All tracks unavailable on CD for over 30 years.
Features Jamaica’s premier session crew, The Roots Radics.
Release coincides with 420 Day!
By the dawn of the 1980s, dancehall dominated the sound of Jamaican music, with a new generation of music makers challenging the authority of the island’s long established record producers.
Among this brash new group of music makers was Nkrumah ‘Jah’ Thomas, a talented young DJ who had first burst onto the reggae scene just a few years before with a number of popular 7”singles produced by some of Kingston’s leading record label owners.
Within a few years of his recording debut, he joined their ranks, launching his own Midnight Rock imprint in 1979, initially using the label to showcase his own recordings before expanding his roster to include a variety of other youthful talents, notably Barrington Levy, Barry Brown, Anthony Johnson and Tristan Palmer.
Over the years that immediately followed, Jah Thomas remained at the top of Jamaica’s music hierarchy, producing and releasing scores of popular recordings by many of the most popular performers.
During this time, he also demonstrated a keen understanding of dub, frequently working in the studio alongside respected dubmaster Overton Brown AKA Scientist to create high quality works, with top session group The Revolutionaries employed on early sessions prior to dancehall’s seminal band, The Roots Radics becoming his regular musicians of choice.
This 3CD collections brings together a trio of dub collections that first saw issue over three decades ago, but which have remained unavailable on any format ever since. With each set comprising superior material from the early 1980s, produced, mixed and performed by some of the greatest exponents of the genre during dancehall era, ‘The Trojan Dub Albums Collection’ is an essential purchase for all those who enjoy only the deepest and heaviest reggae sounds.
DISC ONE - JAH THOMAS MEETS KING TUBBY INNA ROOTS OF DUB
1 King Tubby's Rude Boy Dub
2 Jah Thomas' Home Boy Dub
3 King Tubby's Dreadlocks Dub
4 Jah Thomas' Rastafarian Dub
5 King Tubby's Ackee & Saltfish Dub
6 Jah Thomas' Snapper Fish Dub
7 King Tubby's Rice & Pease Dub
8 Jah Thomas' White Rice Dub
9 King Tubby's Twelve Tribe Dub
10 Jah Thomas' Muslim Dub
11 King Tubby's Sound Man Dub
12 Jah Thomas' Sound System Dub
13 King Tubby's Ghetto Dub
14 Jah Thomas' Uptown Dub
15 King Tubby's Young Girl Dub
16 Jah Thomas' Old Man Dub
17 King Tubby's Garage Music Dub
18 Jah Thomas' Jungle Dub
19 King Tubby's Late Night Blues Dub
20 Jah Thomas' Skanking Dub
DISC TWO - JAH THOMAS MEETS THE ROOTS RADICS DUBBING
1 House Of Parliament Dub
2 Minister Of State Dub
3 Opposition Dub
4 Socialist Dub
5 Communist Dub
6 Policeman Dub
7 Soldierman Dub
8 Housewife Dub
9 Midwife Dub
10 Nurse Dub
11 Doctor Dub
12 Lawyer Dub
13 Worldwide Dub
14 Jamaica Labour Party Dub
15 People's National Party Dub
DISC THREE - HIDDEN TREASURE
1 King Tubby's Pearl Dub
2 King Tubby's Diamond Dub
3 King Tubby's Gold Dub
4 King Tubby's Platinum Dub
5 King Tubby's Crown Dub
6 King Tubby's Anchor Dub
7 King Tubby's Coral Dub
8 King Tubby's Emerald Dub
9 King Tubby's Copper Dub
10 King Tubby's Silver Dub
11 King Tubby's Jewel Dub
12 King Tubby's Brass Dub
13 King Tubby's Ruby Dub
14 King Tubby's Hidden Treasure
15 King Tubby's Sovereign Dub
