Trojan Dub Box Set


TROJAN DUB BOX SET (TRBCD002) - THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUB on record can be traced back to the late sixties. It was then that producers, such as Edward 'Bunnie' Lee, Joe Gibbs and Lee Perry began issuing singles with instrumental 'versions' on the flip of vocal releases. At first the vocal track featured on the A-side of the single would be removed, leaving the basic rhythm track, onto which further instrumentation or DJ accompaniment could be added. By 1970, releasing versions on B-sides of singles was widespread among all of Kingston's major producers, although by this time the practice had developed one stage further. Additional embellishment of the recording once the vocals had been completely or partially removed was usually deemed unnecessary and increasingly B-sides of singles presented the basic rhythm track alone. 'Versions' developed little over the next year or so and it was not until around the end of 1972 that Dub in it's truest sense came into being. The man chiefly responsible for it's development was pioneering engineer, Osbourne Ruddock, who by now had come to be known as King Tubby. After receiving an education in electronics, Tubby launched his Home Town Hi-Fi sound System in the early sixties and after creating an amplifier capable of playing music louder and clearer than anyone around his local neighbourhood of Waterhouse, he became the leading operator in the area. The popularity of his sound system was further increased following the enlistment of U Roy as his regular deejay. At his small studio at the back of his home, Tubby then began creating special mixes of popular recordings which were devoid of the vocal track, thus enabling U Roy to toast over the rhythm unhindered. Around 1970, the idea was put into commercial practice when Duke Reid recorded the deejay toasting over a number of his best known Rocksteady rhythms. Reid subsequently issued the tracks and their enormous success led to the style being widely copied by producers throughout Kingston, with deejays such as Dennis Alcapone, I Roy and Big Youth all making their mark over the next year or so. Throughout this early period, Tubby continued to experiment, dropping sections of the rhythm and vocal track in and out of the mix, while using separate tweeter boxes and custom reverb and echo units to create wild new sounds. When he acquired the old four-track desk from Dynamic Studio, his services were increasingly called upon by local performers who began issuing his mixes as 'Dubs'. Meanwhile, other engineers - most notably Errol Thompson at Randy's studio and Sylvian Morris who worked at Harry J and Studio One - also began their own experimentation with sound, developing the style further. Throughout the remainder of the seventies, Dub music thrived and towards the end of the decade, a new wave of engineers such as Hopeton Brown (aka Scientist), Lloyd James (aka Prince Jammy) and 'Prince' Phillip Smart, pushed it's boundaries to new limits. By the mid eighties, however, the sound was on the wane. For the next couple of years it remained on the periphery of Jamaican music, but early the following decade, a new generation of musicians and producers breathed new life into the genre and it's popularity has since steadily grown. This set brings together fifty heavy Dub sounds from the mid-seventies to the early eighties and features a selection of killer rhythms from some of Kingston's leading session crews and mixed by Dubmasters such as the great King Tubby, his talented protégé Scientist and the incomparable Lee 'Scratch' Perry. If you have yet to discover the wonderful, mind-blowing world of Dub, you could wish for no finer introduction than this truly superlative collection.
DISC 1	DISC 2	DISC 3
Marijuana Sly & The Revolutionaries Storming The Death Star Roots Radics Band Public Eyes Gregory Isaacs Love Of Jah Jah Children The GG All Stars A Dancing Version Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators Miss Know It All Scientist Rebel Dance The Observer All Stars Dubbing Sandra The Upsetters King Tubby's Conversation Dub King Tubby A Crabbit Version The Aggrovators White Rum Sly & The Revolutionaries Mission Impossible Roots Radics Band Leggo Beast Gregory Isaacs Dubbin & Wailin Velvet Shadows Rema Dub The Observer All Stars Long Time Dub The Upsetters A Version I Can Feel With Love Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators	King Tubby's Explosion Dub King Tubby Cocaine Sly & The Revolutioaries The Death Of Mr Spock Roots Radics Band Nigger Gregory Isaacs Right Road To Dubland The Jahlights Jah Jah Dub The Aggrovators Rasta Locks The Observers Dub Dat The Upsetters The Gorgon Of Dubs & Horns Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators King Tubby's Patient Dub King Tubby Black Ash Sly & The Revolutionaries The Son Of Darth Vadar Roots Radics Band Slum Gregory Isaacs Do You Dub The Aggrovators Mosquito Dub GG All Stars Dubbing With The Observer - The Observers Rock Me In Dub Thompsons All Stars	Freedom Dub The Upsetters A Gigantic Dub Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators Collie Sly & The Revolutionaries Tam Tam Gregory Isaacs Turntable Dub The Observers Scientist Ganja Dub Scientist Dub On My Pillow The Aggrovators Herb Sly & The Revolutionaries The Alien Aborts The Roots Radics Band Leaving Gregory Isaacs Dread Dub Lloyds All Stars Sir Niney's Rock The Observers The Big Boss Of Dubs Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators Dub So The Upsetters King Tubby's Badness Dub King Tubby African Dub The Silvertones
Time - 55:44	Time - 55:52	Time - 55:44

All material © Copyright Trojan Records