Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

Gibbs dub albums from the late 70s are really incredible (even though I guess they are Gibbs in name only or something and other people mixed them, but whatevs.)

yeah am thinking I want the rest of the series now

at the store I had to choose between Majestic Dub and Linval Thompson Meets King Tubby's "Ina Reggae Dub Style" "Dis A Yard Dub"

I've not heard that particular Linval/Tubby record, but it's hard to imagine that record being bad (although it is on Clocktower which is pretty hit or miss as reggae labels go.)

the Boris Gariner is pretty good too, altho the last track on side 1 of the copy I got is fucked up due to a poor pressing. Gardiner's an odd one, looks like he also did some straight up disco and funk cuts too...?

I mostly think of Gardiner as a bassist, but yeah he was kind of all over the place.

Do you have the Linval 'Negrea Love Dub' album? Essential, imo.

only Linval stuff I have is on comps. yes I know I need to rectify this.

Start with Rocking Vibration and Negrea Love Dub.

Thanks for recommending "Majestic Dub". Think this might be my favourite dub album since "Super Ape". "Edward the Eight" is particularly stellar.

yeah the synths on it are kind of bonkers, right? I put it on yesterday and my wife thought the first song was Moroder for a second

For such a minimal sound as dub, it's incredibly complex - constantly shifting and changing with loads of synths and other instruments fading in and out, but never sounding messy.

Being me, I was also intrigued by Bionic Dub, which is essentially a disco track. Did he do much disco stuff?

Gibbs? not that I know of, but I'll defer to others on that point

yeah there's some disco-y stuff on the Joe Gibbs Reggae Discomix 12" series

I'm listening to a lovely Gibbs production of 'I want your love'. Things like this are what I live for, basically.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvumrVgjlTw

Just such a good tune

picked this up over the weekend. it is awesome.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gLqj3VhA77M/S9MFSwv16KI/AAAAAAAAEmk/h1Ro4siIRg8/s400/Cool+Down+Your+Temper.jpg

Is that the correct spelling, never seen it that way before. Just yesterday I got his Greensleeves "12" Rulers" comp in the mail. Also awesome, though so far the pick of that litter (I ordered like 6 cds) is Michael Prophet's Gunman album. Don't have the cd in front of me but I'm assuming Scientist mixed it? The bass sound on it (as in bass guitar, not bass as in frequency) is so sick.

yeah I've never seen it spelled that way before either

my wife asked me what kind of name "lindval" was anyway and I had to admit I had no idea, obviously it must be some colonialized Jamaican name but I don't think I've ever heard of any non-Jamaicans named Lindval. Is it British?

was gonna put this out in the store the other day and made the mistake of playing it. now its going home with me. so good.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6yRL9bqrgC8/TxSLdQJ0oRI/AAAAAAAADQc/RsR3T90v4js/s320/Linval+Thompson%252C+front.jpg

lol misspelled artists' names on reggae albums are pretty common. all of those 12" Rulers comps are great. if you don't already have it, the Junjo one has a great extended version of Prophet's "Gunman" on it.

xp haha, see, they spelled it two ways on the same cover!

haha, see, they spelled it two ways on the same cover!

lol yeah classic

hahaha wtf
before i cleaned it up i had like 5 different artist entries in my itunes for cornell campbell (cornell, there's another great jamaican name, also british right?). cornel campbel, cornell campbell, cornell campbel, etc

i highly recommend this album. played it so many times over the last couple of months:

http://rasdans.rootsware.de/wp-content/uploads/derrick-lara.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_fTXE7oIQ&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-84XR6XhU4&feature=related

Linval Thompson is so rad

xp
have felt genuinely torn trying to decide between Yabby You and Yabby U

never heard of that scott, but I see on discogs that he's in the Tamlins, very interested...

this album was killing me the other day. every song on it is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bHk6RjvCXU

yabby you! i mean his record label is yabby you too. so that's good enough for me. probably just easier to call him vivian jackson.

oh Junior Byles is great too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjUbPUsPzo

vivian jackson is a great name. maybe I'll file him under Jesus Dread.

file under fuck yeah

XD

okay, one killer early 80's album before i go. roots radics band. scientist mix. junjo lawes production. very very cool.

http://download.feiyr.com/cover/65/26/8180029705_1000.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIWrWpxVRUo

damn that's huge sorry...

you know I'm thinking "Ungreatful" is probably inentional. hard to tell with patois sometimes, so much of it is founded on a mix of literalism and a love of puns (downpressor, for example)

<3 Wayne Jarrett! especially his Showcase on Wackies. there's a sax skronk on there that's one of my favorite moments in all music

btw, that's "intentional" not some obscure patois term like i-nentional

spelled Wayne Jarret on my ipod

okay, i can't resist, two tracks that knocked me on my butt this week. so much so that i don't know if i can part with the 12 inches despite the fact that i am supposedly a record dealer. but they are both so epic. guitar at the end of the earl zero track kills me every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nEi1vOSD1Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqbzrvWFWIc

er, does anybody have that jonny5 mix upthread sitting around? the download link has passed on.

this guy on youtube put up some really nice old stuff recently. sounds good too. for youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQxZb5ulqD8&feature=endscreen&NR=1

hey scott, you might enjoy this blogpost: http://wayneandwax.com/?page_id=20

this too: http://wayneandwax.com/?p=137

i like wayne! he's nice. simon r. introduced me to him in seattle at one of the emp conferences. although he and simon were saying mean things about 3rd bass and i almost got into a fist fight with them.

i've had to physically stop myself from playing boneman connection lately. i will check out some of that other stuff.

i'm so stunned by this album. i can't get over how beautiful it is. seriously, one of the greatest albums i've heard in a very long time. of any genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb6VAZSMHNc

So true.

yes