King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

by Augustus Pablo, King Tubby

Overview

If you had to pick one album that best represents the pinnacle of the art of dub, you'd cull the candidates down pretty quickly to ten or 12, and it would get very difficult after that. Few would fault you for ending up with this one, though, which stands as perhaps the finest collaboration between two of instrumental reggae's leading lights: producer and melodica player Augustus Pablo and legendary dub pioneer King Tubby. Among other gems, this album offers its title track -- a dub version of Jacob Miller's "Baby I Love You So" -- which is widely regarded as the finest example of dub ever recorded. But the rest of the album is hardly less impressive. "Each One Dub," another cut on a Jacob Miller rhythm, possesses the same dark and mystical ambience, if not quite the same emotional energy, as "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown," and the version of the epochal "Satta Massaganna" that closes the album is another solid winner. Pablo's trademark "Far East" sound (characterized by minor keys and prominent melodica lines) is predominant throughout, and is treated with care and grace by King Tubby, who has rarely sounded more inspired in his studio manipulations than he does here. Absolutely essential. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/07/2017
Label:	Clocktower Records
UPC:	0769791965638
Rank:	23457

Tracks

1. Keep on Dubbing
2. Stop Them Jah
3. Young Generation Dub
4. Each One Dub
5. 555 Dub Street
6. Braces Tower Dub
7. King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
8. Corner Crew Dub
9. Say So
10. Skanking Dub
11. Frozen Dub

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Augustus Pablo   Primary Artist
King Tubby   Primary Artist
Bobby Ellis   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Aston Barrett   Guest Artist
Carlton "Carly" Barrett   Guest Artist,Drums
Robbie Shakespeare   Guest Artist,Bass
Vincent Don D Junior Gordon   Trombone
Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall   Sax (Tenor)
Agustus Pablo   Organ,Piano,Clarinet
Earl "Chinna" Smith   Guitar
Aston "Family Man" Barret Leroy   Bass

Technical Credits

Horace Swaby   Composer
Luca Iannino   Reissue Design
Errol Thompson   Mixing
King Tubby   Mixing
Augustus Pablo   Composer
Michael Scudder   Photography
Glenn Osborne   Executive Producer,Design