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African Dub Chapter 1

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Approximately 34 min. Remastered sound. This is the first of four dub albums released by the 17 North Parade label. Most of these tracks are new to cd and a few are rare. When these tracks were released sometime in 1975,the style of reggae music had evolved into whats known as the "rockers" period. Joe Gibbs,a well-known producer of reggae music,took elements more from Jamaican music than American soul this time around. During this time,he created some of the best dub music ever to come out of Jamaica. The musicians on these tracks range from members of the Soul Syndicate and Lloyd Parks group,to people such as Sly Dunbar on drums,and Tommy McCook and Dean Fraser on horns. Besides Joe Gibbs,the engineer on these tracks was the great Errol Thompson,who pased away in 2004,who was the prime mixer on these cuts. Its unfortunate that Thompson isn't as well-known as Lee Perry or King Tubby,because he is certainly their equal. Like all good dub,an original song is used as the basis for creation. In this set you'll hear tunes such as Dennis Brown's Poorer Side of Town in combination with a Ken Boothe rhythm. Probably the most recognizable tune is Ba Ba Boom by the Jamaicans,here named Treasure Dub. But the real point of dub is to just sit back and let the heavy rhythms wash over you as only good dub can. If you're a dub fanatic this set can go a long way to scratching that dub itch. If you're new to this style of music,then this is as good a place as any to hear what you've been missing.

Wicked reggae riddims/dubs, well worth it if you are a REAL fan of reggae music. I have all four chapters of the African Dub series, and you come to realize that all these dubs that new artist are using go way back and they sound better too. For example, track three Midnight Movie most people will know it from Buju and Wayne Wonders Bonafide Love, but either Delroy Wilson or Errol Dunkley sung the Wayne Wonder part way back and Buju just added the Deejay part...OOHH YES...