In Dub: 1

Bob Marley & the Wailers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2012
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B008645YWG
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,668 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roots Rock Dub

2. Is This Love Dub

3. Forever Loving Jah Dub

4. Lively Up Your Dub

5. Three Little Birds Dub

6. Crazy Baldhead Dub

7. Waiting In Vain Dub

8. Jamming Version

9. One Love / People Get Ready Dub

10. She's Gone Dub

11. Smile Jamaica Version

Editorial Reviews

IN DUB VOL. 1, the first in a series of collections of classic, rare and new dub excursions from the Bob Marley & The Wailers catalog, is now available physically for the first time. This collection was previously released in digital format only in 2010 with several tracks making their CD debut. The debut set features 10 classic dub remixes and a newly-crafted dub version of the classic Lively Up Yourself entitled Lively Up Your Dub, by foundation dub mix engineer Scientist, exclusive to this package.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Long awaited package; not absolutely the best dub though September 9, 2012

By Comment Man

Format:Audio CD

When Bob Marley released singles--mostly aimed at the Jamaican market on the Tuff Gong label--the B side would always be a dub. This release--I think--gathers many of them together for the first time. I say I think because the CD has no notes nor any indication who is responsible for the dubs (though if they are the B sides of singles, I think Bob Marley and Familyman Barrett did them). The dubs do not have that ethereal transformative power of the best dub--changing a song into a spiritual experience until the song is unrecognizable. In fact, most of the dubs stay very close to the original--almost all include snatches of singing with echo effect and follow the song very closely. I doubt I will listen to these release as often as I listen to my other dub CDs--being conscious of what song you are listening to actually distracts from the dub experience. The dub release of Africa must be Free by Hugh MundellAfrica Must Be Free demonstrates what I mean; the dubs are in a different order than the album cuts and I sometimes wonder which dub corresponds to which song.

Despite my vague dissatisfaction with the dubs, I must admit this is one CD I have wanted to see released for years. This is the great lost work of Bob Marley, as dub is a crucial part of the classic reggae experience. It is wonderful to have these dubs available and I am looking forward to volume two. I am really looking forward to the dub for Buffalo Soldier (from the Buffalo Soldier twelve inch) which was one of my all time favorite dubs.

I think someone who only knows Bob Marley's vocal tracks should buy this--and then explore more of the wonderful genre dub.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Cold leftovers September 10, 2012

By mom

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I've been a Marley fan since the mid 70's and have a decent collection, including many Tuff Gong 12" 45 singles. I'm not sure where this new collection was mined from, but it waters down the Marley brand. Not bad stuff, just that there is better out there. It appears that someone just wants to release something to generate some revenue, without digging into the mother lode.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Dub Music May 21, 2013

By R. gilbert

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Classic Marley stripped down to the essence. This is a great dub cd to own. Songs of Freedom is another one to not pass up.

2.0 out of 5 stars Takes greatness and makes less of it April 10, 2013

By B McC

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The best dub distills the essence of a reggae song. This feels diluted instead. Still enjoyable because one loves the source material, but there is far better dub work elsewhere, me thinks.

1.0 out of 5 stars Such A Disappointment: This lazily cobbled-together album does not rise to the genius that was Bob Marley's April 7, 2013

By C. Rex

Format:Audio CD

Shame on the people who cobbled this disc together in the name of Bob. Moral of the story: If you are gonna "mess" with perfection, make sure you are up to the task. The crew that worked on this project was clearly not up to the task, not only in planning, but in execution. They apparently decided to go mod on this project instead of classic dub-yo-mamma a la King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry or Prince Jammy. Fine. But once they made that decision they proceeded to thoroughly demonstrate they didn't know where to go with it, from the badly balanced effects right out of the gate to the half-ass attempts to dubify Bob. Don't get me started because I know exactly what Bob did to bring reggae into the rock era. The clowns who worked on this just didn't know what to do to create a mod version of the genius that was Bob's music. In case you think I'm blowing smoke outa my you-know-what consider this: Bob has effectively been translated into musical sub-genres by people who took the time to put in the work. Example: "Chant Down Babylon" a landmark Reggae/Hip-Hop/R & B opus that came out in 1999. And while you are at it, check out the dope STUHR Remix of Bob Marley's "Don't Rock My Boat" on You-Tube to see how it's done.

The long and short of this? If you don't know what the hell you are doing, leave well enough alone. (Are you listening Tuff Gong?) Bob doesn't need half*** efforts to sell his music. Three-plus decades after his death in 1981, he is doing just fine, thank you.

C. Rex, Thump, thump, thump ....

5.0 out of 5 stars HIS MUSIC. March 12, 2013

By Jon Linder

Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase

FIVE STARS FOR SURE, IF THAT IS MOST, ALL THE STARS, THE TOP. IT WILL HELP ONE SELF, HELP HIM SELF AS ONE, IF YOU FEEL THE BEAT, LIKE A HEART THAT NEVER STOPS. ALL THE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD, NOW THEN AND IN THE FUTURE, CANNOT TOUCH BOB MARLEY. IF YOU FEEL IT, YOU WILL KNOW IT. IF YOU CAN, BUY THIS AND ADD IT TO YOUR BOB MARLEY COLLECTION. ADD HIS FAMILIES MUSIC AND BOOKS TO YOUR COLLECTION TOO.

4.0 out of 5 stars VINTAGE MARLEY the B sides November 25, 2012

By W. T. Hoffman VINE™ VOICE

Format:MP3 Music

IF you released a reggae song back in the 1970s on 45 single,invariably the same song appeared on the B side as a dub "version". Toasters, which are basically rapper-DJs, would rhymne over the riddims, or sometimes just use the dub as a DANCEHALL/DISCO extended mix. King Tubby and Lee Perry, who invented dub, simply didnt have the technology to produce dub like Black Uhuru's "DUB FACTOR". Nevertheless Marley's best dubs approached the level of Burning Spear's "GARVEYS GHOST". When these Marley songs were remixed, dub was a new art form. No longer simple instrumental versions, dub would reinvent the song from the bottom up. Marleys BEST dubs are hallucinagenic collages of bass guitar, bass drums against overamped snare drums, piano/guitar "chicka Chicka" riddims fading in and out, with occasional slices of heavily reverbed vocals. If you have ever heard Tosh's dubs (check out EQUAL RIGHTS legacy edition), they were mostly done the same way.

For fans of King Tubby, Yabby You, Mad Professor, or Sly and Robbie, Marley's dub plates come across as dull and predictable. This goes a long way in explaining why Tuff Gong hasnt released many of these dub versions on CD. A few of them appeared on the SONGS OF FREEDOM box set, but even the legacy editions of BURNIN and CATCH A FIRE are without the dub versions created for those songs. Why? Dub is clearly not Marley's strong suit. However, if you love Marley's music, I'd still insist these are nearly essencial, to grasp Marley's entire vision. And for completists, this album is essencial. Altho none of these dubs were intended for anything except the dancehall, they're still fun to hear.