Crucial Dub

by King Tubby

Crucial Dub cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Delta
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 1:16:15
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A budget compilation of King Tubby's 1970s dub mixes, drawn from sessions with the Aggrovators and producers Bunny Lee, Phil Pratt and Fatman. Tracks recorded at Tubby's Kingston studio show the mixing desk used as an instrument, the foundation practice of dub.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, bassy, effects-laden, spacious, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Zion Dub (2:50)
  2. Soundboy Massacre (3:30)
  3. Drop Dub (3:05)
  4. Waterhouse Rock (3:16)
  5. Farmyard Dub (3:30)
  6. Herbal Dub (3:09)
  7. Dubbing My Baby (3:36)
  8. Shining Dub (3:25)
  9. Laser Rock (5:22)
  10. The Border (3:13)
  11. Conqueror Dub (4:34)
  12. Dubbing It Right (4:03)
  13. The Best Is Lose (3:06)
  14. Blow Down Babylon (3:12)
  15. African Roots (3:49)
  16. Dub Of A Woman (3:52)
  17. Dub Experience (3:19)
  18. A Truthful Dub (2:46)
  19. Watch This Version (2:40)
  20. Dub You Can Feel (3:30)
  21. Roots Of Dub (3:14)
  22. King Tubby's In Fine Style (3:14)

Credits

  • Ken 'Fatman' Gordon - producer, arranged by
  • Neil Kellas - liner notes
  • Bunny Lee - producer
  • Phil Pratt - producer

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