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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King Tubby & Various Artists - The Sound Of Channel One: King Tubby Connection

King Tubby & Various Artists - The Sound Of Channel One: King Tubby Connection
Label: Motion
Record date: 1973-81
Album style: Dub, Dancehall, Lee Library, Roots, Tubby

Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Delroy Wilson - Stop Look What You're Doin'
2. King Tubby - Stop Look Dub
3. Jim Brown - Dancehall Vibes
4. King Tubby - Vibes Dub
5. Badoo - Headline News
6. King Tubby - Headlines Dub
7. Prince Pompidou - 70 Times 7
8. King Tubby - 70 Times Dub
9. Badoo - Rockin Of The 10000
10. King Tubby - Dubbin Of The 10000
11. Calvin Stuart - Babylon A Turn Dem Back
12. King Tubby - Turn Back Dub
13. Desmond Irie & King Tubby - Dub One

CD 2:
1. Badoo - I Got Love
2. King Tubby - I Got Dub
3. Delroy Wilson - You Have My Heart
4. King Tubby - Dub My Heart
5. Calvin Stuart - The Alphabet Song
6. King Tubby - Alphabet Dub
7. Badoo - I'm Gonna Tell You My Mind
8. King Tubby - I'm Gonna Dub You My Mind
9. Desmond Irie - Babylon You Must Go Down
10. King Tubby - Dub You Must Go Down
11. Badoo - Diplomatic Link
12. King Tubby - Diplomatic Dub
13. Larry Marshall - Nanny Goat
14. King Tubby - Nanny Goat Dub

Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Recording Studio: Channel One (Kingston, JA)
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Jah Lloyd and King Tubby - A Double Helping of Jah Lloyd and King Tubby

Jah Lloyd and King Tubby - A Double Helping of Jah Lloyd and King Tubby
Label: Teem
Record date: 1974
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Tubby
Notes: Includes two albums: Soldier Round The Corner & Herbs Of Dub

Tracklist:
1. Sharp Razor
2. Victory Dub
3. Herbs Of Dub
4. Theme Dub
5. Black Dub
6. Dull Razor
7. Tipper Dub
8. Walking Dub
9. Zion Zone
10. Raindrops Dub
11. Ganja Crop
12. Sunshine Girl
13. Knight Of The Round Table
14. Green Bay Massacre
15. Zion Dub
16. Psalm Two
17. Soldier Round The Corner
18. Channel One
19. No Tribal War
20. To Be Your Lover
21. Judge Natty
22. Zion Rock

Producer: Jah Lloyd
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Drums: Carlton Barrett
Guitar: Bingy Bunny, Alva Reggie Lewis, Chinna
Piano: Theo Beckford
Organ: Theo Beckford, Ossie Hibbert
Percussions: Bongo Herman, Sticky
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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The Roots Radics - King Tubby's Rockers

The Roots Radics - King Tubby's Rockers
Label: Trojan
Record date: 1979-85
Album style: Dub, Dancehall, Lee Library, Tubby

Tracklist:
1. King Tubby's Rockers
2. Time Is Cold
3. Patrolling
4. Love And Understanding
5. Jah Jah Give Us Love
6. Lovers Mood
7. Caring For My Sister
8. Learning
9. A Friend In Need
10. I'm A Man
11. Come On Baby (Dub Style)
12. No Follow Fashion
13. Praising Version
14. Violence And Crime
15. Babylon Don't Touch My Sensi
16. Informer Dub
17. Babylon Wrong
18. Second Hand Girl

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King Tubby - Soundclash Dubplate Style Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 (vocals + dubs)

King Tubby - Soundclash Dubplate Style Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 (vocals + dubs)
Label: Sonic Sounds
Record date : 1985-89
Album style : Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library, Tubby
Notes: Released approximately 1990; this is by far the best collection of soundbwoy tunes. Live recordings from dubplates with intros by the legendary Fuzzy Jones!

KING TUBBY and THE FIREHOUSE REVOLUTION

By the early eighties dub was no longer perceived as a cutting edge music and its innovations had long been assimilated into the musical mainstream. Tubby realised that the days of his now classical production techniques were over and decided to take a new step: in 1985 he build a new studio in the heart of the Kingston ghetto,the Waterhouse District. During the run up to elections gunshots would echo throughout the neighbourhood with such alarming frequency that the area was renamed FIREHOUSE by its local residents. The new studio there was then equipped with lots of new technology like a bigger mixing desk - and digital synths and drum machines.

After the studio-producer Professor went to the USA to study electronics and computer Peego and Fatman followed and a man named Phantom, who built riddims at Channel One before. The sound they created is - especially from today's point of view - a completely new dimension of reggae and dub: it's 100% bone-dry digital music (due to the sound of the machines used for production) but it's also a pure, hypnotical and new form of dub, a paradox really. It took a while for me to like that special sound, but then the tracks are made to play them loud at sound systems and when I heard 'SOUNDCLASH DUBPLATE STYLE', THE classic digital King Tubby-LP, loud it got to me. The bass is extremely powerful and kicking while the drums gain a completely new quality, simply because they all of a sudden were not shuffling anymore but set straight to a beat grid. These releases have been highly influential for what we're doing here at JAHTARI and we picked up the trail from there!

The first big hit for Tubby with his new studio was Anthony Red Rose's 'TEMPO', a riddim versioned over and over until today and many other promising 7inches followed. While Tubby did a completely different approach on music and the whole marketing side of it than Jammy (music being always in the focus for him and no compromises were made for that!) also commercial success came and SOUNDCLASH DUBPLATE STYLE sold 45.000 worldwide. But then in 1989 the day came and this whole promising process stopped - when King Tubby was shot down in front of his house, the killer was never found. And with Tubby's death - this can be said from today's perspective - the complete history of Reggae and Dub as we knew it ended and was replaced by RAGGAMUFFIN.

Strangely enough Tubby and Jammy themselves (especially Jammy's 'PUNAANY' by Admiral Bailey) paved the way for that and established the rhythms. But in the end Raggamuffin and its 100% mass-market oriented productions cut the last connections to Reggae and Dub and sold out their musical heritage. After Tubbys death, his daughter ran the studio then, the firehouse crew produced some more fine music, but without a guy like Tubby holding everything together that soon went down too. ~jahtari.org



Tracklist:
1. King Everald - Kill Ole Pan
2. Johnny Osbourne - Line Up
3. Trevor Levy - Nah Run From No Clash
4. Banana Man - Take A Lick
5. Michael Batis - Die You Die
6. Gregory Isaacs - The Ruler
7. Little John - Fade Away
8. Sugar Minott - Play Me
9. Conroy Smith - Original Sound
10. Pad Anthony - Charge Dem
11. Kill A Pan Dub
12. Tan Good Dub
13. Nah Run Weh Dub
14. Lick Shot Dub
15. Death Row Dub
16. We Rule Dub
17. Fade Out Dub
18. Play Play Dub
19. Brand New Sound Dub
20. Make Them Pay Dub

Produced by: King Tubby

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Niney The Observer Presents King Tubby - Bring The Dub Come

Niney The Observer Presents King Tubby - Bring The Dub Come
Label: Heartbeat
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Reggae, Roots, Tubby

Around 1969 Kingston-based producers started to issue singles with instrumental "versions" on the flipside of vocal releases, which were actually the basic riddim tracks. To these "versions" one could add further instrumentation or deejay accompaniment. Within a year the inclusion of instrumental versions on the flipside was common practice among the majority of Jamaica's producers. In 1971 the first real Dub recordings began to appear, with The Hippy Boys' "Voo Doo" - the version to Little Roy's "Hard Fighter", which was mixed by Lynford Anderson a.k.a. Andy Capp - now widely acknowledged to be the first recording in the genre. But it was pioneering sound engineer and sound system operator Osbourne Ruddock aka King Tubby who did more than any other to popularize and develop the sound. He explored the possibilities of sound from his small studio, located at the back of his home, at 18 Drumilly Avenue, Kingston 11 and became the leading figure in the history of dub.

On the February 6, 1989, King Tubby returned home from a night out and was shot dead in cold blood. The senseless slaying of this mild, shy and widely loved man sent the reggae community into shock. As the news filtered out from Jamaica, communities across the whole world mourned his passing. In the UK, renowned dj David Rodigan immediately put together a tribute to Tubby. During the show he talked to King Jammy via a live link. Jammy, choking back tears at the death of his friend, sent out the following message to the killer : "You can run, but you can't hide". It was one of the most poignant moments in UK broadcasting history.

Winston Holness, a man known throughout the reggae world as Niney The Observer who has made his mark as a performer of some note is perhaps more widely acknowledged for his skills as an engineer and producer. He started his career in the sixties when he studied the art of engineering under the expert tuteledge of Lee Perry and Lynford Anderson (aka Andy Capp). He later supervised numerous sessions for illustrious producers such as Bunny Lee and Joe Gibbs prior to launching his career as an independent producer at the end of the decade. The single 'Blood And Fire' was his first major breakthrough issued on his Observer label. The single sold over 30,000 copies on the island alone and was later named 'Jamaican record of the Year' for 1971.

Over the next years Niney regularly supervised recording sessions at Dynamic, Randy's, Channel One and Joe Gibbs studios, releasing excellent sides by artists such as Max Romeo, Delroy Wilson and Ken Boothe. However, his most enduring productions during that period were those he did with Dennis Brown. During the seventies and early eighties, Niney was one of the top producers on the island.

From the vaults of his Observer label come these 22 (!) top ranking dubs, mixed by the dubmaster King Tubby, with most tracks previously unreleased. Tracks 3 to 12 were the bulk of a lost album's worth of dubs that were found at King Tubby's and are here released for the first time. The other tracks are taken from various tapes of album tracks, rare B-sides and unreleased dub mixes from the vaults of the label. Included are dub mixes of Observer label hits by Dennis Brown, Michael Rose, Horace Andy, Delroy Wilson and Big Youth.

Musicians include the Soul Syndicate band and The Cimarons on Tribulation Dub. All songs were recorded at Randy's Studio and remixed by the dubmaster King Tubby. As all Heartbeat releases, the CD comes with comprehensive linernotes including explanations for the original versions and artists. ~reggae-vibes.com

Tracklist:
1. The Bold Dub
2. Niney Skank
3. Kutchie Dub
4. 91 Orange Street
5. Kingston 11
6. Idlers Rest
7. Dub Seven
8. I Need A Dub
9. Dub A Word
10. Dromilly Skank
11. Freedom Dub
12. King Tubbys Dub
13. Rebel Dance
14. Cassanova Dub
15. Rasta Locks
16. Turntable Dub
17. Rema Dub
18. Nice Dub
19. Nice Version
20. Dub 68
21. Tribulation Dub
22. Burn A Challawa

Producer: Niney
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Backing Bands: The Cimarons, The Soul Syndicate
Studios: Randy's (Kingston, JA)

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Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Deluxe Edition)

Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Deluxe Edition)
Label: Shanachie
Record date: 1972-75
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Reggae, Rockers, Roots, Tubby
Notes: A true classic. Bonus tracks 13-16.

If you had to pick just one album to represent dub "King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown" is the disc. The title really says it all: the collaboration between the premier engineer and the top roots producer of the mid-’70s resulted in definitive King Tubby interpretations of some of Pablo’s deepest rhythms. It also demonstrated conclusively that a studio engineer could be considered as creative as the singers, musicians and visionary producer who made the music. A dub is essentially a remix In the hands of an engineer as good as King Tubby (1941 – 1989) it became an artform, and an incredibly popular one.

For this ground-breaking disc, Pablo assembled a brilliant cast: the Upsetters/Wailers drum and bass duo of Aston "Family Man" Barrett and brother Carlton, guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, horns-men Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall, Bobby Ellis, Vin Gordon and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. All sessions were recorded by the engineer Errol "ET" Thompson at Randy’s Studio on North Parade. Pablo then took the tapes to King Tubby for mixing. He initially released instrumental, deejay and vocal cuts as 7-inch 45s on his Hot Stuff, Rockers and Pablo International labels, between 1972 and 75, but as the vogue for dub albums exploded in 1976, Pablo compiled twelve of his b-side dubs to make this set.

The centrepiece of the album is "King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown", a killer dub version of Jacob Miller’s vocal "Baby I Love You So" which almost single-handedly defined dub for a non-Jamaican audience when it was released as a single by Island Records (UK) in 1975; it also appeared on the company’s massive-selling "This Is Reggae Music" sampler.

Using his custom sliders, Tubby eases Miller’s voice in and out of the mix, adding stabs of guitar and melodica. Carlton Barrett’s explosive snare fills further serve to punctuate the elastic rhythm, which was first cut for producer Herman Chin Loy’s 1973 album Aquarius Dub. Similarly, "Frozen Dub" propelled the Heptones on a recut of their Studio One classic "Love Won’t Come Easy". Hopefully someone, some day, will undertake to present this crucial set in all its glory, with alternate mixes. ~elrockers.org

Tracklist:
1. Keep On Dubbing
2. Stop Them Jah
3. Young Generation Dub
4. Each One Dub
5. 555 Dub St.
6. Brace's Tower Dub
7. King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
8. Brace's Tower Dub No. 2
9. Corner Crew Dub
10. Skanking Dub
11. Frozen Dub
12. Satta Dub
13. Black Gunn*
14. I Ruthland Close*
15. 1-2-3 Version*
16. Silent Satta*

Producer: Augustus Pablo
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby & Errol Thompson
Drums: Carlton Barrett
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare & Aston Barrett
Guitar: Chinna
Organ: Augustus Pablo
Piano: Augustus Pablo
Tenor Saxophone: Dirty Harry
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis
Trombone: Vin Gordon
Clavinet: Augustus Pablo
Mixing studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)
Recording studio: Randy's (Kingston, JA)

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Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubby In A Fire House (Re-Issue w/ Bonus Tracks) (re-post)

Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubby In A Fire House (Re-Issue w/ Bonus Tracks)
Label: Shanachie
Record date: 1980
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Reggae, Rockers, Roots, Tubby
Notes: This is a re-post (click to view PMX's excellent original write-up), except that this is actually the CD reissue w/ bonus tracks 10-13.

Tracklist:
1. Rockers Meet King Tubbys Inna Fire House
2. Short Man Dub
3. Zion Is A Home
4. Dub In Matthew's Lane Arena
5. Jah Say Dub
6. Son Of Jah Dub
7. Simeon Tradition
8. Selassie I Dub
9. Jah Mouly Ital Sip
10. Son Of Man Dub*
11. Rasta To The Hills*
12. Twin Seal Dub*
13. House Of Dub Version*

Producer: Augustus Pablo
Engineer: Augustus Pablo, Prince Jammy, King Tubby
Drums: Albert Malawi, Leroy Horsemouth Wallace, Mikey Boo Richards
Bass: Junior Dan, Michael Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare & Bugsy
Rhythm Guitar: Cleon, Fazal Prendergast
Lead Guitar: Chinna, Dalton Brownie
Organ: Augustus Pablo
Piano: Augustus Pablo
Horns: Deadly Headly
Melodica: Augustus Pablo
Percussions: Teo Benjamin, Sticky, Jah Levi
Strings: Augustus Pablo
Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Glen Brown & King Tubby - Termination Dub

Glen Brown & King Tubby - Termination Dub
Label: Blood And Fire, 1996
Record date: 1973-79
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Reggae, Roots, Tubby

Glen Brown is one of the unsung heroes of Jamaican music. He began as a singer in the 60's, developed his skill as a melodica player, and then made his indelible mark as a producer in the 70's. His forte was the rhythm. Not the bouncing, melodic bass of Studio One, but the heavy pounding rhythms ideally suited to the era of Rasta militance. Typically he would develop a new rhythm, make umpteen cuts with various singers and DJs, hand them over to King Tubby for mixing, and then move on to the next one. He didn't have many rhythms, but boy were they good! ~bloodandfire.com

Tracklist:
1. Termination Dub
2. Save Our Dub
3. Leggo The Herb Man Dub
4. World Dub: Away With The Bad
5. Wicked Tumbling Version
6. Dub Universal
7. Wicked Can't Run This Dub
8. Assack Lawn No. 1 Dub (Version 1)
9. Assack Lawn No. 1 Dub (Version 2)
10. Father For The Living Dubwise
11. There's Dub
12. Version 78 Style
13. Lambs Bread Dubwise
14. Melodica International (Extended Mix)

Producer: Glen Brown
Engineers: Errol Brown, Bunny Tom Tom, Sid Bucknor, Bunny Goodison, Sylvan Morris, Karl Pitterson, Errol Thompson
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Drums: Carlton Barrett, Fish Clarke, Santa Davis, Winston Grennan, Boo Richards
Bass: Karl Pitterson, Family Man, Val Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Lloyd Parks, Robbie
Guitar: Eric Fratter, Willie Lindo, Ranchie, Patrick Anthony, Bo-Peep Bowen, Hucks Brown, Michael Chung, Alva Reggie Lewis, Geoffrey Chung, Glen Brown, Peter Tosh, Al Anderson
Piano: Joe White, Winston Wright, Gladdy, Ansel Collins, Earl Wire Lindo, B.B. Seaton
Organ: B.B. Seaton, Joe White, Winston Wright, Gladdy, Ansel Collins, Earl Wire Lindo
Tenor Saxophone: Dirty Harry, Tommy McCook, Lennox Brown
Trombone: Ron Wilson, Vin Gordon
Trumpet: Bobby Ellis, Sparrow Martin
Percussions: Bingy Bunny, Skully, Sky Juice, Glen Brown, Bongo Herman
Fiddle: Tommy McCook
Recording Studios: Dynamic Sounds (Kingston, JA), Randy's (Kingston, JA), Harry J (Kingston, JA), Joe Gibbs (Kingston, JA), Federal (Kingston, JA), Duke Reid's (Kingston, JA)
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Yabby U & King Tubby - King Tubby's Prophesy Of Dub

Yabby U & King Tubby - King Tubby's Prophesy Of Dub
Label: Blood And Fire, 1994
Record date: 1976
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Tubby

Roots master Vivian Jackson, also known as Yabby U, teams up with King Tubby to create mystical dub versions of some of his greatest songs, many of which were inspired by numerous readings of the Book of Revelations. The lavish 16-page CD booklet amplifies these apocalyptic themes to stunning effect. This album was long unavailable since its first and only limited edition release in 1976. ~bloodandfire.co.uk

PROPHESY OF DUB finds the dub master himself, King Tubby, working 14 Yabby U creations through the ringer. Enduring Yabby U songs like "Conquering Lion," "Jah Vengeance," and "Run Come Rally" are here in excellent versions, but the high point is "Rock Vibration," which takes Michael Rose's "Born Free" and reshapes it into a waterfall of keyboards, echo, and reverb. King Tubby, having served as the engineer for most of Vivian Jackson's productions, has a feel for Yabby U's stunning prophesies, and the results make up one of the most disturbing and endearing dub albums of the '70s. ~cduniverse.com reviewer

Tracklist:
1. Version Dub
2. Conquering Dub
3. Jah Love Dub
4. Anti-Christ Rock
5. Beware Of God
6. Robber Rock
7. Rock Vibration
8. Zion Is Here
9. Hungering Dub
10. Love And Peace
11. Homelessness
12. Creations And Versions
13. Living Style
14. Greetings

Producer: Yabby U
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Drums: Horsemouth Wallace, Ben Bow, Santa Davis
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare, Clinton Fearon, Aston Barrett
Guitar: Albert Griffiths, Ranchie, Chinna
Organ: Bagga Walker, Touter Harvey, Aston Barrett
Horns: Tommy McCook, Bobby Ellis, Vin Gordon

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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 - Dub Chill Out

Various - Dub Chill Out
Label - Music Club
Released - 1996
Style - Reggae, Dub, Tubby, Jammy, Lee Library, Chill Out

Take a look at the tracklisting, and you'll understand why no review is necessary..... Tubby, Jammy, Pablo & Perry. It's a wrap!

Tracklist:
1 King Tubby - Zion Gate Dub (3:15)
2 King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Borderline Dub (3:07)
3 Lee Perry - Venus (3:28)
4 King Tubby - Money Dub (3:00)
5 Lee Perry - Lee Perry Upsetting Dub (4:00)
6 King Jammy - Slow Motion Dub (3:12)
7 King Jammy - Black & White Dub (3:02)
8 King Tubby - The Battle Axe Dub (3:26)
9 King Jammy - Dub It In The Dancehall Dub (3:14)
10 King Tubby - Fittest Of The Fittest Dub (4:10)
11 Scientist - Rasta Dub It Everywhere (3:00)
12 King Tubby - Dark Destroyer Dub (3:00)
13 King Jammy - Jump Song Dub (2:41)
14 Sly & Robbie - Hypocrite Dub (3:41)
15 Lee Perry - Lee Perry Special Dub (3:39)
16 King Tubby - Rock With I Dub (3:56)
17 King Tubby - Fat Man Dub (3:26)
18 Lee Perry - Hold Of Death (3:03)
19 King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Rock On Time Dub (3:24)
20 Lee Perry - Black Street (3:25)
21 Sly & Robbie - Burial Dub (4:22)
22 Lee Perry - Lee Perry Guiding Star Dub (3:30)
23 King Tubby - Dawn Dub (2:27)

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King Tubby meets The Upsetter - At the Grass Roots of Dub

King Tubby meets The Upsetter - At the Grass Roots of Dub
Label - Studio 16
Recorded - 197x
Style - Roots, Dub, Reggae, Request, Tubby

* REQUEST!

Mixing Engineer : Lee Perry & King Tubby
Producer : Winston Edwards

Studios :
Mixing : Black Ark (Kingston, JA) & King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

Tracklist:
A1 Blood Of Africa
A2 African Roots
A3 Raw Roots
A4 Wood Roots
A5 Luke Lane Rock
B1 People From The Grass Roots
B2 Crime Wave
B3 No Justice For The Poor
B4 300 Years At The Grass Roots
B5 King And The Upsetter At Spanish Town

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King Tubby - Surrounded By The Dreads At The National Arena

King Tubby - Surrounded By The Dreads At The National Arena
Label - Studio 16
Recorded - 1975
Style - Dub, Reggae, Request, Roots, Tubby

* REQUEST!

Featuring [Backing Band] - Natty Locks Band Jamaica
Producer - Winston Edwards
Notes: Original cat # FMLP 307

So this lp is based upon some of the various tracks that king tubby played at the national arena that night. a few of tubbys dubs appear on this new album either as naked and delightful as they were at the national arena - the dreads hail the king. he continues to be the king of dub rock, at his musical chamber. recorded at the king tubby studio, played by natty locks band jamaica.



Tracklist:
1. I Am, I Am The King
2. Most High in Dub
3. Teacher of Dub
4. King of Kings in Dub
5. Coxson Down Beat Fall.
6. Unit Dub
7. Black Harmony Stop Play
8. Come On Little Girl (w. Tony Brevitt)
9. Come On Little Girl (Second Cut)
10. Ethiopia Land of My Father (w. Prince Hernon)
11. Ethiopia Land of My Father (Second Cut)
12. I Will Be Waiting (w. Capt. Bradford)
13.I Will Be Waiting (Second Cut)

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King Tubby - Dub From The Roots

King Tubby - Dub From The Roots
Label - Total Sounds / Culture Press
Recorded - 197x
Style - Dub, Reggae, Tubby, Lee Library

Tracklist:
1. Dub From The Roots
2. Iyahta
3. Mine Field
4. Hijack The Barber
5. African Roots
6. Double Cross
7. East Of (Arrows Hi-Fi)
8. Invasion
9. Dub Of A Woman
10. Dub On My Mind
11. Steeling
12. Dub Experience
13. Declaration Of Dub
14. A Truthful Dub

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King Tubby & Friends - Dub Gone Crazy

King Tubby & Friends - Dub Gone Crazy
Label - Blood & Fire
Recorded - 197x
Style - Reggae, Dub, Lee Library, Tubby

The second release for new revival label Blood & Fire, again featuring some vintage Bunny Lee productions, this time dub instrumentals from the years 1975/9. All the tracks were mixed at King Tubby's studio in Kingston, either by the late dubmaster himself or one of three engineers who graduated in turn from Tubby's academy of dub on Drumlie Avenue with flying colours. Dub was then exploring brave new frontiers, soon reaching unparalleled heights of innovation and execution. Whilst its origins have recently been brought into question by certain elements of the reggae press, few would dispute that King Tubby was at the heart of its development. In his hands the raw rhythms laid by musicians such as Sly, Robbie, Carlton and Family Man Barrett, Earl 'Chinna' Smith, Jackie Mittoo, Santa Davis, Winston Wright and other Jamaican greats were transformed into spiritually charged panoramas driven by pounding bass and wracked by shuddering delay, fizzing hi-hat and searing horn lines as fragmented vocals swooped eerily through the mix like an angelic host. Here lies the power and the glory of reggae dub at its magnificent best.; accept no substitute because in these few short years Tubby and star apprentices 'Prince' Phillip Smart, Prince (now King) Jammy and later Scientist set the standards for the world to follow. Two decades later their influence on modern popular music is incalculable. For proof listen to 'No Love Version', Leroy Smart's soulful wail echoed to infinity over the Agravators' sublime cut to 'Zion Gate'. Or the woodwind cut to Dillinger's 'Jah Love', even a hitherto little-known dub to Johnny Clarke's 'Rastafari'. You'll find several of the vocal cuts on Fatman's "Barry Brown And Johnny Clarke Sing Roots & Culture' in fact; 'Peace & Love In The Dub" is Johnny Clarkes 'Peace In The Ghetto', 'Step It Up In Dub' is an instrumental to Barry Brown's 'International Step'. 'Dub To The Rescue' is a stripped down version of the Wailers 'The Sun Is Shining' but is a different mix to that found on Jammy's 'Lion Dub' and the King Tubby mix on 'Dub Fi Gwan' is previously unreleased. Throughout the quality of mastering - and in some cases remastering from vinyl - is superb, as is the overall presentation (and timing!). Revival album of the year, so far. John Masouri - Echoes, May '94

Tracklist:
1 The Champion Version
2 Satta Dread Dub
3 Real Gone Crazy Dub
4 Exalted Dub
5 Dreada Version
6 No Love Version
7 Peace and Love in the Dub
8 Wreck Up a Version
9 Hold Them in Dub
10 Jah Love Rockers Dub
11 Step it up in Dub
12 Dub with a View
13 Dub to the Rescue
14 Dub Fi Gwan

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King Tubby & Prince Jammy - Dub Gone 2 Crazy

King Tubby & Prince Jammy - Dub Gone 2 Crazy
Label - Blood & Fire
Recorded - 197x
Style - Dub, Reggae, Tubby, Jammy, Lee Library

Dub music is a spin-off of reggae music, where the studio's mixing board is used as an instrument, an artfully used device for taking a finished song and de- and re-constructing it in unusual ways. Two of dub's leading lights, the influential King Tubby and his protege Prince Jammy, take songs by Johnnie Clark, Jackie Mittoo, and Delroy Wilson and add explosions of echo and eerie sound effects, de-emphasizing certain instruments and distorting others, until the result is completely their own.

Tubby was and remains a major influence on reggae, dub, electronica and experimental rock bands--the music of Mad Professor, Tricky, and Laika, among others, bears the stamp of his uniquely inventive style. The musicians on this collection include such reggae stars as Earl "Chinna" Smith, Ansell Collins, and the ubiquitous rhythm team Sly & Robbie. DUB GONE 2 CRAZY is highly recommended to reggae fans who like their sounds less polished, fans of modern dub acts such as the Dub Syndicate and the Bush Chemists, and rock fans who like "spacey" sounds with deep rhythm.

Tracklist:
1. Dub Of Rights
2. Living Version
3. The Poor Barber
4. Higher Ranking
5. A Heavy Dub
6. A Stalawatt Version
7. King Tubby`s In Fine Style
8. Afirican Sounds
9. Version Of Class
10. Channel One Under Heavy Manners
11. Breaking Up Dubwaise
12. Channel Get Knockout
13. Channel Is A Joker
14. Drums Of Africa

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The Skatalites & King Tubby - The Legendary Skatalites In Dub

Combine the talents of Lee Perry, the Skatalites and King Tubby all at the height of their powers, and the results were bound to be spectacular. Sessions at Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio and Aquarius Studio resulted in the release of an instrumental album, The Legendary Skatalites (1975). Soon after, a dub set, Herb Dub Collie Dub, appeared in very limited numbers. In 1998 Motion Records released a companion set of alternative dubs on Heroes Of Reggae In Dub, to widespread critical acclaim. A vinyl re-issue of Herb Dub Collie Dub in 2001 also gained a great reception. The Legendary Skatalites In Dub completes the set with the pick of the remaining tracks from the 1975 sessions plus a sought-after vocal cut entitled 'Starlight'.

The list of musicians on this album reads like a Who's Who of Jamaican music, and includes Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett, Tommy McCook, Ernest Ranglin, and Augustus Pablo. The music itself is classic seventies dub reggae built on the acoustic bass of Lloyd Brevett and the horn section of The Skatalites. ~motionrecords.com

The Skatalites & King Tubby - The Legendary Skatalites In Dub
Label: Motion (CD 2002)
Record date: 1975
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
1. Starlight Version
2. Middle East Dub (Give Thanks)
3. Fugitive Dub [Herb Man Dub]
4. Whispering Dub
5. Kimble Dub
6. Roots Dub
7. Bottom Dub [747 Dub]
8. African Roots Dub [Zion I Dub]
9. Dumboo Dub
10. African Dub
11. Herb Dub-Collie Dub
12. Candlelight Dub
13. Starlight (Featuring Tony Brevett)
14. Middle East (Dub of Love)
15. Sealing Dub (Rhythm Recorded at Black Ark)

Recording Engineer: Lee Perry
Mixing Engineer: King Tubby
Backing Band: The Skatalites
Mixing Studio: King Tubby's (Kingston, JA)

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Jah Thomas & Roots Radics - King Tubby's Hidden Treasure

Jah Thomas & Roots Radics - King Tubby's Hidden Treasure
Label - Trojan
Recorded - 1980s
Released - 1999
Style - Dub, Reggae, Dancehall, Tubby, Lee Library

A favorite DJ during the '70s and a pioneering dancehall producer during the '80s, Jah Thomas supervised some great sessions during the early '80s. The legendary Roots Radics band was associated with his Midnight Rock label, and the King Tubby's Hidden Treasure session was one of the best they produced. Recorded by the crack band -- Style Scott on drums, Flabba Holt on bass, Dwight Pinkney on guitar, and Bingy Bunny on rhythm guitar, plus Steely Johnson on organ and Dean Fraser on saxophone -- then mixed down by King Tubby himself, these tracks have the skeletal feel and lurching rhythms of early-'80s dancehall, including highlights like "King Tubby's Gold Dub" and "King Tubby's Grown Dub." A bare few here ("Pearl Dub," "King Tubby's Hidden Treasure") even anticipate the heavy, digital drum'n'bass beginning to come to the fore in Jamaican music. A great session, released by Trojan as part of a welcome reissue campaign. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracklist:
1. King Tubby's Pearl Dub
2. King Tubby's Diamond Dub
3. King Tubby's Gold Dub
4. King Tubby's Platinum Dub
5. King Tubby's Grown Dub
6. King Tubby's Anchor Dub
7. King Tubby's Coral Dub
8. King Tubby's Emerald Dub
9. King Tubby's Copper Dub
10. King Tubby's Silver Dub
11. King Tubby's Jewel Dub
12. King Tubby's Brass Dub
13. King Tubby's Ruby Dub
14. King Tubby's Hidden Treasure
15. King Tubby's Sovereign Dub

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King Tubby & Larry Marshall - I Admire You [In Dub]

King Tubby & Larry Marshall - I Admire You [In Dub]
Label - Motion
Recorded - 1975
Style - Dub, Reggae, Toasting, Tubby, Lee Library

The previously unreleased dub version of Larry Marshall’s seminal 'I Admire You' album was mixed at King Tubbys by King Tubby, Philip Smart, Pat Kelly and Professor. It features many of reggae's finest musicians and includes Watergate Rock, the first cut credited to King Tubby. The originator of reggae at the home of dub!

(review from www.reggae-vibes.com)
"After more than 25 years Motion Records presents the recently unearthed dub companion to the 'I Admire You' album, mixed at the legendary Waterhouse studio of King Tubby. Motion Records has added some fine bonus tracks and I just love the album! Snatches of Larry Marshall's voice are included in a lot of dubs. These dubs are largely gimmick-free, placing an emphasis on the tightness and solidity of their musical core; the transforming power of Dub's re-organization ultimately highlights the weighty expressiveness of the songs' wordless melody and rhythm. Essential release, don't ignore this one!"

Rhythms Recorded at: Randys, Harry J, Joe Gibbs & King Tubbys.
Mixed at: King Tubbys.
Engineers include:
King Tubby, Philip Smart, Pat Kelly, Professor.
Musicians include:
Bass: Lloyd Parks, Aston Family Man Barrett, Errol Flabba Holt Carter, Robbie from Mighty Cloud Band. Guitar: Bertram Ranchie McLean, Radcliffe Douggie Bryan, Peter Tosh, Earl Chinna Smith, Willie Lindo, Dooley. Drums: Lowell Sly Dunbar, Carlton Barrett. Hand drums: Bongo Herman Davis. Melodica: Bobby Kalphat.

Tracklist:
Watergate Rock
Thelma Dub
Fire In Town
Is Whey Deh Money Dub
Dub Is My Woman
Still In Pressure
Locks Of Dub
Come On Baby
Give Thanks To Jah
Downtown Rock
Oh Jah Dub
You Lie Version
Heavy Heavy Load
Oh Girl Dub

CD Bonus Tracks:
Heavy Heavy Load (extended version)
Oh Girl Dub


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