A1 Creator Of Dub A2 A Happy Dub A3 A Collie Dub A4 The Dub Station A5 The Height Of Dub A6 Inspiring Dub
B1 Joh Soy Dub B2 Sprinkling Dub B3 A Agrovating Dub B4 King Tubby Dub B5 Caretaker Dub B6 At The Dub Market
Producer - Bunny Lee Sax ~ Tommy McCook Mixing ~ King Tubby
'First issued in 1975, King Tubby Meets The Agrovators At Dub Station pits Tommy McCook’s wonderful melodies against the mixing skill of King Tubby, the legendary creator of Dub. Recorded at a time when both McCook and Tubby were at the pinnacle of their powers, the result unsurprisingly is a seminal collection that is now widely acknowledged as one of the finest Dub collections ever in the universe' ~ some bra
more seminal moves from the rotating cast of the revolutionaries/agrovators camp, unfurling bunny lee riddims with tubbers at the helm. a 320 rip
A1 Music Dub A2 Dub There A3 Government Dub A4 Rasta Dub A5 Fever Dub
B1 Dub The Light B2 Problems Dub B3 I And I B4 Collie Dub B5 Dub Down Rome
Mixed By - Lloyd 'Prince Jammy' James Engineer : Sylvan Morris, Dennis Thompson, Prince Jammy & Major Little Producer : Horace Hinds & Everton Da Silva Backing Vocals : Wayne Jarrett & Janice Drums : Jah Malla & Horsemouth Wallace Bass : Michael Taylor & Leroy Sibbles Rhythm Guitar : Privy Dread Lead Guitar : Andy Bassford Keyboards : Augustus Pablo, Bobby Kalphat, Michael Taylor & Bernard Touter Harvey Horns : Tommy McCook, Don D. Junior, Charles Bashford & Dirty Harry Percussions : Everton Da Silva, Clayton Downie, Scully Simms, Horace Hinds & Sylvan Morris
Mixing : King Tubby's [Kingston, JA] Recording : Harry J [Kingston, JA] & A & R
extremely pleasant set of versions from Horace Andy's fantastique 'In the Light' album, mixed by Prince Jammy, before he was crowned 'King' :) not smash you over the head amazing, but a moody, slow burning creeper, sho nuff. 320 crucial vibrations
01. Starlight Version 02. Middle East Dub [Give Thanks] 03. Fugitive Dub [Herb Man Dub] - The Skatalites, Brevett, Lloyd 04. Whispering Dub 05. Kimble Dub 06. Roots Dub 07. Bottom Dub [747 Dub] 08. African Roots Dub [Zion I Dub] - The Skatalites, Brevette, Lloyd 09. Dumboo Dub 10. African Dub 11. Herb Dub-Collie Dub 12. Candlelight Dub 13. Starlight [Featuring Tony Brevett] 14. Middle East [Dub of Love] 15. Sealing Dub [Rhythm Recorded at Black Ark]
Producer, Engineer, Recorded By - King Tubby , Lee Perry Mixed By - King Tubby Saxophone, Flute - Tommy McCook Keyboards - Augustus Pablo Guitar - Earl "Chinna" Smith Bass - Lloyd Brevett Drums - Benbow Creary Niyabinghi ~ Ras Michael, Alan Bailey , Bongo T , Brother Jack, Bongo Joe , Brevett, I-Marts, Sidney Wolf Trombone - Don D Junior
'This release is full of absolutely amazing, gorgeous, hallucinatory dub. 'The Legendary Skatalites In Dub' is one of the greatest dub albums of all time, and a true one-of-a-kind aural experience. These 1975 recordings feature King Tubby working with the re-formed Skatalites, and a number of others [Ras Michael & Earl 'Chinna' Smith, among them], to create some mysterious, beautiful sounds. The Skatalites had just reunited in 1975 and recorded the album 'The Legendary Skatalites,' to which this album is a dub counterpart. The music here is much slower, funkier and way further out than traditional Skatalites, with ska stylings replaced by a deep psychedelic-roots mood and pulsing Niyabinghi rhythms. Tubby does some spectacular work here, creating unearthly dub soundscapes so mesmerizing and unique that it's clear this project was a labor of pure love. Just imagine inspired Skatalites brass lines drifting in ghostly sheets of reverb over a landscape of Ras Michael's slow-grooving Niyabinghi drumming [there are 8 Niyabinghi drummers] & Lloyd Brevett's impossibly deep ACOUSTIC bass. As if it couldn't get any better than that, the lion's share of rhythms come drenched in the swampy magic that only Lee Perry's Black Ark studios could provide. Lloyd Brevett [also the producer of this set] and Tommy McCook [leader, sax] actually built their melodies around improvised Niyabinghi drum sessions while jamming in the yard of Brevett's home. Tubby keeps this percussion nearly ever-present, and its trancelike power and richness ensure that even the most spare sections sound luscious and full. It is difficult for me to describe the mystic vibe which was created here...it's like some beautiful lucid dream; perfect for late, late night listening. There are also a couple of afro-funk, 70s style uptempo killers, which are perfect for giving context and perspective to the other tracks. Long story short, nearly every track here is a DUB MASTERPIECE which gets better and better with each consecutive listen.' ~ Jasper, again :-)
dub week still in full effect with this set [realized in 1975, dropped in 2003] which remains a staple in my dub diet. the cover art is likely the sole reason this album doesn't get the props it so ritefully deserves. it should likewise be noted that lee perry originally produced the majority of these tunes at black ark in collaboration with lloyd brevett. a lovingly rendered 320 rip of an essential album
'Tommy McCook was a Cuban-born saxophonist who moved to Jamaica in 1963. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.
Duke Reid died from cancer in 1974 & his nephew, Errol Brown, who had been a junior engineer at Treasure Isle and who would go on to become one of the key engineers at Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Studio, took over the studio controls. He mixed three dub albums at Treasure Isle that dressed down and dubbed up some of the best of the Bond Street catalogue. Snatches of the original vocals were woven in and out of mixes that sound as fresh and as vital today as they did when they were first released… both in their original sixties incarnations and their 70's mutations. Treasure Dub Volume 1 & Treasure Dub Volume 2 have been available in various incarnations ever since. However, ‘Pleasure Dub’, the best of the set featuring Errol Brown’s cuts to rock steady classics such as ‘The Right Track’ by Phyllis Dillon, ‘The Tide Is High’ and ‘Riding On A High & Windy Way’ from The Paragons and ‘Things You Say You Love’ by The Jamaicans has never been re-pressed since its initial release. ‘Pleasure Dub’ is a record we have wanted to release for a long, long time and we are all delighted to be able to finally add a Treasure Isle album to the Pressure Sounds catalogue.'
'Yet another killer from the PS catalogue. 18 cool Treasure Isle rhythms, dubwise ~ impossible to resist. Considering that dub didn't really come of age for several years after these tunes were originally released, it's a dam unique set of dubs. Errol Brown is the unsung hero of dub if you ask me. Pressure Sounds have done it again!' ~ someone else
i luv me some mixing desk fuggery & interweaving of echoic vocal snatchery, which in the rite hands can only help make the source material more interesting. i likewise wholeheartedly encourage the rapturous support of pressure sounds & only recently discovered that he's [re]issued several of my favourite platters. a top tier outfit indeed. r.i.p. to owl the talented folks who made these sounds
