Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

linval thompson is emerging as my favorite artist in these comps (prince far i is a close second)

Love reggae mixes. Lends itself really well to that.

I just downloaded the two mixes, which are of course awesome. Should iTunes put them in order for me? I have a feeling the tracks are all scrambled up, a mixed-mix.

everything has track numbers, it should work out...?

First mix was more messed up for me, but I figured it out.

You should get Negrea Love Dub and Rocking Vibration by Linval Thompson.

wow bunny wailer's "blackheart man" is really really great

yeah! wish I could find copies of his other late 70s solo stuff

despite its nearly ubiquitous praise, i think i prefer other black ark stuff to heart of the congos? especially super ape. the production is amazing on HOTC but i think there are a few songs that are on the weaker side (children crying, can't come in). ark of the covenant is sublime though

ha you just knocked 2 of my favs and praised 1 of my least fav

i think i also like "roast fish collie weed and cornbread" more than HOTC

can't agree on heart of the congos, which i think is one of the greatest albums ever made, from any genre. but i agree about the general greatness of super ape, which is another near-perfect album.

Colombia Colly is my fav. Perry production. More enjoyable to me than HOTC.

columbia colly is great, i need more of it in my life

lol is there any reason why shanachie would replace the original album artwork of 'king tubby's meets rockers uptown' :
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e2/fc/6d2e828fd7a001dac4e30110.L.jpg
with this:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61aDsmCPhML._SX300_.jpg
???

i got a used copy 10-11 years ago and i didn't know until pretty recently that there was an original, different album cover. i kept thinking "wow this album is great but why is the artwork so shitty?"

hahahaha waht is that

replacing fantastic, creative, evocative cover-art with more sterile, uninteresting, flat new covers is a longstanding tradition with reissues.

another example
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pPTXuUr%2BL._SY300_.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JT5SDVTNL.jpg
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61PleQeqDZL._SY300_.jpg

the original marcus garvey artwork is fucking incredible. i don't get it.

oh yeah, that one is the worst example of this nonsense.

just d/ld this
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-150-2691593-1300495697.jpeg

that's a four-album box-set, iirc. how is it?

on first listen it's pretty solid, there are a handful of (presumably later, mid-80s maybe?) tracks that are kind of jarring. Already familiar with a smattering of other tracks from the other Dennis Brown comps I have. Don't really hear anything that betters the best of his stuff with Perry or Niney but like I said this is just first impressions

wait, did you just change your screen-name? i can't keep up nowadays.

shh its a secret

you're secret's safe with me.

anyone got any opinions on where to start with Mad Professor? I have the Massive Attack thing, and way back in the day I remember hearing some bits of his collabs with Scratch

The proper answer to that question is probably this link:

http://yrheartout.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/yho20-lovers-technology.html

I've always repped for Dub Me Crazy 5 (Who Knows The Secret of the Master Tapes) but I don't know that it's better than the others in the series. I do know it has some yodelling on it, courtesy of Champion Doug Veitch.

like this a lot: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/619XA1Cgj6L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Mad Professor is hit or miss but this comp served me well: http://www.discogs.com/Mad-Professor-The-Inspirational-Sounds-Of-Mad-Professor/release/375189

guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0gMQoc_4Q

I have a compilation of songs like this but I can't remember what it's called. They're all sexual innuendos and word play and generally not very good. I think there was a series of them actually.

that doesn't really surprise me. I like that one tho

Ah, here it is. Adults Only: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Adults-Only/master/143529

picked up this Pressure Sounds reissue/comp

http://www.pressure.co.uk/media/products/fullsize/604.jpg

this gregory isaacs tune was really hitting the spot this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN_HYhPXqNE

great song. do you have the Niney comp "Sufferation"? There are two extended versions on that.
that Horse label art in the youtube is fantastic

i don't! have this on an old trojan comp called "rebel music"

would love to hear the extended versions

cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a78VLY5KzY

yeah, that's it. the other is a dubby "horns mix"

"There is another Scientist/Jammy disc on Auralux too called DC Dub Connection, I think. That came out last couple of months."

a mint cd edition of this turned up in the 50p bin today :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHLiJNjn2fg

cool! i don't know sugar minott

This may be my favorite Sugar Minott song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSr6zEjzRU

What do Ilxors think of the UK-based Prince Fatty/ Mungo's Hi-Fi/Congo Natty/Hollie Cook dub axis?

i really love the congo natty album.
for all its sonic chaos and excess, its a great sounding album (and yes, adrian sherwood is probably to blame for this !).
i only have the first couple of prince fatty albums, and they are pleasant enough and fun. sunny afternoon festival reggae.
hollie cook : the first album kinda of went nowhere for me as the best track(s) had already appeared on the prince fatty album, howwevber, if i see the dub version i will get it.
as for mungo's, again, i only have the album that was released on rockers revolt a few years back, and it's ok though i have never been a big fan of the dancehall genre (though in recent times i have succumbed more and more).
question : is the soundclash album between mungo and prince fatty worthy ?

...and my vote goes to...

http://inappropriateplank.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/dr-alimantado-front.jpg?w=470&h=468

man this 4-disc Heptones "Party Time" set is insane

cool! i don't remember feeling totally impressed with the regular lp but i'd be willing to scope out the 4-disc!