CREATION OF DUB by BUNNY LEE
| SKU | 58857 |
| Artist | BUNNY LEE |
| Title | CREATION OF DUB |
| Label | JAMAICAN RECORDINGS |
| Catalog # | JRLP 040 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 11 - 2011 |
| Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
| € 19,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Creation Of Dub
- Swinging Dub
- Ten Thousand Tons Of Dub
- Jamaican Roots Dub
- A Pressing Dub
- An Inspiring Dub
- This Boss Of Dub
- A Good Good Dub
- A Hard Hard Dub
- Dud This Sound
- Rub This Dub
- Skanking Dub
- Don't Cut Off Your Dub Locks
- Give Me Dub
Description
King Tubby and Producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee are intertwined in the birth of Dub Music. After discovering a mistake that made a ‘serious joke’ (more of which later...) they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre. Tubby’s vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny’s vast catalogue of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard...the Remix / Version cuts to an existing vocal tune.Osbourne ‘King Tubby’ Ruddock was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 28th January 1941 and grew up in the High Holborn Street area of downtown Kingston. He studied electronics at Kingston’s National Technical College and also on two correspondence courses from the U.S.A...When he had qualified Tubby began repairing radios and other electrical appliances in a shack in the back yard of his mother’s home. His work in the early days included winding transformers and building amplifiers for Kingston’s Sound Systems. Tubby built his first Sound System in 1957 playing jazz and Rhythm & Blues at local weddings and birthday parties. His reputation as a man who knew and understood both electronics and music grew steadily and as the sixties drew to a close.Tubby purchased his own basic two track equipment. He installed this alongside his dub cutting machine,a home made mixing console and his impressive collection of Jazz albums in the back bedroom of his home at 18 Dromilly Avenue which he christened his music room. Tubby and Striker were at Treasure Isle Studio’s one day while Ruddy from Spanish Town was working with the engineer Byron Smith....
