It’s Friday the 13th. I’ve not been too well…I needed something to take my mind off both these facts. The solution came to me in as far as I decided I need to record some dub. It’s been a while, and a few people have been hassling me to play some dub, roots and stuff – so I thought I’d better pull my finger out…

I started digging through the boxes here at HQ, and pulled out a load of dub recordings on the mighty Trojan record label. As I did so, the sun came back out, I kid you not. Just what the doctor ordered!

There are tracks in this mix from artists such as King Tubby, Tommy McCook, and Sly Dunbar. Excuse the distortion on “A Loving Melody” - it’s a fantastic little tune, but this isn’t the best quality of pressings. Your amp isn’t clipping, it sounded like that here when I recorded it!. Anyway, a tracklisting for this mix is below, and you can listen here.

Tracklisting

1. Rema Dub - King Tubby and The Observer All Stars
2. Straight To The Capitalist Head - King Tubby and The Aggravators
3. Africa Dub - The Silvertones
4. King Tubby’s Conversation Dub - King Tubby
5. Slum - Gregory Isaacs
6. Public Eye - Gregory Isaacs
7. King Tubby’s Patient Dub - King Tubby
8. Marijuana - Sly and The Revolutionaries
9. Loving Melody - Tommy McCook and The Aggravators
10. True Believer In Dubs - Tommy McCook and The Aggravators
11. Channel 1 Dub - Linval Thompson
12. Shaolin Temple - Prince Jammy
13. Fist Of Fury - Prince Jammy
14. Dr. Seaton In The Echo Chamber - Rupert Edwards All Stars
15. Flash Gordon Meets Luke Skywalker - Roots Radics Band
16. Cocaine Dub - Sly and The Revolutionaries
17. King Tubby’s Special (reprise) - U-Roy