king tubby

destoo · Post by **destoo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:19 pm

lee have huge inpact on me ......... still after all those years listenig to his music/production....

bless

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:29 pm

zap pow wrote: Live dubbing on soundsystems wasn't a feature in the early to mid 70s afaik.

Tubby's career with soundsystems started in the late 50's and his own "tubby's home town hi'fi" used homemade effects from around the the mid 60's.

zap pow wrote: Similarly deejays chatting over instrumentals is something that goes back to the 60s - Treasure Isle, Studio One etc.

again, toasting became popular around the late 60's, while tubby was working with Treasure Isle where he made instrumental "Versions" for use as b-sides.

altho is it arguable that tubby made the first instrumental "dub", his hi-fi was definatly the one of the earliest and most popular soundsystems to use them to great effect

efa · Post by **efa** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:39 pm

EFA wrote:
paolo wrote:His stuff's ok I suppose
Got three of his albums for £5 from fopp. RIP fopp
Really? What happenned to Fopp? *don't get out much*

Tubby = Legend + what (snip) rekorder said back their...

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:40 pm

EFA wrote:
paolo wrote:His stuff's ok I suppose
Got three of his albums for £5 from fopp. RIP fopp
Really? What happenned to Fopp? *don't get out much*

Tubby = Legend + what paolo said back their...

It's closed down, too much competition from amazon and what have you

7" · Post by 7" » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:42 pm

destoo wrote:

one of the best lps ever, megawatt dub pure dubby inspiration.
not to mention sly & robbie, scientist, mad professor and alot of headhonchos of the modern dub, another book

zap pow · Post by **zap pow** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:25 pm

rekorder wrote: Tubby's career with soundsystems started in the late 50's and his own "tubby's home town hi'fi" used homemade effects from around the the mid 60's.

Fair do's - is any audio for this? - there was a tape floating about a while back but I never got it, fool that I am...

rekorder wrote:again, toasting became popular around the late 60's, while tubby was working with Treasure Isle where he made instrumental "Versions" for use as b-sides.

Sure but toasting in between tracks surely goes back to the fifties over r&b stuff? I dunno if Tubby can take the full credit for that one, despite clearly being a major figure...

rekorder wrote:altho is it arguable that tubby made the first instrumental "dub", his hi-fi was definatly the one of the earliest and most popular soundsystems to use them to great effect

Word.

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:37 pm

zap pow wrote: Sure but toasting in between tracks surely goes back to the fifties over r&b stuff? I dunno if Tubby can take the full credit for that one, despite clearly being a major figure...

of course, tubby was no toaster so credit for that is out of the question, but his work helped to merge the mic and the music, making vocal styles more rhythmical, and thus making toasters/djs more of a vital and artistically credible part of the soundsystem culture.

zap pow · Post by **zap pow** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:39 pm

rekorder wrote:
zap pow wrote: Sure but toasting in between tracks surely goes back to the fifties over r&b stuff? I dunno if Tubby can take the full credit for that one, despite clearly being a major figure...
of course, tubby was no toaster so credit for that is out of the question, but his work helped to merge the mic and the music, making vocal styles more rhythmical, and thus making toasters/djs more of a vital and artistically credible part of the soundsystem culture.

Yeah man, he created the (audio) space for them to work in...

cure · Post by **cure** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:39 pm

[quote="7""]Almighty King Tubby and Mighty Lee Scratch Perry. Both of them.[/quote]

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:42 pm

oh and no audio of tubbys home town hi-fi that i know of, but there are a fair few interviews with reggae stars about the influence of it on them and reggae music in general. i'll try and dig some out.

brooksy · Post by **brooksy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:51 pm

coxsone's was well ahead of tubby in terms of actual timescale in having a dj working the soundsystem...however tubby's influence of the path of dub music is undisputed....pure heavyweight. I have some cassette dubs of u-roy at tubby's hifi which I will try and dig out and post....quality is pure ruffage but history is all there...

7" · Post by 7" » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:05 pm

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:54 pm

brooksy wrote:coxsone's was well ahead of tubby in terms of actual timescale in having a dj working the soundsystem...however tubby's influence of the path of dub music is undisputed....pure heavyweight. I have some cassette dubs of u-roy at tubby's hifi which I will try and dig out and post....quality is pure ruffage but history is all there...

PLZ PLZ PLZ

squnt · Post by **squnt** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:25 pm

tubby is king ,i think,mad proffesor,denis bovell and adrian sherwood deserve a mention aswell

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:21 pm

rekorder wrote:oh and no audio of tubbys home town hi-fi that i know of, but there are a fair few interviews with reggae stars about the influence of it on them and reggae music in general. i'll try and dig some out.

there is one from 1975 with u-roy on the mic, it was posted on the dancehallreggae.com forum quite a while back. i will search it and upload it!

natty · Post by **natty** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:38 pm

Adrian Maxwell Sherwood definitely deserves a mention. Heavy. Kick drums that take your guts out.

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:44 pm

natty wrote:Adrian Maxwell Sherwood definitely deserves a mention. Heavy. Kick drums that take your guts out.

i especially love his work with african head charge. absolute mindblowing killer IMHO.

by the way i've uploaded the king tubby session from '75
http://www.divshare.com/download/1324201-e2f

sorry brooksy, i've seen your posting too late...

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:04 pm

MARTY YOU ARE A KING AMONGST MEN

marty · Post by **marty** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:10 pm

rekorder wrote:MARTY YOU ARE A KING AMONGST MEN

no! tubby is the king

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