Browse by Artist: PRINCE JAMMY

Artist:	PRINCE JAMMY
Title:	Dub Contest
Label:	AURALUX RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	LUXX 016CD

"This fantastic dub confrontation album was released in 1979 in a limited edition, pitting the mixing skills of two of Jamaica's most talented engineers against each other. The disc was produced by Ken 'Fatman' Gordon, one of the most important sound system operators active in Britain during the 1970s: because Fatman hailed from Waterhouse and still had family members in the area, he enjoyed a close association with many of the leading producers and artists that hailed from that vibrant west Kingston slum; he was a regular visitor to King Tubby's legendary dub studio in Waterhouse and also regularly cut special exclusive mixes of new material at various rival studios such as Lee Perry's Black Ark, Channel One and Joe Gibbs. As Fatman had already been releasing Prince Jammy's early productions in Britain, and as Jammy was rapidly rising to be one of the most respected producers and engineers of the period, it came as no surprise that Jammy mixed the first side of this disc; side two features the work of 'Crucial Bunny' Graham, aka 'Bunny Tom Tom,' one of the in-house engineers at Channel One studio. Highlights of the album, which has never been reissued and remains highly sought-after, include thoroughly dubwise cuts of Johnnie Clarke's 'Play Fool Fe Catch Wise,' Black Uhuru's post-rockers take of the Wailers' 'Sun Is Shining,' and Johnny Clarke/I Roy's supreme re-working of 'Satta.'" Last copies, deleted item.

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