New Dub Mixes!

I'm part of a dc-based Dub soundsystem crew called Version Sound, and we've been hard at work putting some promo mixes together to get bookings (book us!). We've got 2 new mixes up for your enjoyment. Both have been getting heavy praise from DC to SF to NYC to UK and beyond...

The first mix is "Twiss Up" - featuring a bunch of obscure Dub tunes that you will love. We've loaded up the chamber with dubbed-out 80s arcade fx and lazers and digital bombs, which really help bring the soundsystem vibe to the mix. Twiss Up goes into some obscure Jamaican funk later on in the mix - featuring two tunes from a record called Prime Cuts. Then its back into Dub. Good stuff. The second mix "Be Thankful" is a more rootsier dub, deejay and early dancehall-oriented mix. Both are excellent mixes and won't dissapoint! Here are the stats:

Version Sound - Twiss Up
March 2008



1. Ethnic Fight Band - Dub Explosion
2. Ethnic Fight Band - Danny J * Special Dub
3. Fatman Riddim Section - Twelve Tribes Rock
4. Fatman Riddim Section - Sounds of Israel
5. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Majestic Dub
6. Matumbi - Ajali
7. Blackbeard - Hyde Park Corner Investigation
8. Blackbeard - Who Made The Prime Minister's Honour List
9. Prince Hammer - Churchill
10. Prince Hammer - Dreadlocks Rebel Force
11. Dynamic - Dub Dunza
12. Fatman Riddim Section - Lick Chalice
13. ??? - African Communication
14. Prime Cuts - Two-Way Stretch
15. Prime Cuts - Vice-Versa
16. Junior Delgado - Dance a Dub
17. Kodama & The Dubstation Band - Fire Fire
18. Kodama & The Dubstation Band - Neppu No Machi Pt. 2
19. Lloyd - Blood for Freedom Dub
20. King Tubby, Scientist & Prince Jammy - Chapter 2
21. Creation Rebel - Drum Talk

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Version Sound - Be Thankful
March 2008



1. Aswad - Warrior Charge
2. Dennis Bovell - Scientific
3. Ranking Joe - Gideon Time
4. Prince Lincoln & the Rasses - Interstellar Over Dub
5. Joe Gibbs - No Bones for the Dogs
6. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - I Can't Take Another World War
7. Twilight Circus Sound System - Dub Voyage
8. Aswad - Hey Jah Children
9. Lone Ranger - Rub 'n' Scrub
10. Mikey Dread - Resignation Dub
11. Yabba You - No Tarry Yah Version
12. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Another Ones Bites the Dust
13. Little Joe - Tradition Skank
14. Prince Jazzbo - Gal Boy I Roy
15. Jah Stitch - Set Up Yourself Dreadlocks
16. Michigan & Smiley - Sensimilla
17. Ranking Dread - Superstar
18. Mikey General - Tell It Like It Is
19. Dr. Alimantado - Poison Flour
20. Augustus Clarke - Rockers Time
21. King Tubby - Moving Version
22. Donovan Carlos - Be Thankful

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Various Artists - Dancehall Stylee

RE-UP 28 May 2008

Various Artists - Dancehall Stylee
Label: Trojan
Record date: 1979-85
Album style: Dancehall, Deejay, Reggae

Tracklist:
1. Barry Brown - Dancehall Stylee
2. Barrington Levy - Sweet Reggae Music
3. Poppa Tollo - Get Ready And Reggae
4. Earl Sixteen - Some Gone Astray
5. Leroy Smart - Too Much Pressure
6. Purpleman - Trod Along
7. Don Carlos - Booming Ball
8. Sammy Dread - Labour Ward
9. Anthony Johnson - Dread Locks
10. Junior Keating - African Queen
11. Earl Cunningham - What A Day
12. Earl Sixteen - Play Play
13. Wayne Jarrett - Satta Dread
14. Jah Thomas - Dancehall Connection
15. Charlie Chaplin - Stur-Gav Special
16. Anthony Johnson - Natty Dread Come In A Dance
17. Don Carlos - Ababa John I
18. John Wayne - You Too Greedy
19. Earl Sixteen - Bad Company
20. Earl Cunningham - Violence And Crime
21. Don Carlos - Lazer Beam
22. Poppa Tollo - Nuff Stylee

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Various Artists - Strictly Rub-A-Dub

RE-UP 28 May 2008

Various Artists - Strictly Rub-A-Dub
Label: Trojan
Record date: 1979-85
Album style: Dancehall, Deejay, Reggae

Tracklist:
1. Yellowman & Fathead - Donkey Want Water
2. Poppa Tollo - Ride The Rhythm
3. Charlie Chaplin - Foreign Man Skank
4. Trinity - Psalms
5. Simple Simon - War All Over
6. John Wayne - Heavy Rhythm
7. Clint Eastwood - Fight Inflation
8. John Wayne - Boogie Down
9. U Brown - Me Chat You Rock
10. Ranking Joe - Choice Of Colour
11. Clint Eastwood - It Wasn't Rasta
12. Simple Simon - Revolution Fighters
13. Clint Eastwood - Dance Kork
14. Charlie Chaplin - Don't Leave Your Baby mother
15. Poppa Tollo - Special Request To David Rodigan & Tony Williams
16. Ranking Joe - Cold Blood
17. Purpleman - Sandra Dee Buy Big House For Me
18. General Lucky & Peter Ranking - Ram-A-Jam
19. Simple Simon - Obey Your Mother And Father
20. Jah Thomas & Sister Jackie - Cockee & Pussy

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Various Artists - Dancehall Explosion

RE-UP 28 May 2008

Various Artists - Dancehall Explosion
Label: Trojan
Record date: 1979-85
Album style: Dancehall, Deejay, Reggae

Tracklist:
1. Charlie Chaplin - Entertainer
2. Earl Sixteen - Jah Is The Master
3. Barry Brown - Please Officer
4. Delroy Smith - Round The World
5. Dennis Brown - Unite Brother Man
6. Charlie Chaplin - One Of A Kind
7. Earl Sixteen - Crisis
8. Carlton Livingston - Class Of 69
9. Barry Brown - Chucky Boo
10. Neville Brown - The Right Time
11. Purpleman - King On The Way
12. George Mckay - Money Money
13. Don Carlos - My Baby Just Love I Man
14. Barrington Levy - Collie Weed
15. Anthony Johnson - Sitting Everyday
16. Derrick Pitter - The World And It's People
17. Earl Sixteen - Hey Girl
18. Phillip Fraser - Holding On
19. Cornell Campbell - The Drifter
20. Sister Candy - Connection Connection
21. Don Carlos - Johnnie Big Mouth
22. Triston Palmer - For Health And Strength

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Various Artists - The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-82

Various Artists - The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-82
Label: Greensleeves
Record date: 1979-82
Album style: Dancehall, Deejay, Reggae

Tracklist:
Disk 1
1. Johnny Osbourne - Fally Ranking
2. Barrington Levy - Shine Eye Gal
3. The Wailing Souls - Firehouse Rock
4. General Echo - Bathroom Sex
5. Johnny Osbourne - Ice Cream Love
6. Yellowman - Morning Ride
7. Barrington Levy - Look Youthman
8. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Another One Bites The Dust
9. Ranking Dread - Fattie Boom Boom
10. Michael Prophet - Gunman
11. Ranking Toyan - How The West Was Won
12. Linval Thompson - Look How Me Sexy
13. Ranking Toyan - Spar Wid Me
14. John Holt - Ghetto Queen
15. Junior Delgado - Love Tickles Like Magic
16. Barrington Levy - Bounty Hunter
17. Johnny Clarke - Jah Love Is With I
18. Wayne Jarrett - Chip In
19. Wayne Wade - Poor And Humble
20. The Wailing Souls - Who No Waan Come

Disk 2:
1. Eek A Mouse - Wa-Do-Dem
2. Yellowman - Yellowman Getting Married
3. Papa Michigan & General Smiley - Diseases
4. Nicodemus - Bone Connection
5. Dennis Brown - To The Foundation
6. Barrington Levy - Mary Long Tongue
7. John Holt - Sweetie Come Brush Me
8. Tony Tuff - Come Fe Mash It
9. The Wailing Souls - Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall
10. Barrington Levy - River Jordan (Crucifixion)
11. Ranking Joe - River Jordan
12. Triston Palmer & Jah Thomas & Ranking Toyan - Entertainment
13. Don Carlos - I'm Not Crazy
14. Hugh Mundell - Can't Pop No Style
15. The Wailing Souls - Up Front
16. Ranking Dread - Love A Dub
17. Yellowman - Mr Chin
18. Johnny Osbourne - Trying To Turn Me On
19. General Echo Featuring Barrington Levy - Eventide Fire A Disaster
20. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Tribute To General Echo

Producer : Chris Cracknell & Henry Junjo Lawes

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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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Linval Thompson & Friends - Rockers From Channel One

Linval Thompson & Friends - Rockers From Channel One
Label: Trojan
Record date: 1978-80
Album style: Dancehall, Deejay, Dub, Lee Library, Rockers, Roots, Vocals

Tracklist:
1. Linval Thompson - Dreader Than Dread
2. Ranking Dread - Natty On The Rock
3. The Revolutionaries - Africa Love Dub
4. Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana
5. Ranking Dread - Marijuana In My Soul
6. Big Joe - Smoke Marijuana
7. Linval Thompson - Africa Is For Blackman
8. Ranking Dread - Africa
9. Linval Thompson - I Love Jah
10. The Revolutionaries - Wicked Dub
11. Dawn & Christine - Holy Mount Zion
12. The Revolutionaries - Shockin' Rock
13. Linval Thompson - Never Push Your Brother
14. Trinity - Freedom Style
15. The Revolutionaries - Roots Man Dub
16. Linval Thompson - Love Is The Question
17. Big Joe - Love Can Conquer
18. Ranking Dread - Poor Man
19. Linval Thompson - Stop Loving
20. Trinity - Easy Does It
21. Linval Thompson - Lion & Tiger
22. The Revolutionaries - Seventy Nine Rock

Producer : Linval Thompson
Backing Band : The Revolutionaries
Recording Studio: Channel One (Kingston, JA)
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Various Artists - 2 Heavyweight: Another Blood & Fire Sampler

Various Artists - 2 Heavyweight: Another Blood & Fire Sampler
Label: Blood And Fire
Record date: 1973-79
Album style: Deejay, Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Vocal

Another Blood & Fire Sampler sampler featuring seven cuts that are exclusive to this compilation. These include an extended mix of I-Roy's 'Superfly', an I-Roy exclusive, the Leonard 'Santic' Chin production 'Late Hour', and another Santic track, the Tubby-mixed 'Shooter Dub'. From the Striker Lee camp comes a long unavailable Jah Stitch toast 'Jah Help The Dread'; fellow Greenwich Farm producer Don Mais supplies Phillip Fraser's 'You're No Good', the original vocal to the track 'Dub Livity' which appears on Dub In The Roots Tradition. This is presented 'discomix' style, Scientist at the control tower. Lastly, two newly-discovered mixes of two tracks from the Black Ark classic 'Heart Of The Congos', never-before released: the songs are 'La La Bam-Bam' and 'The Wrong Thing'. The remaining nine tracks are from the last eight releases - BAFCD 009 through BAFCD 016 - on Blood and Fire.

The Blood and Fire series has taken the standard of reggae compilations to a new level. Tasteful packaging and unblemished sound quality (re-mastering) exemplify the quality of dub music they showcase. However, for many, the music remains something of an unknown quantity, many of the artists featured in the series having either faded into obscurity or died. Careful not to isolate potential fans, this mid-price compilation is a re-introduction to original bu'n down Babylon music. Names such as King Tubby, Scientist and Prince Jammy give the sampler enough classic material to make a Motown collection jealous. With nine tracks from the last eight releases, and seven exclusives, this sampler is the perfect introduction. ~bloodandfire.co.uk

Tracklist:
1. I Roy - Late Hour
2. Glen Brown & King Tubby - World Dub/Away With The Bad
3. Jah Stitch - Ragga Muffin Style
4. The Congos - La La Bam Bam (Alternative Mix)
5. King Tubby & Santic All Stars - Shooter Dub
6. Phillip Fraser - You're No Good (Disco Mix)
7. The Congos - The Wrong Thing (Alternative Mix)
8. Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer
9. Jah Stitch - Jah Help The Dread
10. Scientist & The Soul Syndicate - Dub Bible
11. King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Higher Ranking
12. Prince Alla & Phillip Fraser - Black Rose
13. King Tubby & The Soul Syndicate - Great Stone
14. Glen Brown & King Tubby - Version 78 Style
15. I Roy - Superfly (Extended Mix)
16. Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators - Drums Of Africa

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Yabby You - Jesus Dread 1972-1977

Yabby You - Jesus Dread 1972-1977
Label: Blood And Fire, 1997
Record date: 1972-77
Album style: Deejay, Dub, Instrumental, Lee Library, Roots, Tubby, Vocals

b. Vivian Jackson, 14 June 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Yabby acquired his nickname from the drawn-out, chanting refrain on his 1972 debut single, "Conquering Lion": "Be You, Yabby Yabby You". Despite courting controversy in his repudiation of Rastafarian godhead Haile Selassie, in favour of a personalized form of Christianity, his output throughout the 70s and early 80s nonetheless rarely deviated far from the orthodox Rastafarianism typically expressed at the time. As leader of the Prophets (additional personnel at various times included Alric Forbes, Dada Smith, Bobby Melody and the Ralph Brothers), Yabby recorded a remarkable series of roots reggae classics, including "Jah Vengeance", "Run Come Rally", "Love Thy Neighbours", "Valley Of Jehosaphat", "Judgement On The Land", "Fire In Kingston", "Chant Down Babylon' and many others, mostly appearing on his own Vivian Jackson and Prophets labels in Jamaica. ~reggaetrain.com

One of the most crucial B&F compilations, if also one of the most obsessive - no less than five versions of 'Jah Vengeance', for instance, follow the original at the close of the first CD. This is one reason why it's so great though - few other collections give you the chance to see rhythms evolving into so many amazingly diverse and subtle new forms, especially in Tubby's hands. Dillinger's version of the Vengeance rhythm, 'Freshly', is probably the deepest bit of dub Tubby ever produced, absolute genius and well worth the admission price by itself. ~discogs.com

Tracklist:
Disk 1:
1. Yabby U - Love Thy Neighbour
2. Yabby U - Conquering Lion
3. Tommy McCook & Vin Gordon - Fisherman Special
4. Big Youth & Yabby U - Yabby Youth
5. King Tubby - Big Youth Fights Against Capitolism
6. Yabby U - Covetous Man
7. Yabby U - Run Come Rally
8. Lee Perry - Rally Dub
9. Yabby U - Anti Christ
10. Dicky Burton - God Is Watching You
11. Augustus Pablo & Yabby U - Pablo Dread In A Red
12. King Tubby - King Tubby's Rock (Dub)
13. Prophets - Warn The Nation
14. King Tubby - Honey Dub
15. Yabby U - Carnal Mind
16. Yabby U - Love Of Jah
17. King Tubby - Love Of Jah Version
18. Yabby U - The Man Who Does The Work
19. Yabby U - Jah Vengeance
20. Tommy McCook - Revenge
21. Dillinger - Freshly
22. Tappa Zukie - Natty Dread On The Mountain Top
23. Trinity - Gwan Anf Lef Me
24. King Tubby - Tubby's Vengeance
25. Tommy McCook - Death Trap

Disk 2:
1. Wayne Wade - Man Of The Living
2. King Tubby - King Tubby's Special
3. Wayne Wade - Lord Of Lords
4. King Tubby - Lord Dub
5. Errol Alphonso - Chant Jah Victory
6. King Tubby - Jah Victory Dub
7. Yabby U - Walls Of Jerusalem
8. King Tubby - Jerusalem Dub
9. Prophets & Trinity - King Pharoah's Plague (Vocal & Dj)
10. Tommy McCook - Plague Of Horn
11. King Tubby - King Pharoah Dub
12. Trinity & Dillinger - Jesus Dread
13. Prophets & Trinity - Chant Down Babylon (Vocal & Dj)
14. King Tubby - Chanting Dub
15. Tommy McCook - Hornsman Chant
16. Yabby U - Fire In A Kingston
17. King Tubby - Fire Dub
18. Yabby U - Judgement On The Land
19. King Tubby - Repatriation Rock
20. Yabby U - Deliver Me From My Enemies
21. Michael Rose - Born Free (Extended Mix)
22. King Tubby - Love Thy Neighbour Version

Producer: Yabby You, Trinity, Fat Man
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby, Phillip Smart, Prince Jammy, Lee Perry
Drums: Leroy Horsemouth Wallace, Carlton Davis, Sly Dunbar, Ben Bow
Bass: Clinton Fearon, Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett
Guitar: Earl Chinna Smith, Albert Griffiths, Bertram Ranchie McLean
Piano: Bernard Touter Harvey, Augustus Pablo
Organ: Aston Barrett, Pablo Black, Earl Wire Lindo, Bagga Walker
Trombone: Vin Gordon
Saxophone: Tommy McCook
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis
Fife: Richard Hall
Percussions: Uziah Sticky Thompson, Bunny Wailer
Melodica: Augustus Pablo
Recording Studio: Black Ark (Kingston, JA), Channel One (Kingston, JA), Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA)
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Various - Quad Star Revolution Volume 1 + Volume 2

RE-UPPED 03/29/08
Various - Quad Star Revolution Volume 1 + Volume 2
Label: Moodisc
Record Date: 1970-1976
Album Style: Deejay, Dub, Early Reggae, Instrumental, Lee Library

Harry A. Mudie (born c. 1940 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican record producer.
He attended St. Jago High School. In the mid fifties, he launched his own sound system "Mudies Hi-Fi", before going to the UK to study electronics and photography. He traveled back to Jamaica in the late 50s. His first production was "Babylon Gone" (1962) by nyabinghi drummer Count Ossie and saxophonist Wilton Gaynair (released in the UK in 1962 on Blue Beat). Mudie spent his time in the 60s mainly operating his "Scaramouch Garden Amusement Center" in Spanish Town . He came back to music in the late 60s with the launch of Moodisc label and by recording artists such as Winston Wright, Winston Shand, Lloyd Jones, Count Ossie and the then-unknown I Roy. In the early 70s, he was the first to record Big Joe. Another first was the use of strings in reggae (John Holt "Time is the Master" in 1973). During the peak of his music career in the mid-late 70s, he worked with Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones, Joe White, Prince Heron and others. He has produced numerous musicians on his different labels which include Moodisc, Jungle, Afro and Jukebox. Mudie relocated to Florida in the 80s where he still resides.

Tracklist:
1. I Roy & The Ebony Sisters - Let Me Tell You Boy
2. Mudies All Stars - Let Me Tell You Boy Dub
3. Prince Heron - Spanish Town Rock
4. Mudies All Stars - African Home
5. Big Joe - Woodcutter Skank
6. Mudies All Stars - Woodcutter Dub
7. Mudies All Stars - Margaret Dub
8. I Roy & Mudies All Stars - Drifter (Rap)
9. Mudies All Stars - Drifter Dub
10. Big Joe - Black Stick Rock
11. Mudies All Stars - Black Stick Dub
12. Mudies All Stars - Grass Root Dub
13. I Roy & Mudies All Stars - Heart Don't Leap (Rap)
14. Mudies All Stars - Dub Them Heart
15. Big Joe - Lick Them Face
16. Mudies All Stars - Dub Them Face
17. I Roy - Musical Pleasure
18. Jo Jo Bennett & Mudies All Stars - Hot Pop
19. Big Joe & GG Grossett - Dub Girl Run
20. Don D Junior & Mudies All Stars - T-Bone Girl

Bass: Val Douglas, Jackie Jackson
Drums: Michael Richards, Lloyd Brevett
Guitar: Hucks Brown, Jeffrey Chung, Mikey Chung
Piano: Gladdy, Theo Beckford Organ: Winston Wright, Robert Lyn

Alto Sax: Carl Bryan, Herman Marquis
Tenor Sax: Tommy McCook, Val Bennett
Trombone: Rico Rodriguez, Don D Junior
Trumpet: Jo Jo Bennett
Flugel Horn: Jo Jo Bennett, David Madden

Percussion: Danzel leing, Uzziah Thompson, Larry McDonald, Bongo Herman

Produced by: Harry Moodie
Engineered by: King Tubby, Harry Moodie, Sylvester Morris, Syd Bucknor
Recording Studios: Studio One, Harry J, Dynamic
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's

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