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22 Dubs mixed at King Tubby's in a Sledgehammer Style

Shorty | Locks Heath, Hants | 09/03/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"22 dubs from Niney The Observer mixed at King Tubby's. Tracks 3-12 are described as being from the "Lost Album". In the 70s it was commom practice for most of the top music producers in Jamaica to take their tunes to King Tubby's studio for dub mixes. Tubby remixed the songs and dubbed them over on his 4 track mixer. A copy was given back to the producer and Tubby would keep other copies with different mixes, which were only exclusive to him, for his sound system.
The lost album comes from a set of these tapes that were found at King Tubby's after his murder in 1989.
Over an hour's worth of excellent dubs featuring Tubby's distinctive trademark in the mixing and editing. Some of these tracks can be also found on Sledgehammer Dub which was also mixed at King Tubby's.
If you like your dub music raw with those deep heavy bass lines and without any thrills and weird sound effects, this could be for you. An alternative to this CD is "Sledgehammer Dub"."