Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide

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!

http://www.npr.org/event/music/340636520/ernest-ranglin-tiny-desk-concert?autoplay=true

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVp1mauGnU

can anyone tell me if this is an original cut or is he using a riddim from some other song here?

http://www.riddimguide.com/tunedb/riddim_Cocaine%20In%20My%20Brain/

It's an original.

thx

killer tune

news to me, but found this through googling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdnXgdl6tbg

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?
--Josh in Chicago

I like Brutal Out Deh and The Early Recordings: 1971-1979.

2nded

strings on this are a trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESasEHZjbDw

all the Tubby/Mudie albums are good, but that track is the best. I have a strong memory of playing that for my Dad a few years ago and him really liking it

Just heard a great song by the Itals. Where to begin with them?
I second The Early Recordings: 1971-1979. Harmonies are killer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FB7Vb4Wa3Y

speaking of harmonies i often feel like there is not much that tops mighty diamonds right time

Acquired:
http://www.pressure.co.uk/media/articles/fullsize/341.jpg

How does it compare to vol 1?

well it's more focused on material from Chant Down Babylon Kingdom era - one of my favorite records, which I've wanted on vinyl for a long time - so it scratches that particular itch really well. Stop Your Quarrelling is great. I'm inclined to say I like this one more than vol 1 but I haven't really sat with it long enough to say definitively.

Yeah, I love Chant Down Babylon Kingdom. I'll probably pick it up. Thanks.