Foundation of Dub [Import]

King Tubby | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Trojan Records UK
• ASIN: B000056HOM
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,602 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dub Assasinator

2. Foundation Of Dub

3. Reality Of Dub

4. Look What Dub Has Done

5. Rough Rebel Dub

6. The Greatest Dub Version

7. True Believer In Dub

8. Race Track Dub

9. Iron Pipe Dub

10. Joker From Dub City

11. Steel Bottom Dub

12. Fire Proof Dub

13. Hold The Dub Ya

14. Money Lover Dub

15. Knock Out Punch

16. Dub Overture

17. Joyful Locks Dub

18. Fire Fe Babylon Dub

19. South Man Skanking Dub

20. Hotter Fire Dub

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed blessing, February 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Foundation of Dub (Audio CD)

Alright, purely in terms of the songs themselves, you could give this 4 stars. There are a couple of throwaway tracks on here, but most of the discs represent Tubby ON POINT. But when you're talking about Tubby's 70's output, you almost can't go wrong. So the real question is: why get this album? Unless you're a Tubby completist, I'd recommend Dub Gone Crazy, or Dub Like Dirt, from the Blood and Fire label. Without a doubt Trojan records is a reggae cornerstone label, but these CD's look like they're just trying to cash in. Why?

1)Mastering-The music here is great, but the sound here is sub par. I can only figure that Trojan didn't want to put in the $ to remaster these tracks properly. Blood and Fire's stuff from this same era sounds WAAAY better (and with all the little sound effects in dub, you can tell the difference between good and bad mastering), although Blood and Fire often masters from secondary sources like vinyl...

2) The 2 CD set-So you see this and you think--oh, it's a little expensive, but its cheap for a 2 disc set, cuzz it must have twice the music on it. Not so fast. These 2 discs clock in together at around 85 minutes, and like I said, there are at least 3 tracks of fat that could be trimmed off this. In other words, it looks like Trojan did the least it could to make what could be a one CD collection into a 2 disc set to make a little more $--weak!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic!, March 15, 2001

By 

Tito Sierra - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Foundation of Dub (Audio CD)

This CD will provide you with hours of fine audio pleasure. If you are not too expert in the musical genre called 'dub' I think this 2 CD set will serve as an excellent introduction. Lots of innovative sounds here for music produced in early to mid 70s. Pop the discs into your CD carousel and hit the random button for a positive mindframe adjustment.

5.0 out of 5 stars dubbbbbbbb......, January 25, 2002

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"sjjjjjjjjjj" (Whistler, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Foundation of Dub (Audio CD)

great dub from Tubby's studio...Produced by Bunny Lee. Definitely worth the price (two cds).