the hunting of the snark

fin de siècle

"You may seek it with thimbles - and seek it with care;
You may hunt it with forks and hope"

Recorded August 19th, 1975 on a 4-track tape machine. 

 

▼ TELEVISION: LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL from "Little Johnny Jewel (Part One) b/w Little Johnny Jewel (Part Two)" 7" 45 Ork (81975) (US) 1975

bubble dub

prince of dub-i

Remixed at King Tubby's Recording Studio, 

18 Dromilly Avenue, Kingston 11, Jamaica.

▼ PRINCE JAMMY: IMMIGRANT DUB from "Prince Jammy Presents Strictly Dub" LP Jammy's (1003) (JA/US) 1980

roots bloody roots

roots undubbed 

 Performed by Max Cavalera, Igor Cavalera, Andreas Kisser, Paulo Jr.

▼ SEPULTURA: ITSÁRI from "Roots" CD Roadrunner (RR 8900-2) (BR/US) 1996

rehearsal from the tombs

proto pere undubbed

Featuring David Thomas, Peter Laughner (Pere Ubu), 

Cheetah Chrome, John Madansky (The Dead Boys), Craig Bell (The Saucers).

Recorded Feb 18, 1975 at the RFTT Rehearsal Loft, Cleveland, Ohio.

David Thomas (vocals), Peter Laughner (guitar & vocals), 

Craig Bell (bass & vocals), Gene O'Connor (guitar), John Madansky (drums)

▼ ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS: 30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO from "The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs" 2 x LP Smog Veil (SV37) (US) 2002

one more dub

vibration dub 

"The Same Song" b/w "Jam This Jam"

Top Ranking (NONE) (JA) 1978

▼ ISRAEL VIBRATION: THE SAME DUB from "Trojan Presents: Dub • 40 Deep And Heavy Hits" 2 x CD Trojan (SPECXX2072) (JA/UK) 2011

prince charming

coronation dub

Junior Reid: "Jailhouse" b/w "Crowning Of Prince Jammy (Version)"

Fat Man (FM005) (JA/UK)

▼ PRINCE JAMMY: CROWNING OF PRINCE JAMMY (VERSION) from "The Crowning Of Prince Jammy" 2 x LP Pressure Sounds (PS 25) (JA/UK) 1999

"the first time from jamaica"

smart dub payout

produced by Bunny lee.

▼ LEROY SMART & THE AGROVATORS: CHANNEL ONE FEEL IT from "Shame And Pride b/w Chonnel One Feel It" 7" 45 Jackpot (NONE) (JA) 1975

suspect device part 2

dub poem

▼ LINTON KWESI JOHNSON: IRON BAR DUB from "Sonny's Lettuh (Anti-SUS Poem) b/w Iron Bar Dub" 7" 45 Island (WIP 6528) (UK) 1979

one more time on the dancefloor

heavy isotope dub

All rhythm tracks laid at Channel One Studios.  

Mixed at King Tubby's by Scientist.  

Produced & arranged by Henry 'Junjo' Lawes.

▼ SCIENTIST: BELOW THE BELT from "Heavyweight Dub Champion" LP Greensleeves (GREL 13) (JA/UK) 1980

end of dub transmission

beggars dub

treasure

Recorded during August and September, 1984 at 

Palladium Studios, Edinburgh and Rooster, West-London. 

Written and produced by Cocteau Twins.

 Design by 23 Envelope

▼ COCTEAU TWINS: PANDORA from "Treasure" LP 4AD (CAD 412) (UK) 1984

lee perry not lee perry

black ark in dub

Recorded 1977 at The Black Ark Studio. Kingston, Jamaica. 

Written and produced by Aisha Morrison.

Written and arranged by Desmond Bryan.

Junior Murvin: guitar; Aston "Family Man" Barrett: bass;

Carlton Barrett: drums; Ansel Collins: keyboards.

▼ LEE PERRY: HOW DEEP from "Black Ark In Dub" LP Lagoon (LG1-1013) (JA/FR) 1991

fire in the vatican

dreader than dread

"Dreader Locks" b/w "Militant Rock"

Dip (DL 5060) (JA) 1975

Arranged & Produced by Lee Perry.

▼ LEE AND JUNIOR: DREADER LOCKS from "Dreader Locks b/w Militant Rock" 7" 45 Dip (DL 5060) (JA) 1975

the prince him sly

uhuru in dub

"A Eden Pan Street" b/w "Version" (Jammy)

Jammy's (NONE) (JA) 1977

Recorded at Channel One Recording Studio

Mixed at King Tubby's Studio.

▼ PRINCE JAMMY WITH SLY & ROBBIE: EDEN DUB from "Black Uhuru In Dub" LP CSA (CSLP 2) (JA/UK) 1982
▼ PRINCE JAMMY WITH SLY & ROBBIE: FIREHOUSE SPECIAL from "Black Uhuru In Dub" LP CSA (CSLP 2) (JA/UK) 1982

rigid digits

strickly punk rockers

Written by Bob Marley.

Produced by Geoff Travis, Mayo Thompson.

Recorded November 1-13, 1978

at Spaceward Studios, Cambridge.

▼ STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: JOHNNY WAS from "Inflammable Material" LP Rough Trade (ROUGH 1) (UK) 1979

culture in dub

two seven's clash (version) 

Written by Joseph Hill.

"Two Sevens Clash b/w "Version" (The Mighty Two)

Joe Gibbs Record Globe (NONE) (JA) 1977

▼ CULTURE: TWO SEVENS CLASH DUB from "Rare & Unreleased Dub" CD Revolver (REV CD 258) (JA/ZA) 2003

two dubs is not a trinity

channel one disco mix

 

Recorded and produced at Channel One.

▼ TRINITY: ALL GONE from "All Gone b/w Version" 7" 45 Disco Mix (NONE) (JA) 1975
▼ THE REVOLUTIONARIES: THE LEFTIST (VERSION) from "The Leftist b/w Version" 7" 45 Disco Mix (NONE) (JA) 1977

santa atlantic

santic in dub

1st issue on the Santic label.

Recorded at Randy's Recording Studio.

Produced by Leonard Anthony Chin.

Mixed by Errol Thompson.

▼ AUGUSTUS PABLO: PABLO IN DUB from "Pablo In Dub b/w Hell Boat" 7" 45 Santic (NONE) (JA) 1974 • "This is Augustus Pablo" LP Kaya (ST-11214) (JA) 1974

waltz of the crab girl

deep water dub 

On various compilations

including "The Fatman Tapes".

▼ KING TUBBY: WATER DUB from "Water Dub" CD Lagoon (LG2-1055) (JA) 1993

the chiller

satta down dub

"Pablo Satta" b/w "Tubby's Special"
Rockers (NONE) (JA) 1975

 ▼ AUGUSTUS PABLO: SATTA from "King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown" LP Yard Music (NONE) (JA) 1976

pablo sketches

horace swaby paints

From the LP recorded variously at Harry J; A & R; 

Channel One; King Tubbys; Black Ark Studios.

▼ AUGUSTUS PABLO: UNFINISHED MELODY from "Unfinished Melody b/w Melody Dub" 7" 45 Rockers (TAL 354) (JA) 1977 • "East Of The River Nile" LP Message (DSR 7108) (JA) 1978

on-u sound

snipers in the streets

Written by Roydel Johnson,

AKA Congo "Ashanti" Roy.

Album recorded at various studios in London

and Channel One Recording Studio, Kingston.

Produced by Adrian Sherwood.

▼ SINGERS & PLAYERS: SNIPERS IN THE STREETS from "Staggering Heights" LP On-U Sound (ON-U LP 23) (JA/UK) 1983

from black ark to notting hill

on the street dub

Auditioned and recorded at Black Ark Studio, May 1976.

Clash version recorded 10–27 Feb 1977 at CBS Studios, London 

& National Film / Television School, Beaconsfield, England 

following the Notting Hill riot, 1976. Produced by Mickey Foote.

▼ THE UPSETTERS: GRUMBLING DUB from "Police And Thief b/w Grumbling Dub" 7" 45 Wild Flower (WF-513) (JA) • "Police And Thieves b/w Grumbling Dub" 7" 45 Mango (JA/US) 1976

▼ THE CLASH: POLICE AND THIEVES from "The Clash" LP CBS (CBS-82000) (UK) 1977

spit di dummy

dub submission

Originally released by Dawn Penn in 1967.

Version recorded at Channel One and King Tubby Studios.

Produced by Augustus "Gussie" Clarke. 

 Engineered by King Tubby and Philip Smart.

▼ BLACK FOUNDATION: NO, NO, NO from "Black Foundation Dub" LP Gussie (NONE) (JA) 1977

dub in a box

buried in the dub

"It's a perfect rhythm. You can put anything over 
it and mix it in so many different ways.”

Jah Wobble 

▼ PUBLIC IMAGE LTD: GRAVEYARD from "Metal Box" 3 x 12" Virgin (METAL-1) (UK) 1979

psalm 87

dwelling in zion

With typography anticipating Suburban Press.

▼ PRINCE FAR I: PSALM 87 from "Dwelling In Zion (Psalms) b/w Psalms" 7" 45 The Book Of Psalms (NONE) (JA) 1975 • "Psalms For Far I" LP Carib Gems (CGLP 1002) (JA/UK) 1975

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