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A veteran of Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label, Edward O’Sullivan Lee scored his first hit as producer in 1967: Roy Shirley’s “Musical Field” for WIRL. From there it was a steppin’ razor to renting space at Channel One.Throughout the 1970s, virtually every dub 7″ produced by Lee for his own imprint came stamped with a

thaw. dub. ice and water

After the freeze comes the thaw. In fits and starts, pooling where the grit never reaches; freezing over again. Where the main arteries have been treated, blood moves unrestricted. On the side roads, the threading veins, circulation stalls and can’t get started. So much chilly water. Black ice. Wet snow. Crawling under the floe. Mapping.

aggrovator archangel

rosa celeste†: “dante and beatrice gaze upon the highest heaven (the empyrean)”gustav doré.Q: Is that a cornfield ? A: No. it is the Nephilim. The title dub from “A Ruffer Version: Johnny Clarke at King Tubby’s (1974 – 1978)“; aka “Special Brew“, appropriately, issued first in 1995 on the “Bionic Dub” retrospective, through the Lagoon

midnight to six, six, six

Produced by Jimmy Radway for Feh-Me-Time records, this is Augustus Pablo’s version of the Errol Dunkley hit of the same name. Both versions appear on the Feh-Me-Time compilation, “Keep The Pressure Down“, covering the period 1974 – 1977. Reissued through Prestige on CD sometime in the late 90’s.▼ AUGUSTUS PABLO: CINDERELLA IN BLACK (VERSION) from

pencil dub with inks

The version which appears on the Trojan volume, “Savage Pencil Presents: Lion vs. Dragon in Dub“, compiled by Edward Poncey. This would seem to be a mildly truncated version of the Augustus Pablo version released on his 1979 Rockers (JA) / Greensleeves (UK) compilation, “Original Rockers“, but I am by no means certain. The original

in my neighbourhood

illustration by edward poncey. overdubbed by ib. King Tubby’s dub on Horace Andy & the Aggrovators’ “A Quiet Place“, aka “Dub Place“, which originally appeared on Andy’s 70’s LP release, “Zion Gate“. Reissued on Culture Press in 1999. The dub was first released, for serious Tubby completists, on the 2004 Trojan double CD, “King Tubby’s

kingston 11 and the 12 days of christmas

dubbing the 12 apostles So. The tree stands upright. Aloft and not a bit aloof. If we water it any there will be a flash and rolling thunder. The fibre optics are twinkling nicely, dashboard flavour. To celebrate, I and I bring you yet more from the dub maestro’s Waterhouse studio, Dromilly Avenue, Kingston 11.

drop dub massacre

Two rare King Tubby mixes – date of recording unknown – which appear on the 1999 Culture Press CD release, “The Fatman Tapes“, reissued as “Crucial Dub” the following year on the UK imprint, Delta Music.   Dub be thankul for what you got. Produced by Ken ‘Fatman’ Gordon.Mixed by King Tubby. Earl “Chinna” smith: