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awesome dub recordings

#42
One album I would add to the list is the album that got me into roots/dub in the first place (at least reggae beyond Bob Marley)

The Mighty Upsetter: Kung Fu Meets the Dragon

A friend got this on vinyl about ten years ago. It's a study in what happens when you take someone with a tenuous grip on sanity (Lee Perry), let him watch lots of Bruce Lee films, add Augustus Pablo and the Upsetters (I think the bassist is Boris Gardiner). Very cool stuff.

My only copy was a tape recorded from this vinyl version... I bought a "legitimate" copy on CD a few months back and was appalled by the quality of recording. It sounded like it had been transferred from a really scratchy vinyl copy. I've since learned that it's been released by Trojan in a collection called Dubstrumentals. I'll be ordering this next paycheck.
 
#43
dlloyd said:
One album I would add to the list is the album that got me into roots/dub in the first place (at least reggae beyond Bob Marley)

The Mighty Upsetter: Kung Fu Meets the Dragon

A friend got this on vinyl about ten years ago. It's a study in what happens when you take someone with a tenuous grip on sanity (Lee Perry), let him watch lots of Bruce Lee films, add Augustus Pablo and the Upsetters (I think the bassist is Boris Gardiner). Very cool stuff.

My only copy was a tape recorded from this vinyl version... I bought a "legitimate" copy on CD a few months back and was appalled by the quality of recording. It sounded like it had been transferred from a really scratchy vinyl copy. I've since learned that it's been released by Trojan in a collection called Dubstrumentals. I'll be ordering this next paycheck.
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Yup. There are nice versions of that one out there...and there are a lot of knock-offs as well (due to very lax copyright in Jamaica, almost anyone can reproduce 60s-70s recordings without reprocussions).

In many cases, the master tapes or master plates just don't exist anymore. Some recordings were made in such limited quantity that even a great company like Barrow's Blood & Fire or Sherwood's Pressure Sounds has to master from a vinyl copy of the album. I personally love the sound of vinyl, and as long as the copy is half way decent, I can take some noise.

Some of the stuff that may show up on your doorstep soon may be copied from original source LP. :)
 
#44
dlloyd said:
One album I would add to the list is the album that got me into roots/dub in the first place (at least reggae beyond Bob Marley)

The Mighty Upsetter: Kung Fu Meets the Dragon

A friend got this on vinyl about ten years ago. It's a study in what happens when you take someone with a tenuous grip on sanity (Lee Perry), let him watch lots of Bruce Lee films, add Augustus Pablo and the Upsetters (I think the bassist is Boris Gardiner). Very cool stuff.

My only copy was a tape recorded from this vinyl version... I bought a "legitimate" copy on CD a few months back and was appalled by the quality of recording. It sounded like it had been transferred from a really scratchy vinyl copy. I've since learned that it's been released by Trojan in a collection called Dubstrumentals. I'll be ordering this next paycheck.
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This makes me want to check out on the Dubstrumentals collection. Some of the LSP recordings are kind of challenging to me, but I love Boris Gardiner's playing.

No one has mentioned Lee Perry's Super Ape yet. Is that a recommended album?
 
#46
tightbidness said:
This makes me want to check out on the Dubstrumentals collection. Some of the LSP recordings are kind of challenging to me, but I love Boris Gardiner's playing.

No one has mentioned Lee Perry's Super Ape yet. Is that a recommended album?
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Absolutely... it's a fantastic album.

It's a good place to start exploring the "riddim" thing. Croaking Lizard is the same rhythm track as Chase the Devil by Max Romeo, as found on Arkology.
 
#47
BurningSkies said:
Yup. There are nice versions of that one out there...and there are a lot of knock-offs as well (due to very lax copyright in Jamaica, almost anyone can reproduce 60s-70s recordings without reprocussions).
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This one sounded like the guy had been cutting bread on it! Really bad quality. Put that album on, get a friend to say "scrroongchh" every couple of seconds and you're getting close to what my copy sounds like!

In many cases, the master tapes or master plates just don't exist anymore. Some recordings were made in such limited quantity that even a great company like Barrow's Blood & Fire or Sherwood's Pressure Sounds has to master from a vinyl copy of the album. I personally love the sound of vinyl, and as long as the copy is half way decent, I can take some noise.

Some of the stuff that may show up on your doorstep soon may be copied from original source LP. :)
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I'll look forward to it :)
 
#51
dlloyd said:
Absolutely... it's a fantastic album.

It's a good place to start exploring the "riddim" thing. Croaking Lizard is the same rhythm track as Chase the Devil by Max Romeo, as found on Arkology.
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Another vote for Super Ape. Dig that album. Check out Experryments at the Grass Roots of Dub too. Some good super heavy sludge bass on that. Cool stuff.
 
#56
New to the Burning Skies vaults in the past week:

Augustus Pablo: In Fine Style (7 & 12 inch dubs) - Pressure Sounds
If DeeJay was your Trade (Rastas @ King Tubby's) - Blood & Fire
Prince Far I : Silver & Gold
Wailing Souls : Wild Suspense + Dubs (remastered (it will replace my vinyl copy))
Wailing Souls at Channel One: 7s,12s and Versions
Black Uhuru: Sinsemilla (also a vinyl replacement)
Black Uhuru: Red
Black Uhuru: Liberation 2 CD
Black Uhuru: Black Sounds of Freedom + 'Mystery Dubs'
10ft Ganja Plant (JBB side project): Hillside Airstrip
Sizzla: Da Real Thing
Tree of Satta

Some of these made it into the Roots & Dub Massive, some didn't. :(
 
#58
dlloyd said:
That's the Satta Massagana rhythm compilation, right? How is that?
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I haven't had a time to really listen to it yet...It showed up last night (from the hands of my guitarist) and my priority was to check out the Wailing Souls stuff first. I've never had the chance to hear the dubs of Wild Suspense, and it truely is one of the best reggae albums of all time. :) The Wailing Souls Channel One comp also has at least 4 tracks on the Tings & Times riddim, which is one of my favorites....
 
#59
I've recently scored "Original Rockers" by A. Pablo, "War Ina Babylon" by Max Romeo, a really good Linval Thompson record w/King Tubby (the name escapes, but it has side by side vertical pictures of both men separately on the cover), "North of the River Thames" by the Dub Syndicate, a couple more Prince Far I reissue pressings, and a few other odds and ends.

"Termination Dub" by Glenn Brown with King Tubby, on Blood and Fire, is a great one for sure. Does anybody know who the bass player is, pictured on the cover, with a Hofner violin bass ?
 
#60
teleharmonium said:
I've recently scored "Original Rockers" by A. Pablo, "War Ina Babylon" by Max Romeo, a really good Linval Thompson record w/King Tubby (the name escapes, but it has side by side vertical pictures of both men separately on the cover), "North of the River Thames" by the Dub Syndicate, a couple more Prince Far I reissue pressings, and a few other odds and ends.

"Termination Dub" by Glenn Brown with King Tubby, on Blood and Fire, is a great one for sure. Does anybody know who the bass player is, pictured on the cover, with a Hofner violin bass ?
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Robbie Shakespeare played on that album, and he certainly used a Hofner Beatle bass around that time.
 

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