There seem to be hundreds of compilations out there claiming to be the work of King Tubby and all of varying quality.This one issued by Trojan not long after his death in 1989 must rank as one of the must haves. The first thirteen tracks comprises an album Tubby mixed for Niney Holmes with The Observers rhythm section ,don't know which album as the otherwise excellent sleeve notes by Steve Barrow don't say. The remaining tracks is a compilation of mixes Tubby provided for Bunny Lee with The Aggrovators . Contains a lot of mixes to familiar rhythms to some such as " Ali Baba" , "Skylarking " and "Queen Of The Minstrels" . Listen out for snatches of vocals in places from the likes of Horace Andy,U. Roy ,Dennis Brown and Delroy Wilson . This whole set would make an ideal introduction to old school dub , and once your hooked there is no going back as you may also find yourself on a never ending quest for the perfect dub album . I never seem to come across any bad ones especially those with production dating to the 70's and have avoided most digital productions so far.Has been issued on CD but this is a quality vinyl rip . Here .
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ReplyDeleteI remember a friend playing this too me after a heavy bong session in Cardiff in '93 and being wholly fucking impressed with it. I'll def be taking a copy of this.
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Yeah , not a bad track on the whole set . Summer '93 , good times with soundtrack provided by The Orb and lotsa old skool dub .
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Nice link.Will have some of that .Love some of that On U Sound ,Dub Syndicate ,African headcharge ,have some vinyl to dig out . I think I have one of the "Pay It All Back" compilations , which always showed how out there the label could be . Seemed to remember they had some Scots guy complete with kilt and armoured helmet who brandished a massive sword as part of his act ,on second thoughts Im probably getting mixed up with something else ,shit ,twenty years or more ago and all that.
ReplyDeleteThis was my earliest King Tubby LP purchase! First of a good few, i'm happy to say. For me, equalled only by young 'scratch'. The perfect King Tubby compilation indeed, imho.
ReplyDeleteHappy memories driving late nights to it, never wanting to reach my destination, it was that good!
'skylarking' a top track, if that's the title? superb cover too, one reason to bemoan this digital download age! and useful if the bong is in the wash, i am led to understand ;).
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