ugly dub

tackro-tackro man
"him curse him moder for a 'cra-cra'"

▼ 1st 2nd 3rd GEN UPSETTERS: THE TACKRO from "Yakety Yak b/w Tackro" 7" 45 Upsetter (JA) • Yakety Yak b/w Tackio" 7" 45 Upsetter (US 324) (JA/UK) 1970

tracts of my tears

weeping dub

▼ NINEY (FEATURING THE SOUL SYNDICATE): WEEPING DUB from "Niney Present Dub" CD Trojan (CDTRL 427 Z) (JA/UK) 1999

time the dub

all along the clocktower

Produced and arranged by Brad Osborne.

Mixed by Philip Smart.

Featuring Carlton Barrett on drums, Family Man Barrett on bass.

A Clocktower Production.

White Plains Road, Bronx, NYC.

▼ CARLTON & FAMILY MAN BARRETT: ISTA EPISODE from "Macka Dub • Vol. 1" LP Clocktower • Alfred Abraham (CTLP 3995) (JA/US) 1980

master mix

sharp axe dub
Recorded at Channel One. Mixed at King Tubby's.

“You had the Spanglers and the Skull. The Spanglers is like from Princess Street, downtown, and the Skull them is from Southside, Tel Aviv. Them and the Spanglers used to war. I remember when I was a kid, I’d watch them come a King Tubby’s dressed slick. Those guy know how to dress! White shirt and black pants with a little bowtie.”

Ranking Trevor

▼ KING TUBBY MEETS ROOTS RADICS: KNIFE & FORK DUBWISE from "Dangerous Dub" LP Copasetic (COP LP 5002) (JA/UK) 1981
▼ KING TUBBY MEETS ROOTS RADICS: KING STEREO GAV DUB (NEVER LET GO) from "Dangerous Dub" CD Greensleeves (GREWCD229) (JA/UK) 2009

mudies groove

it may sound silly

▼ GLADSTONE ANDERSON & MUDIES ALL STARS: MUDIES GROOVE from "It May Sound Silly" LP Moodisc (H.M. 103) (JA) 1972

his majesty's secret service

sky juice di reign

▼ KING TUBBY VS. PRINCE JAMMY: HIS MAJESTY from "His Majesty's Dub" LP Sky Juice (SJ 003) (JA) 1983

fatman directs

shiner dub

▼ PRINCE JAMMY: JAMMYS A SHINE from "Fatman Presents Dub Contest" LP Star (PTLP1008) (JA/UK) 1979

just say who

The version featured appears on Heavenly's 2001 compilation, "Social Classics Volume 2 • Dread Meets Punk Rockers Downtown" - as selected by Don Letts - and carries an extended intro differing from Culture Press's 1999 issue, "The Killer • 1975-1977".  
     A version I heard purporting to be the original Prophets' pressing appears identical in arrangement to Bunny Lee's definitive production, but I am unable to vouch for its provenance. I digress. An outstanding DJ classic, however it tumbles your way.

strictly rockers

▼ JAH STITCH: BLACK HARMONY KILLER from "Strictly Rockers b/w Version King Tubby's Special" 7" 45 Prophets (NONE) (JA) 1976 • "Black Harmony Killer b/w Natty on Top" 7" 45 Third World (TW 73) (JA/UK) 1977

atypical dub

adventures in dub

▼ THE SLITS: ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME from "Cut" LP Island (ILPS 9573) (UK) 1979 ▼ THE SLITS: EARTHBEAT / WEDDING SONG (12.10.81) from "Peel Sessions" CD Strange Fruit (SFRSCD052) (UK) 1998

krayola in dub

rainiest dub

▼ THE RAINCOATS: IN LOVE from "Fairytale In The Supermarket b/w In Love / Adventures Close To Home" 7" 45 Rough Trade (RT 013) (UK) 1979

drop dub

reigniest dub

▼ KEITH HUDSON: IN THE RAIN (VERSION) from "In The Rain b/w In The Rain (Version)" 7" 45 Mafia (NONE) (JA) 1973

dromilly avenue dub

poor a di biggest crime dub

Aided and abetted by Scientist. 

▼ PRINCE FAR I: POOR A DI BIGGEST CRIME from "In The House of Vocal & Dub" LP Graylan (LJLP 001) (JA/UK) 1995
▼ KING TUBBY'S: TRIBULATION from "In The House of Vocal & Dub" LP Graylan (LJLP 001) (JA/UK) 1995

with guitar solo

limp trying dub

Originally issued on flexi with "Sniffin' Glue", October 1977.

▼ALTERNATIVE TV: LOVE LIES LIMP from "Life b/w Love Lies Limp" 7' 45 Deptford Fun City (DFC 05) (UK) 1978

misty i dub

break a glass dub

Engineered and produced by Ken Hamann, Pere Ubu.

▼ PERE UBU: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY from "The Modern Dance" LP Blank (001) (US) 1978

jail house • version

revolutionary dub

Recorded at remixed at Channel One Recording Studio, 

29 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13, Jamaica. 

Produced by Jo Jo Hookim.

Engineered by Barnabas, Ernest Hookim. 

▼ SLY AND THE REVOLUTIONARIES: JAIL HOUSE (VERSION) from "Channel One • Maxfield Avenue Breakdown Dubs and Instrumentals 1974-1979" CD Pressure Sounds (PSCD31) (JA/UK) 2001

the observer

niney's dub crown

▼ SOUL SYNDICATE: NINEY'S DUB CROWN from "Niney The Observer Presents Soul Syndicate Dub Classics" LP Jamaican Recordings (JRLP022) (JA/UK) 2005

crucial dub

bunny is crucial

Recorded at Channel One.

Mixed by Anthony Graham, AKA Crucial Bunny.

▼ CRUCIAL BUNNY: BUNNY IS CRUCIAL from "Fatman Presents Dub Contest" LP Star (PTLP1008) (JA/UK) 1979

dub rehousing

unruly dub 

the singularity that was not

▼ JOY DIVISION: SHE'S LOST CONTROL from "Unknown Pleasures" LP Factory (FACT 10) (UK) 1979

spirit vs penny dreadful dub

jammys a no fool

Mixed by Prince Jammy. 

vlad dub the impala
Recorded at Beck Studios, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. 

Mastered at The Town House.
Engineered in the shadow of Jammy emaciated

▼ PRINCE JAMMY: JAMMYS A NO FOOL from "Fatman Presents Dub Contest" LP Star (PTLP1008) (JA/UK) 1979
▼ BAUHAUS: BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD from "Bela Lugosi's Dead" 12" 45 Small Wonder (TEENY 2) (UK) 1979

crooked crooked dub

sheep dip dub 

▼ THE CLASH: SHEPHERD'S DELIGHT from "Sandinista!" 3 x LP CBS (FSLN 1) (UK) 1980

the mighty two ride again

no shame dub

▼ THE MIGHTY TWO: I'M NOT ASHAMED VERSION from "I'm Not Ashamed b/w I'm Not Ashamed Version" 7" 45 VP • Joe Gibbs Record Globe  (VP 5005-4) (JA/USA) 2012

heavy discipline

cry an i feel no pain

nothin' says somethin'

▼ PRINCE FAR I: BLACKMAN LAND from "Blackman Land b/w Version" 7" 45 Cry Tuff  (NONE) (JA) 1976

the mighty two

dub etiquette

Arranged and produced by Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson. 

 

▼ PRINCE FAR I: HEAVY MANNERS from "Heavy Manners b/w Heavy Discipline" 7" 45 Joe Gibbs Record Globe  (NONE) • Heavy Duty (NONE) (JA) 1976

well charge

packin' the blunt dub  

Produced by Joseph Hoo Kim.
Engineered by Ernest Hoo Kim & Ossie Hibbert at Channel One.

▼ DILLINGER: PLANTATION HEIGHT from "Plantation Height b/w Version" 7" 45 Well Charge (NONE) (JA) 1975

jackpot

your cool operator

Written and produced by Bunny "Striker" Lee

▼ DELROY WILSON: COOL OPERATOR from "Cool Operator b/w I'm Yours" 7" 45 Jackpot (NONE) (JA) 1971

lorraine motel | room 306

a diffident royalty dub

▼ UB40: KING from "King b/w Food For Thought" 7" 45 Graduate (GRAD 6) (UK) 1980

lloyd charmers on the dials

u.k. pop reggae  

lloyd charmers

▼ KEN BOOTHE: EVERYTHING I OWN from "Everything I Own b/w Drum Song" 7" 45 Trojan (TR.7920) (UK) 1974

siblingshot on the bleachers

hammersmith guerillas

▼ THE CLASH: (WHITE MAN) IN HAMMERSMITH PALAIS from "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais b/w The Prisoner" 7" 45 CBS (S CBS 6383) (UK) 1978

no supper tonight

kick it over

▼ THE CLASH: ARMAGIDEON TIME (VERSION) from "London Calling b/w Armagideon Time (Version)" 12" 45 CBS (CBS 12 8067) (UK) 1979
▼ WILLIE WILLIAMS: ARMAGIDEON TIME from "Armagideon Time" LP Studio One (SOLP0131) (JA) 1979 • 1982

people unite

fair deal studio session

Owen, Fox, Jennings, Ruffy

▼ THE RUTS: IN A RUT from "In A Rut b/w H-Eyes" 45 People Unite (RUT 1A) (UK) 1979 • "In A Can" CD Harry May Record Company (CAN CAN 009) (UK) 2000
▼ JOHN PEEL: BBC RADIO BROADCAST 1979 from "In A Can" CD Harry May Record Company (CAN CAN 009) (UK) 2000

two sevens clash

dread at the controls pt. 2

▼ THE CLASH: ROBBER DUB from "Super Black Market Clash" CD Legacy (EK 53191) (UK) 1980 • 1993

juke box accelerator

foote in mout' dub

▼ THE CLASH: CLASH CITY ROCKERS from "Clash City Rockers b/w Jail Guitar Doors" 7" 45 CBS (CBS 5834) (UK) 1978

year of the dragon

the man from shooter's hill

▼ KEITH HUDSON: THE MAN FROM SHOOTER'S HILL from "Entering The Dragon" LP Magnet (MGT 007) (JA/UK) 1974

the wormer revisited

toasting mr. lee
prince jazzbo 

▼ PRINCE JAZZBO: THE WORMER from "The Wormer b/w The Great Pablo" 7" 45 Attack (ATT 8122) (JA/UK) 1976

try and try again

Hank Mizell, singer and writer of the international hit "Jungle Rock", was born on November 9, 1923 in Daytona Beach, Florida and died on December 23, 1992 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Erroneously credited on its initial release in 1958 to guitarist Jim Bobo - with whom Mizell collaborated between 1956 and 1962 -  a second pressing corrected the mistake but failed to dent the charts. 

     Primal and bursting with innuendo - despite its being clearly targeted at the novelty dance market - it was further issued on King Records (5236) but again did little to ignite consumer interest.
     Subsequently picked up by Frenchman Jean-Luc Young's specialist reissue label, Charly Records, some two decades later, it ultimately peaked at the #3 spot in the UK.

jungle rock

▼ HANK MIZELL: JUNGLE ROCK from "Jungle Rock b/w When I'm In Your Arms" 7" 45 Eko Recording Corp. (No. 506) (US) 1958 • Charly Records (CS 1005) (UK) 1976

stars in dub

Engineered and mixed at King Tubby's, 18 Dromilly Avenue, Kingston 11.

twin tub sibling dub

▼ TAPPER ZUKIE: TAPPA ZUKIE IN DUB from "Tapper Zukie In Dub" LP Stars (SR 1000) (JA) 1976
▼ TAPPER ZUKIE: LOVING DUB from "Tapper Zukie In Dub" LP Stars (SR 1000) (JA) 1976

capillaceous dread

let the sun shine in

▼LIZZY & CORNELL CAMPBELL: AQUARIUS from "Joe Gibbs • Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73" 2 x CD 17 North Parade (VP 4151) 2009

dub poltergeist

Additionally issued on 12", Black Ark International (ARK 007) in the UK, 1980.

contort yousel'

▼JUNIOR MURVIN: CROSS OVER from "Cross Over b/w Cross Over Dub" 7" 45 Upsetters (NONE) (JA) 197?

check the guy's track record

The god damn sun was shining again. The only problem was it was lighting up the wrong side of the street. I stepped out onto the verandah in the shadow of our 1950's built tenement and scowled at those bastards sunning themselves in deckchairs and makeshift loungers. Wished them all melanomas as I shrank inside my duffel coat. Even the air is different this side of the divide. Damp. Not humid. The residue of cold rain sandwiched into concrete. Settling in the marrow.

     The entire block and those surrounding it have little portholes built into kitchens overlooking the balcony outside. To remind everybody making tea that their lives are all at sea. That each new dawn flirts with sinking as the walls around subside.

     One side of the street sails the Bahamas through summer, its tenants smothered in sun screen. The other patrols the black Irish Sea. Life jackets on parade.

     Every passing cloud is a triumph.

     I stepped back indoors and bit into a burger to get my dose of Vitamin D.

     No news is good news. When the telephone rings it may be news that someone has died. When it doesn't ring it may mean that somebody has died, regardless. Should I feel the urge to keep abreast of hostilities I can always turn the dial on the radio. I prefer to hear it as unillustrated dirge. I tend to lean towards the World Service. Its echo of the colonies.

     I loiter too on the Shipping Forecast. Gale warnings. Ronald Binge. A woodwind arpeggio.

     Where jazz aficionados have their "Stormy Weather" to keep their boat afloat, this island provides beautifully manicured vowels and consonants.

     Bowed under by the weight of regional accents, we blindly gravitate towards them for instruction.

     Even here, north of the border - the dark end of the street - our ears remain tuned to the crisp rebuke.

hip dub priest

▼THE FALL: HIP PRIEST from "Hex Induction Hour" LP Kamera (KAM-005) (UK) 1982

▼THE FALL: BIG NEW PRINZ from "Big New Prinz b/w Wrong Place, Right Time" 7" 45 Beggars Banquet (FALL 4) (UK) 1988
▼THE FALL: BIG NEW PRIEST from "I Am Kurious Oranj" CD Beggars Banquet (BEGA 96CD ) (UK) 1988

massive attack

general lee's dub

▼KING TUBBY & THE AGGROVATORS: LEE'S DUB from "Shalom Dub" LP Klik (KLP9002) (JA) 1975
▼KING TUBBY & THE AGGROVATORS: DON'T CUT OFF YOUR DUB from "Shalom Dub" CD Jamaican Recordings (JRCD038) (UK) 2010

upset the barber

bury the razor
see here boy

▼ UPSETTERS: BURY THE RAZOR from "Bury The Razor b/w Cheat Weston Head" 7" 45 Upsetter (NONE) (JA) 1975