I'm reading "Bass Culture: When Reggae was King" by Lloyd Bradley at the moment, which I'm finding pretty entertaining going... quite an exhaustive tome, at least far more so than any other book on jamaican music I've ever read... and that has definitely given me the impression of it being extremely difficult to work out who actually released tracks originally...
"Bass Culture"
ISBN:0-670-85563-4
"People Funny Boy"
ISBN 0-86241-854-2
dhave
quoted 85 lines the history of dub/reggae is full of mis-credited releases. I've got
>the history of dub/reggae is full of mis-credited releases. I've got
>multiple versions of some records where the US release will have tracks
>credited to completely different people than the UK release. It was a
>culture based on re-use and trading of rhythms so things were bound to get
>confusing. It's about as confusing as collecting Sun Ra records.
>
>I would highly recommend reading "People Funny Boy", the biography of Lee
>Perry (written by David Katz). Not only does it provide a in-depth history
>of Perry, but also provides info on everyone he came across (ie. pretty much
>anyone who was anyone in Jamaican music).
>
>Oh and my classic dub suggestion...
>
>Scientist : Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires
>
>classic heady stuff, and I would rate the cover as one of the best ever.
>Scientist on that swamp boat with his big ass sound system chasing all the
>evil creatures.
>
>Not on the dub tip, but relevant, the new Blood and Fire collection "Darker
>Than Blue" is killer. American soul tracks as recorded by Jamaican artist.
>The version of Bill Withers "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" is
>incredible.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
>on 9/7/01 6:39 PM, i at interdit@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Not to be a pain in the ass, but according to Mick Sleeper of Upsetter.net
>>
>> "... the six tracks credited to Scratch are actually King Tubby dubs of Bunny
>> Lee productions with new and silly titles eg) "Lee Perry Upsetting Dub", "Lee
>> Perry Special Dub". To make matters worse, it's likely that all of the tracks
>> are mistitled. Buy it for the classic King Tubby shots; Scratch isn't here."
>>
>> Which is always the case, like the Abraham records guy in Canada who rips off
>> Blood & Fire all the time...
>>
>> -i
>>
>>
>> --- somrux <bishop@somrux.com> wrote:
>>>> Anybody care to share more of their favorite classic dub suggestions?<
>>>
>>> Yeah, here's one...
>>>
>>> It's called "Dub Chill Out", and it features INCREDIBLE stuff by King Tubby,
>>> King Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly & Robbie, Scientist and Augustus Pablo. There is
>>> a track by King Tubby on this release called "Fittest of the Fittest Dub",
>>> and it is a SWEET track. It's a *must-have* for any serious dubhead.
>>>
>>> http://digilander.iol.it/zapatelli/records/dub_chill_out.html is where you
>>> can view more info. about this release. If you wanna get a good listen-to
>>> of the 'fittest of the fittest dub' track, then download it here off of my
>>> server:
>>>
>>> http://www.somrux.com/filez/Fittest.of.the.fittest.dub-king_tubby.mp3
>>>
>>> I promise you won't regret it.....
>>> -somrux.
>>> http://www.somrux.com
>>>
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