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The Majesty of King Tubby

By Lawrence Peryer
October 3, 2011
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King Tubby did not invent dub, but with hundreds—if not thousands—of sides standing witness to his wizardry—he elevated the form to an exalted level. Jamaican dub of the roots reggae era is the direct antecedent of modern remix culture, which today spans music, the visual arts, and even high technology. It is the immediate effect on the brain that is most impressive, though...

Track	Name	Time	Artist	Album
1	Gorgon Version	2:23	Cornell Campbell & The Aggravators	King Tubby's in Fine Style
2	Shooter Dub	3:1	King Tubby	Down Santic Way: Santic's Jamaican Productions 1973-1975
3	Corner Crew Dub	3:5	Augustus Pablo	King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
4	King Tubby's Borderline Dub	3:7	King Tubby & Augustus Pablo	Dub Chill Out
5	Shaolin Temple Dub	3:9	Barrington Levy	In Dub: The Lost Mixes from King Tubby's Studio
6	King Tubby Dub	3:12	King Tubby	400% Dynamite!
7	Free Africa	3:46	Horace Andy	King Tubby Meets the Reggae Masters
8	Dub Is My Woman	4:3	Larry Marshall	I Admire You (In Dub)
9	That's Life/Life Time Dub	5:33	Ronnie Davis/King Tubby & Aggrovators	Clocktower 7" CT 735
10	Jah Children Rise/Rising Dub	6:3	Earl Sixteen & The Heptones/King Tubby	Trench Town 10"
11	South Africa/From Cape To Cairo (extended)	7:7	Mighty Travellers/King Tubby	Pressure Sounds 7"

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