VA - Dub Chill Out [1996]

No point in me writing anything here, anyone into dub can see from the tracklist that there are great Jamaican artists on this compilation, King Tubby is a legend, Sly & Robbie are legends, King Jammy (aka Prince Jammy) is a legend, and Lee “Scratch” Perry is a legend, although I did manage to dig up a review of this release: “First of all, it should be pointed out that this is a great dub collection. However, the usually reliable people at Music Club have pulled a bogus card from their deck with this one: the six tracks credited to Scratch are actually King Tubby dubs of Bunny Lee productions with new and silly titles as "Lee Perry Upsetting Dub", "Lee Perry Special Dub" etc. To make matters worse, it's likely that all of the tracks are mistitled. Buy it for the classic King Tubby shots; Scratch isn't here.” So there you have it, judge for yourselves, all I know is: this is a great compilation, I listened to it extensively, and I was definitely chilled out.

VA - Dub Chill Out [1996]

Year: 1996
Label: Music Club
Size: 146 MB / 320 kbps

01. King Tubby - Zion Gate Dub
02. King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Borderline Dub
03. Lee Perry - Venus
04. King Tubby - Money Dub
05. Lee Perry - Lee Perry Upsetting Dub
06. King Jammy - Slow Motion Dub
07. King Jammy - Black And White Dub
08. King Tubby - The Battle Axe Dub
09. King Jammy - Dub It In The Dancehall Dub
10. King Tubby - Fittest Of The Fittest Dub
11. Scientist - Rasta Dub It Everywhere
12. King Tubby - Dark Destroyer Dub
13. King Jammy - Jump Song Dub
14. Sly & Robbie - Hypocrite Dub
15. Lee Perry - Lee Perry Special Dub
16. King Tubby - Rock With I Dub
17. King Tubby - Fat Man Dub
18. Lee Perry - Hold Of Death
19. King Tubby & Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Rock On Time Dub20. Lee Perry - Black Street
21. Sly & Robbie - Burial Dub
22. Lee Perry - Lee Perry Guiding Star Dub
23. King Tubby - Dawn Dub

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DESMOND DEKKER [1994] Greatest Hits

Back to some ska in this post, and I mean real original first wave ska. Desmond Dekker (1941-2006) was born in Jamaica and he started with his music career in the beginning of the 1960's. He was one of best known (both in Jamaica and internationally) ska/reggae artists before Bob Marley appeared on the scene. This is a fine compilation of his best known hits and it's a good one if you want to check out how it all started.Info stuff: Official page, Wikipedia.

DESMOND DEKKER [1994] Greatest Hits


Year: 1994
Label: Cameo
Size: 106 MB / 320 kbps / 7z


01. You Can Get it If You Really Want
02. I Believe
03. I'ts Not Easy
04. Get Up Little Suzie
05. Pickney Gal
06. Rudy Got Soul
07. That's The Way Life Goes
08. Peace Of Mind
09. The Man
10. Ah It Mek
11. Israelites
12. Perserverance
13. Intensified
14. Tips Of My Fingers
15. Too Much Too Soon
16. Nincompoop
17. Problems
18. For Once In My Life
19. Rude Boy Train
20. My Precious Live


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UB40 - (1982) - Live

I've posted this CD cos I think it's great. The sound UB40 have on this live recording from 1982 isn't your usual UB40 sound that your mother likes (you know, those sugary love ballads, sort of songs you can hear on the radio). Here they sound great and the songs deal with more political topics. It was interesting for me to find out that their name comes from an unemployment benefit claim form (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40) since I always viewed them as just an ordinary mainstream reggae band whose music was only good for playing on hotel terraces to 40+ year old tourists. Once more, my thanx go to Vedran M. (Humanita Nova, RDK, etc.) for breaking that illusion and introducing me to this UB40 release.
Info stuff: Official site, Wikipedia.

UB40 - (1982) - Live

Year: 1982
Label: DEP International
Size: 118 MB / 320 kbps

01. Food For Thought
02. Sardonicus
03. Don't Slow Down
04. Folitician
05. Tyler
06. Present Arms
07. Piper Calls The Tune
08. Love Is All Is Alright
09. Burden Of Shame
10. One In Ten

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KING TUBBY - (2000) - Crucial Dub

King Tubby (real name Osbourne Ruddock) was a legendary Jamaican sound engineer and producer. I don't know much about him, but I know that he was very respected and very popular particularly in the 1970's. I like his music, and this is a pretty good compilation of some of his stuff. King Tubby was sadly shot to death in front of his house in an apparent robbery attempt back in 1989. For more info there's an article about him on Wikipedia, and his discography, biography, pics, etc. can be found on Roots Archives.

KING TUBBY - (2000) - Crucial Dub

Year: 2000
Label: Delta Music LTD.
Size: 161 MB

01. Zion Dub
02. Soundboy Massacre
03. Drop Dub
04. Waterhouse Rock
05. Farmyard Dub
06. Herbal Dub
07. Dubbing My Baby
08. Shining Dub
09. Laser Rock
10. The Border
11. Conqueror Dub
12. Dubbing It Right
13. The Best Is Lose
14. Blow Down Babylon
15. African Roots
16. Dub Of A Woman
17. Dub Experience
18. A Truthful Dub
19. Watch This Version
20. Dub You Can Feel
21. Roots Of Dub
22. King Tubby's In Fine Style

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LEE ''SCRATCH'' PERRY - (1997) - A Serious Dub

Lee ''Scratch'' Perry is a legendary performer and producer from Jamaica. He got involved in music in late 1950's, and was a leader of The Upsetters during 1968-1972 period. He created and operated The Black Ark studio during 1973-1978 when it burned down and after that Lee ''Scratch'' Perry went to UK and US to continue his music career. He is thought to be an inventor of dub music. He is quite a colorful character, and for anyone interested in his music I would recommend getting ''Arkology I-III'' compilation of his works from above mentioned The Black Ark studios. The CD I've put up in this post is an OK compilation of his dubs, but I have to be honest, there are millions of them out there… Check for more info about ''Scratch'' on Wikipedia, Lee ''Scratch'' Perry's MySpace page, and for most extensive discography go here.

LEE ''SCRATCH'' PERRY - (1997) - A Serious Dub

Year: 1997
Label: Delta Music LTD.
Size: 85.5 MB

01. A Serious Dub
02. A Upsetting Dub
03. Creation Dub
04. King Tubby Dub
05. Sitting And Skanking Dub
06. The Girls Them Love Dub
07. The Way To Unification
08. Time To Party
09. Torch Of Freedom
10. Two Mad Man In Dub
11. Hotter Than Hot
12. Space Dub
13. Power Dub
14. Reincarnation Dub
15. A Evilous Dub
16. A Dangerous Dub

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Black Uhuru

Back to reggae in this post. Black Uhuru are a reggae band from Jamaica that was formed in the 1970's. Their name means Black Freedom (uhuru means freedom in Swahili). They are well known reggae artists and their band history is too long for me to write it here, so here are some links to more info about Black Uhuru: Wikipedia (band history & discography), Discogs (discography) and Black Uhuru's MySpace page.

BLACK UHURU - (1981) - Red

Year: 1981
Label: Island Records
Size: 84.7 MB

01. Youth Of Eglington
02. Sponji Reggae
03. Sistren
04. Journey
05. Utterance
06. Puff She Puff
07. Rockstone
08. Carbine
Produced by Sly Dunbar & Robert Shakespeare.
Executive producer - Chris Blackwell.

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BLACK UHURU - (1987) - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Year: 1987
Label: Poli-Rhythm Ltd.
Size: 104 MB

01. Shine Eye Gal
02. Leaving To Zion
03. General Penitentiary
04. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
05. Abortion
06. Natural Reggae Beat
07. Plastic Smile
Produced by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.
“Shine Eye Gal” produced by Delroy Witter.
Special mix by Sly & Robbie.
Drums - Sly Dunbar.
Bass - Robbie Shakespear, Radcliff “Dougie” Bryan.
Organ - Keith Sterling, Winston Wright.
Lead guitar - Radcliff “Dougie” Bryan.

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REGGAE GREATS

Until now I haven't posted any reggae on Nečista Savjest blog, so I decided to correct this by putting up this "the best of" type of compilations that I've bought in a shopping mall from one of those "great offer" type of wire baskets. Well, I have to say that I think I really got a deal since each of this CDs cost me about 30 Kn (kuna = Croatian money) which comes down to around 4 € for one CD. Bands are great, the ones I like the most are Black Uhuru (meaning Black Freedom) and Steel Pulse. I like reggae (but don't worry, I won't be turning this blog into a Bob Marley shrine) cos I find reggae to be revolutionary like punk. I mean, Bob Marley was singing about shooting cops (OK, he shot the sheriff, but not the deputy…) long before punks started to express their dislike with the boys in blue… The Clash, P.A.I.N. and a whole bunch of my favourite bands play a mix of punk and reggae/dub… So here it is, my first reggae post.

ASWAD [1997] Reggae Greats

Year: 1997
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 80 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. Don't Turn Around
02. Woman
03. Justice
04. Give A Little Love
05. The Message
06. Gave You My Love
07. Babylon
08. Chasing For The Breeze
09. Sons Of Criminals
10. 54-46 (Was My Number)
11. Hulet
12. Behold
13. Smokey Blues
14. Bubbling



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BLACK UHURU [1998] Reggae Greats

Year: 1998
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 61 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. Happiness
02. World Is Africa
03. Sponji Reggae
04. Youth Of Eglington
05. Darkness
06. What Is Life
07. Bull In The Pen
08. Elements
09. Push Push
10. Right Stuff


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GREGORY ISAACS [1998] Reggae Greats

Year: 1998
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 61 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. Number One
02. Tune In
03. Substitute
04. Soon Forward
05. Mr. Brown
06. Sunday Morning
07. Ooh! What A Feeling
08. Love Is Overdue
09. Top Ten
10. Front Door
11. The Border


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STEEL PULSE [1998] Reggae Greats

Year: 1998
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 57 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. Sound System
02. Babylon Makes The Rules
03. Don't Give In
04. Soldiers
05. Prodigal Son
06. Ku Klux Klan
07. Macka Splaff
08. Drug Squad
09. Reggae Fever
10. Handsworth Revolution


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THIRD WORLD [1998] Reggae Greats

Year: 1998
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 58 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. Now That We've Found Love
02. Prisoner In The Street
03. Always Around
04. Talk To Me
05. Cool Meditation
06. Jah Glory
07. Satta Amasa Gana
08. 96 Degrees In The Shade
09. African Woman
10. Rhythm Of Life


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TOOTS & THE MAYTALS [1998] Reggae Greats

Year: 1998
Label: Spectrum Music / Universal
Size: 56 MB / 192 kbps / 7z

01. 54-46 (That's My Number)
02. Reggae Got Soul
03. Monkey Man
04. Just Like That
05. Funky Kingston
06. Sweet & Dandy
07. Take Me Home Country Roads
08. Time Tough
09. Spiritual Healing
10. Pressure Drop
11. Peace Perfect Peace
12. Bam Bam



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