it comes to paying him royalties. It can, however, be argued that Scientist was introduced to a much larger audience as a result of the licensing of his album to Rockstar, in which case he may have sold more albums as a result.

Scientist also tours from time to time as a band engineer and producer for the reggae acts that he is currently promoting. His wildly creative artistic style has resulted in the destruction of loudspeakers in the venues where he was controlling the sound balance. As a result, Scientist has been banned from touching the sound equipment in several San Francisco and New York City clubs and studios. ~wikipedia