Wax Treasure (Vinyl)

Aetas

Was searching for some Lee Scratch Perry.
Everything I found was recorded after he set his Black Arc Studio on fire.
Not only the studio was missing to him afterwards ;-).
By the way, second hand vinyl prices in Hamburg are astronomical.

GraemeE

@Aetas I only have one of his and its a fairly modern re-issue of revolution dub from 1975

Was that before or after the studio fire ?

endo

That's the one I was talking about last night, @Steve , if you remember.

goosehd

@endo great album!

Aetas

Lee “Scratch” Perry and the Upsetters - Return of the Super Ape
Trojan Music on Vinyl re-release 2022

@GraemeE :

…revolution dub from 1975.
Was that before or after the studio fire ?

Before!
His first studio fire was around 1979. It happened again with his Swiss studio in 2015.
The record above is his last but one in his Jamaican studio. The cover speaks fore itself ;-).
Was searching for his one year older but prettier sibling The Upsetters - Superape.

Found some in HH, but could have bought an IHT for the price instead …(ended up doing exactly that).

endo

another rabbit hole

Steve

@endo I do, I will have a good listen to them

GraemeE

@Aetas I just looked it up

The '79 fire was intentional?!
For purification apparently

GraemeE

I think ive come to the conclusion , after listening to these 2 super ape albums, that im going to need some more good dub album recomendations from anyone willing to offer.

At this point I think my collection only has a couple King Tubby, a couple Augustus Pablo and one Lee Perry.

What are the classic albums I need to be digging into (the kind of blue, take 5, sunday at the village vanguard of the dub world)

@Aetas @endo @J-IV or anyone else?

endo

@GraemeE said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):

What are the classic albums I need to be digging into

I'm new here and have no idea, but I'm also interested in the answer.

endo

This one is interesting.

Aetas

Definitely a rabbit hole.
Started on 7” B-Sides in the 70’. Full 12’’ from Jamaican producers in the late 70’ and 80’, who influenced a lot of genres and all this later dub to come.
Punk (Clash), PostPunk (Public Image Ltd.), Drum and Bass (Massive Attack). There was even Dub-Techno and more.
Two staples to me are Scientist who radiates until today and Mad Professor without DnB wouldn’t sound like it does.

J-IV

As a “casual” citizen of the dub world, The Super Ape albums are pretty quintessential. Here are a handful more albums I’ve dabbled in and have recorded some memories over:
Yabby You - Beware Dub
Scientist - Dub War; Space Invaders; Heavy Metal Dub (contrary to the name, it is more heavy on the island vibe)
King Tubby - King at the Control (my intro to dub)
Linval Encounters Pac-Man
Jammy Prince - Dub Kamikaze (dub organ masterclass)

GraemeE

Thanks guys @Aetas @endo @J-IV
I plan on going down the dub rabbit hole.
It's a shame "jazz cigarettes" make my brain short circuit now that im a middle aged dad otherwise id have the perfect herbal compliment to this quest

J-IV

I thought ya’ll were listening to dub as a way to celebrate Fcuk Harry Anslinger Day yesterday too aka 4/20. What a coincidence

GraemeE

@J-IV pure coincidence

I celebrated 420 by working my desk job, bath/bed time routine for the kids and finished the night by drinking 75% of a can of hard seltzer

Certified badass over here

J-IV

@GraemeE
75% is dastardly. Don’t tell me it was a tall can

Aetas

The Congos - Heart of the Congos 1977

Thought about this …

"jazz cigarettes" situation of middle aged men, family, dub music and if there is something in it for all of them.

This 40th anniversary edition seems to have it.
Recorded at the Black Ark Studios in 1977, here presented in the modified version (Cows and sounds added by Perry) of 1978.
Can be easily played at day time and to the family.
Beginning with side four, the extra material from Lee “Scratch” Perry provides the Dub for the evening hours.

Sorry if I bothered someone, editing this post more than once.
Short chat with the founder of this thread made me realize, something is missing…

Glad about this green inner sleeves.

For or @endo @GraemeE
and everyone else who likes this Wax Treasure thread.

Love to hear them in this order.

Roots Reggae