Dennis Brown - Dubbing At King Tubby’s [LP]

Jamaican Recordings

£15.28

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: JRLP060
Barcode: 5060135762001
Release Date: 27 Jan 2023
Genre: Dub Reggae

Dennis Brown has always been cited as Jamaica’s favourite singer. While Bob Marley set out to conquer the world, Dennis’s popularity on the island grew with every year. His most prolific period is said to be with producer Niney the Observer who led the singer down a more roots avenue, putting Dennis on some of his heaviest rhythms. Throwing also into the pot the fact that these rhythms were also to be mixed by the dub master himself King Tubby we are bound to get one of the finest dub albums around. Here it is the Crown Prince of Reggae meets Niney the Observer at King Tubby’s.

Dennis Brown (b Dennis Emanuel Brown, 1957, Kingston, Jamaica) began his illustrious career at the grand age of eleven like many of the other child singers at Coxsonne Dodd’s Studio 1 stable. His first hit in 1969 a cover of Van Dykes ‘No Man is an Island ’still stands the test of time and its follow up cut ‘If I Follow My Heart’ as Reggae classics. The 1970’s saw Dennis build on his reputation by working with all the top Jamaican producers and studios perfecting his sound. Lloyd Daley, Impact, Joe Gibbs, Aquarius and Derrick Harriott to name but a few. But it was his work with producer Winston ‘Niney’ Holness that he enjoyed the most success and many say recorded his best work for. While many of the other producers stayed with their tried and tested Lovers Rock formula, that did prove so popular with Dennis’s voice, however it was producer Niney the Observer as he is fondly called who pushed him into a more roots led direction, over stark rhythms created by Niney’s studio band Soul Syndicate.

Two outstanding albums were put together ‘Just Dennis’ (1975) built on a collection of singles they had recorded together, ’Cassandra’, ’Westbound Train’, ’No More Will I Roam’ and ‘Conqueror’.
The second 1977 set ‘Wolf and Leopards’ made up again of singles the prolific two had cut including, ’Here I Come’ (a live favourite that Dennis always liked to start his set with).

It’s from this period that we have focused on and it’s these tracks that were taken to King Tubby’s studio to produce this stunning album.

Tracklisting
Track 1 Casandra Dub
Track 2 Conquering Dub
Track 3 No Good Dub
Track 4 Yagga Dub
Track 5 Tenement Dub
Track 6 Tribulation Dub
Track 7 Come Again Dub
Track 8 Westbound Dub
Track 9 Wolf and Leopards Dub
Track 10 Travelling Dub
Track 11 Silver Dub
Track 12 Africa Dub
Track 13 My Dub
Track 14 Take a Dub
Track 15 Open Up Dub*
Track 16 Give a Helping Dub*
Track 17 Live After Dub*
Track 18 No More Dub*
*CD Bonus Tracks