leclisse's "Harder Than The Rest" Rasta Jag: King Tubby- King Tubby's Meets Scientist in a World of Dub (1996)- CD Rip (FLAC)

King Tubby and his protégé trading tracks on an album that was released close to six years after King Tubby's death. This is an amazing album!!!





Technical Information:

Artist: King Tubby
Album: King Tubby's Meets Scientist in a World of Dub
Year: 1996

Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: CD split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 778 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 300 MB
Length: 0:53:57



Personnel:

King Tubby: engineer, mixer
Scientist: engineer, mixer
Midnight Rock Crew: band
The Roots Radics: band
Desmond Phillips: compiler
Jah Thomas: compiler
Barnabus: engineer
Peter Chemist: engineer
Soljie: engineer
Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas: producer, arranger

Mixed at King Tubby's Studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Recorded at Channel One, Harry J and Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica


Tracklisting:

01. Scientist: Ganga Dub (African Beat) (4:05)
02. King Tubby's: Conversation Beat (My Conversation) (3:10)
03. Scientist: Explosion Dub (3:46)
04. King Tubby's: Explosion Dub (Give Me You Love) (4:13)
05. Scientist: Tribute To The Reggae King Dub (Shank I Shenk) (4:07)
06. King Tubby's: Badness Dub (4:21)
07. Scientist: Doctor Dub (Old Broom) (4:41)
08. King Tubby's: Feel Like Dubbing (4;12)
09. Scientist: Coming Home In Dub (Come On Little Girl) (2:43)
10. King Tubby's: Going Home In Dub (Rougher Yet) (4:10)
11. Scientist: Problem Dub (Won't You Come Home Little Girl) (3:14)
12. King Tubby's: Take It Easy Dub (Swing Easy) (4:25)
13. Scientist: Fever Dub (Fever) (3:38)
14. King Tubby's: Patient Dub (Freedom Blues) (3:14)





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leclisse's "Harder Than The Rest" Rasta Jag: King Tubby- King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub (1978)- Vinyl Rip (16 bit FLAC)

More King Tubby for your listening pleasure.





Technical Information:

Artist: King Tubby
Album: King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub
Year: 1978

Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: Vinyl
Avg. bitrate: 751 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 154 MB
Length: 0:28:48


Tracklisting:

Side A:

A1. Blood Of Africa (2:40)
A2. African Roots (2:59)
A3. Raw Roots (3:04)
A4. Wood Roots (2:59)
A5. Luke Lane Rock (3:08)

Side B:

B1. People From The Grass Roots (3:06)
B2. Crime Wave (3:02)
B3. No Justice For The Poor (2:26)
B4. 300 Years At The Grass Roots (2:53)
B5. King And The Upsetter At Spanish Town (2:31)





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leclisse's "Harder Than The Rest" Rasta Jag: King Tubby- The Dubmaster Present the Roots of Dub (1975) and Dub from the Roots (1974)- 2003 Remaster- CD Rip (APE)

King Tubby was supposed to seamlessly segue in to Scientist, but that clearly didn't happen. So now that everything is ass-backwards, don't let my mistake keep you from grooving on some King Tubby. Enjoy!

P.S.: This was also a request from awhile back. We're killing two birds with one heavy stone. Speaking of birds...Santa Sangre and Fenix are up next.




Disc 1 Technical Information:

Artist: King Tubby
Album: The Dubmaster Present the Roots of Dub and Dub from the Roots- Disc 1: The Roots of Dub
Year: 1975 (2003 Remaster)

Audio Codec(s): APE
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: CD split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 815 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 217 MB
Length: 0:37:22


Tracklisting:

01. Natty Dub (2:59)
02. Dub Magnificient (4:12)
03. A First Class Dub (2:59)
04. The Stepping Dub (2:19)
05. Rude Boy Dub (2:47)
06. A Closer Dub (3:26)
07. Roots Of Dub (3:16)
08. Dub You Can Feel (3:32)
09. Loving Dub (3:35)
10. The Immortal Dub (3:23)
11. Dread Locks Dub (2:27)
12. Rocking Dub (2:21)


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Disc 2 Technical Information:

Artist: King Tubby
Album: The Dubmaster Presents the Roots of Dub and Dub from the Roots- Disc 2: Dub from the Roots
Year: 1974 (2003 Remaster)

Audio Codec(s): APE
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: CD split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 738 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 250 MB
Length: 0:47:31


Tracklisting:

01. Dub From The Roots (4:14)
02. Iyahta (3:44)
03. Mine Field (2:40)
04. Hijack The Barber (3:21)
05. African Roots (3:53)
06. Double Cross (3:49)
07. East Of (Arrows Hi Fi) (2:12)
08. Invasion (4:53)
09. Dub Of A Woman (3:53)
10. Dub On My Mind (2:27)
11. Stealing (2:49)
12. Dub Experience (3:05)
13. Declaration Of Dub (3:38)
14. A Truthful Dub (2:47)


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Augustus Pablo- King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)- EAC CD Rip (FLAC)

After posting the Scientist album a few days back, I've decided to go back to my pot-smoking Rasta roots and post more dub. So here's some back-to-back Augustus Pablo, with more Rasta to surely follow in its wake. Enjoy!




Augustus Pablo- King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown

From El Rocker's:

If you had to pick just one album to represent dub "King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown" is the disc. The title really says it all: the collaboration between the premier engineer and the top roots producer of the mid-’70s resulted in definitive King Tubby interpretations of some of Pablo’s deepest rhythms. It also demonstrated conclusively that a studio engineer could be considered as creative as the singers, musicians and visionary producer who made the music. A dub is essentially a remix In the hands of an engineer as good as King Tubby (1941 – 1989) it became an artform, and an incredibly popular one.

For this ground-breaking disc, Pablo assembled a brilliant cast: the Upsetters/Wailers drum and bass duo of Aston "Family Man" Barrett and brother Carlton, guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, horns-men Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall, Bobby Ellis, Vin Gordon and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. All sessions were recorded by the engineer Errol "ET" Thompson at Randy’s Studio on North Parade. Pablo then took the tapes to King Tubby for mixing. He initially released instrumental, deejay and vocal cuts as 7-inch 45s on his Hot Stuff, Rockers and Pablo International labels, between 1972 and 75, but as the vogue for dub albums exploded in 1976, Pablo compiled twelve of his b-side dubs to make this set.




The centrepiece of the album is "King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown", a killer dub version of Jacob Miller’s vocal "Baby I Love You So" which almost single-handedly defined dub for a non-Jamaican audience when it was released as a single by Island Records (UK) in 1975; it also appeared on the company’s massive-selling "This Is Reggae Music" sampler.

Using his custom sliders, Tubby eases Miller’s voice in and out of the mix, adding stabs of guitar and melodica. Carlton Barrett’s explosive snare fills further serve to punctuate the elastic rhythm, which was first cut for producer Herman Chin Loy’s 1973 album Aquarius Dub. Similarly, "Frozen Dub" propelled the Heptones on a recut of their Studio One classic "Love Won’t Come Easy". Hopefully someone, some day, will undertake to present this crucial set in all its glory, with alternate mixes.




Technical Information:

Artist: Augustus Pablo
Album: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Deluxe Edition)
Year: 1976/2004

Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 846 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 295 MB
Length: 0:48:54




Personnel:

Augustus Pablo: melodica, piano, clavinet, organ, producer
Robbie Shakespear: bass guitar
Aston Barrett: bass guitar
Leroy Sibbles: bass
Carlton Barrett: drums
Earl "Chinna" Smith: guitar
Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall: saxophone
Bobby Ellis: trumpet
Vincent "Don D Junior" Gordon: trombone

mixed by King Tubby and Errol Thompson at King Tubby's Studio




Tracklisting:

01. Keep On Dubbing (3:11)
02. Stop Them Jah (2:52)
03. Young Generation Dub (2:35)
04. Each One Dub (2:55)
05. 555 Dub St. (2:44)
06. Brace's Tower Dub (2:53)
07. King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (2:34)
08. Brace's Tower Dub No.2 (2:58)
09. Corner Crew Dub (3:07)
10. Skanking Dub (2:44)
11. Frozen Dub (2:54)
12. Satta Dub (4:22)
13. Black Gunn (Bonus Track) (3:19)
14. Ruthland Close (Bonus Track) (2:38)
15. 1-2-3 Version (Bonus Track) (3:02)
16. Silent Satta (Bonus Track) (4:06)





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