dub reggae was a stupid idea, wasn't it? (and a less polemical question, too)

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just saying because i picked up the mikey dread reissue "african anthem dubwise" this weekend. i have been patiently waiting for the reissue of "african anthem" and figured it'd be good enough for the time being to hear the dubwise version.

24 hours later, i am having serious trouble understanding why anybody would rather hear "saturday night style" than "voice of jah" and why in fact anybody would rather hear the former having already heard the latter.

the related and relevant question: do dub reissues really sell so much better than roots reissues? why didn't auralux just reissue "african anthem"??

not so related but still relevant - i wasn't able to catch mikey dread at a local bar last night but i think he'll probably swing back through before too long ... has anybody seen him lately? or can anybody recommend any good 70s roots rockers who are still worth seeing in concert?

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I own hardly any reggae, but I've heard enough to say that I think dub was a great idea. What do you think of Mikey Dread's "World War III" and "Mental Slavery" which practically are dub in their original form? (I don't know if he remixed them later or not.)

― LaRue (rockist_scientist), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

they're fantastic!! obv i like the idea of roots reggae + sound effects, i just think i'd be even happier with mikey dread vocalizing over the dubwise versions. without the vocals i am tempted to freestyle along (this is a bad thing)

i don't seriously think dub is a bad idea i just don't get the prevalence of dub reissues.

― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Roots reggae is just like any genre with a different style and rhythm. Dub was a whole new way of making music -- that's cool.

More importantly, it is ideal for stoned listening.

― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

dub means you get versions and versions=remixes.

― cybele (cybele), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:44 (twenty-one years ago)

dub=great idea. when you strip away the surface elements and just hear various pieces of the rhythm section locked into a groove, sometimes even one guy by himself, it's like looking through a microscope at the funk.

obvious dub classic: Burning Spear's Garvey's Ghost, and I only have the supposedly watered-down version.
For a non-Bill Shatner Star Trek related purchase:check out dub version of the Black Uhuru song "Ion Storm."

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't seriously think dub is a bad idea i just don't get the prevalence of dub reissues.

i'm with you vahid. i really like disco mixes which extend the orig track with a dub. i also really like hearing both the dub and vcl track (not nessecarily in that order).

theres a rwynolds article from the wire from a few years back which focuses on his love of vcl reggae (which is pretty surprising, given his penchant for aural psychedelia)

― bulbs (bulbs), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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