Belmont 4282-A - joe gibbs & the proffessionals - big fat thing Belmont 4282-A] Trinity - Three Piece Suit Belmont 4283-B] Joe Gibbs & The Proffessionals - Big Fat Thing Belmont 4788-B_1978] joe gibbs & the professionals - reincarnation Belmont 4798-A_1978] trinity - strarsky and hutch Belmont 4855-A_1975] Jimmy London - Am I That Easy To Forget Belmont 4856-B_1975] The Professionals - 100 Years Of Dub
Belmont 7282-A - U Brown & Trinity - Nice Up The Yard Belmont 7282-B - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Waiting For Me Belmont 7544-A_1975] Leo Graham - Not Giving Up Belmont 7544-B_1975] Leo Graham - Giving Up Version Belmont 8035-A_1979] Trinity - Hog And Goat Belmont 8035-B_1979] Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Alan Hit By A Larry Belmont 8092-A] Joe Gibbs & The Proffesionals - Poor Style Dub [1979] Belmont 8092-B] Dillinger & E.T - Racing Pool [1979] Belmont 9260-A - Joe Tex & U Black - Rub-A-Dub Evening Belmont 9261-B - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Friday Evening Belmont DSR 3360A - Clint Eastwood - Production Plan Belmont DSR 3361B - Bigger T. - Million Dollar Plan Belmont DSR 9648A - Lui Lepki - Can't Tek Mi Landlord Belmont DSR 9649B - Joe Gibbs & The Professional - Peeping Tom Landlord Belva 2022-A RRS_1977] Prince Hammer - Dutty Man ^[Skips 3 Times Between 1 Min 55 Sec - 2 Mi Belva 2022-A RRS_1977] Prince Hammer - Dutty Man ^[Skips 3 Times Between 1 Min 55 Sec - 2 Mins 28 Sec]^ Belva 7273-A] Prince Hammer - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Belva 7277-A] Prince Hammer - Anyway Belva 7474-B] Prince Hammer - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Version
Belva 8960A - Rod Taylor - If Jah Should Come Now Belva 8961B - Style Scott - Africa Just Free Belva 925-A RRS_1977] Prince Hammer - Legalize It Belva 925-B RRS_1977] Prince Hammer - Free Style Version Bent Vibes DSR 3437A - Ringo - Married For The Oppertunity Beverleys - BEVS001A - Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Beverleys - BEVS001AA - Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop Beverleys - SR146A - The Gaylads - My Jamaican Girl Beverleys - SR146B - The Concious Mind - My Jamaican Girl Version
Beverleys - SR147A - Bob Marley - Judge Not Beverleys - SR147B - The Skatalites - Snow Boy Beverleys Blank - DYNALK2213A - Ken Booth - In The Summertime Beverleys Blank - DYNALK2213B - Ken Booth - Love & Unity Beverley's FLK 3428-A The Maytals - One Eye Enos Beverley's FLK 3429-B Beverley's All-Stars - Version Beverley's_Dyna LK 4148-1_1971] The Maytals - Walk With Love Beverley's_Dyna LK 4150-1_1971] The Maytals - Walk With Love Version Big 7_DBrown 1234-A] Prince Heron - Old Harbour Rock [aka Me Little But Me Tallawa] Big 7_DBrown 1234-B] Big 7 All Stars - Old Harbour Rock Version
Big Head WE 001-A Roots Wanda - Solomone Big Head WE 001-B Roots Wanda - Mount Zion Big Hit ! ML 4640 - A - Johnny Clark - It's True Big Hit ! ML 4640 - B - Johnny Clark - Version
Big Hit PP 4306-A U. Roy - Real Cool Big Hit PP 4307-B Sunshot All Star - Cool Cool Version
Big M - RRS5374 - Billy Dyce & The Untouchables - Fari Time Big M - RRS5375 - Billy Dyce & The Untouchables - Dub Version big ship big 007-a freddie mcgregor - give a little help big ship big 007-b big ship crew - little help BIG SHOT - BI600A - Twinkle Brothers - It's Not Who You Know - 7 inch - - 1971 BIG SHOT - BI600B - Twinkle Brothers - I Need Someone - 7 inch - - 1971 Big Shot BI 508-A_1968] The Kingstonians - Sufferer Big Shot BI 508-B_1968] The Kingstonians - Kiss A Finger Big Shot BI 509-A - 1968] Rudy Mills - John Jones Big Shot BI 509-B - 1968] Rudy Mills - Place Called Happin Big Shot BI 571-A - 1971] Fud Christian All Stars [Winston Heywood] - Never Fall In Love Big Shot BI 571-B - 1971] Fud Christian All Stars - Never Fall Version Big Shot BI 577-A_1971] Herman - Tar Baby Big Shot BI 577-B_1971] Tommy McCook - Archie Big Shot BI 601-A 1972] lloyd sparks [parks] - you don't care Big Shot BI 601-B 1972] tony's all stars - you don't care version Big Shot BI 604-A - 1972] Carl Masters - Va Va Voom Big Shot BI 604-B - 1972] The God Sons - Rebel
Big Shot BI 611-A_1972] Nora Dean - Night Food Reggae Big Shot BI 611-B_1972] The Prophets - Jaco
Big Shot BI 619-A_1973] Judge Dread - Big Eight Big Shot BI 619-B_1973] Judge Dread - Mind The Doors Big Shot BI 620-A_1973] Steve Collins - Ding-A-Ling Ting-A-Ling Big Shot BI 620-B_1973] Steve Collins - Run Rhythm Run Big Shot BI 624-A_1973] Lloyd Charmers & The Lowbites - White Rum And Salvation Big Shot BI 624-B_1973] Lloyd Charmers & The Lowbites - Jam Dung
Big Shot BI-608-A_1972] Judge Dread - Big Six Big Shot BI-608-B_1972] Judge Dread - One Armed Bandit
Big Souls_AM 2020-A_1974] Albert Moonah - Listen Weh Natty Say Big Souls_AM 2020-B_1974] Albert Moonah - Natty Version
Big Style_KH 2274-B] Roman Stewart - Belong To Me Version Big Style_KH 2275-A] Roman Stewart - Belong To Me Big W_DG 2805 RRS_1977] Sir Harry - Corner Macka Big W_DG 2806 RRS_1977] King Tubby - Drums Of Ali Baba Big Youth B Y 001A - Al Campbell - You Know You Want To Be Loved Big Youth B Y 001B - Al All Stars - You Know You Want To Be Loved Dub Big Youth Rec. BY 002-A Al Campbell & Wreckles Breed - Give Thanks & Praise Big Youth Rec. BY 002-B Al Campbell & Wreckles Breed - So In Love Big_BG 302-A_1970] The Meditators - When You Go To A Party Big_BG 302-B_1970] The Meditators - Good Morning Mother Cuba Big_BG 329-A_1972] U Roy Junior - Papacito Big_BG 329-B_1972] Rupie Edwards - I'm Gonna Live Some Life Big_CR 208-A] Judge Dread - Will I What Big_CR 208-B] Judge Dread - Last Tango In Snodland
Bigga Sounds OSD 009-A Earl Cunningham & Papa Bruce - One Away Woman~Nah Lef Mi Woman Bigga Sounds OSD 009-B N. Thomas & Roots Radics - One Away Dub
Bimbo_BIM 004-A_1975] Big Joe - Zion Dread Bimbo_BIM 004-B_1975] Derrick Morgan - What A Disturbance BK. Records DSR 8178-A Gregory Isaacs - Love Affair BK. Records DSR 8179-B Version
Black & White 118-a] bobby kalphat - liberation front Black & White 118-b] king tubby - sabotage
Black & White 1977-A_1977] Trinity - Internal Feelings Black & White 1977-B_1977] King Tubby - Disco Style
Black & White 2020-A_197X] Dillinger - Healing Stream Black & White 2020-B_197X] King Tubby - Psalms Of Drums Black & White 212-A_1975 reissue] larry marshall & carlton patterson - brand new baby Black & White 212-b 1975 reissue] king tubby's - clash of steel
Black & White 4326-A_1974] Larry Marshall - I Admire You Black & White 4327-B_1974] King Tubby - Watergate Rock Black & White 6173-A_1977] Leroy Brown - Give Thanks Black & White 6174-B_1977] King Tubby - Politician Skank
Black & White 6175-A_1978] Carlton Patrterson - To Black & White 6176-B_1978] The Revolutionaries - I Black & White 6450-A_1978] U Brown - Mr Music Man Black & White 6450-B_1978] King Tubby - Bubble Up Black & White 7045-A_1978] U Brown - Please Doctor Black & White 7046-B_1978] U Brown - Doctor Skank GET VIBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Black & White 7071-A_1978] Carlton Patterson - Wash Wash Black & White 7072-B_1978] King Tubby - Watchman Dub Black & White 7558-A_1975] carlton patterson - pumps and pride Black & White 7558-B_1975] king tubby - booby trap Black & White 7650-A_1975] larry marshall - brand new baby Black & White 7650-B_1975] king tubby - clash of steel
Black & White 7652-A_1975] Carlton Patterson - Dreadlocks Power Black & White 7652-B_1975] King Tubby's - Back Lash
Black & White 79205-B_1977] Lizzy - Angelique Collins Black & White 79206-A_1977] King Tubby - Drum And Bass
Black & White 9103-A_1979] I Roy - Stop The War [aka Dog War_Can't Wine] Black & White 9104-B_1979] Carlton Patterson - Too Late To Turn Back Black & White BW 013-B (029-B) Carlton & Leroy - Not Responsible Black & White BW 013-A King Tubbys - Psalms Of Dub Black & White BW 022-A Dillinger - Stumbling Block Black & White BW 022-B King Tubby - Page One
Black & White BW 029-A King Tubbys - Psalms Of Drums Black & White BW 029-B King Tubbys - Disc Jockey Skank
Black & White BW 072-B_1978] Carlton Patterson - Wash Wash Black & White BW 072-B_1979] I Roy - Stop The War [aka Dog War_Can't Wine] Black & White CP4327B - King Tubby - Watergate Rock - 7 inch - C Patterson - 1974 Black & White DSR 4490-A Sugar Minott - All Kind Of People Black & White DSR 4491-B Carlton Patterson - Version Black & White DSR 8791 - U Brown - Mr Music Man - 7 inch - C Patterson - 1977 Black & White DSR 8792 - King Tubby's - Bubble Up - 7 inch - C Patterson - 1977 Black & White Hopeton Lewis - Sounds & Pressure - 12 inch - C Patterson - 1977 Black & White Jackie Paris - See & Blind - 12 inch - C Patterson - 1977 Black & White ROOTS 075-A Carlton Patterson - Wash Wash Black & White ROOTS 075-B I. Roy - Stop The War Black & White_CP 3988-A_1977] Carlton Patterson & Lloyd Parks_Trinity - Let Me Go Girl Black & White_CP 3988-B_1977] Michael Scotland - Love Is A Treasure
Black & White_DSR 9103-A_1979] I Roy - Stop The War [aka Dog War_Can't Wine] Black & White_DSR 9104-B_1979] Carlton Patterson - Too Late To Turn Back Black & White_Roots 072-B_1978] Carlton Patterson - Wash Wash Black & White_Roots 072-B_1979] I Roy - Stop The War [aka Dog War_Can't Wine]
Black Art - TJITW006A - Sangie Davis & L.Perry - Words Black Art - TJITW006B - Devon Irons & Doc Alimantado - Vampire Black Art 01 7'' B] The Upsetters - Black Belt Jones Black Art 02 7'' A] Lee Perry - White Belly Rat Black Art 02 7'' B] Jah Lloyd - White Belly Rat Black Art 03 7'' A] Junior Byles - Fever Black Art 04 7'' A] The Mystic - Forward With Jah Orthodox Black Art 04 7'' B] The Upsetters - Orthodox Dub Black Art 05 7'' A] Devon Iron - When Jah Come Black Art 05 7'' B] The Upsetters - Iron Dub Black Art 06 7'' A] Bunny & Ricky - Freedom Fighter Black Art 06 7'' B] The Upsetters - Iron Wolf Black Art 07 7'' A] Augustus Pablo - Hot And Cold Version 1 (Artibella Riddim) Black Art 07 7'' B] Pablo & Jah T - Lick The Pipe Peter Black Art 08 7'' A] Junior Byles - The Long Way Black Art 08 7'' B] The Upsetters - All The Way Black Art 09 7'' A] Peter & Paul Lewis - Ethiopian Land Black Art 09 7'' B] The Upsetters - Dub Land Black Art 10 7'' A] Danny Hensworth - Mr. Money Man Black Art 10 7'' B] The Upsetters - Money Dub Black Art 11 7'' A] Junior Ainsworth - Thanks & Praise Black Art 11 7'' B] The Upsetters - Thanks & Dub Black Art 12 7'' A] Dillinger - Middle East Rock Black Art 12 7'' B] Prince Django - Hot Tip Black Art 13 7'' A] Lee & Junior - Dreader Locks Black Art 13 7'' B] The Upsetters - Militant Rock Black Art 14 7'' A] Max Romeo - One Step Forward Black Art 14 7'' B] The Upsetters - One Step Dub Black Art 15 7'' A] Junior Delgado - Sons Of Slave Black Art 15 7'' B] The Upsetters - Sons Of Dub Black Art 16 7'' A] The Heptones - Mistry Babylon Black Art 16 7'' B] The Upsetters - Mistry Dub Black Art 17 7'' A] Sons Of light - Land Of Love Black Art 17 7'' B] The Upsetters - Land Of Dub Black Art 18 7'' A] The Black Notes - African Style Black Art 18 7'' B] The Upsetters - African Dub Black Art 19 7'' A] The Silvertones - Rejoice Jah Jah Children Black Art 19 7'' B] The Upsetters - Rejoicing Skank
Black Art 20 7'' A] Augustus Pablo - Vibrate Onn Black Art 20 7'' B] The Upsetters - Vibrate Off Black Art 21 7'' A] Brent Dowe - Down Here In Babylon Black Art 21 7'' B] The Upsetters - If The Cap Fits Black Art 22 7'' A] Lee Perry - Bathroom Skank Black Art 22 7'' B] The Upsetters - Washroom Skank Black Art 23 7'' A] Jah Lion - Columbia Collie Black Art 23 7'' B] Jah Lion - Wisdom2
Black Art 24 7'' A] Carlton Jackson - History Black Art 24 7'' B] The Upsetters - Old Dub Black Art 25 7'' A] U Roy & Upsetters - Dreamland & Version Black Art 25 7'' B] Big Youth - Moving On Black Art 26 7'' A] Junior Murvin - Philistines On The Land Black Art 26 7'' B] Earl Smith & The Upsetters - Bingo Kid Black Art 27 7'' A] The Hurricanes - You Can Run Black Art 27 7'' B] The Upsetters - You Can Dub
Black Art 28 7'' A] The Gladiators - Time Black Art 28 7'' B] The Upsetters - Dub In Time Black Art 29 7'' A] Juks Dread & Big Youth - 23rd Psalm Black Art 29 7'' B] The Upsetters - 23rd Dub Black Art 30 7'' A] Augustus Pablo & Lloyd Young - Our Man Flint Black Art 30 7'' B] The Groovers - Pi-A-Ring Black Art 31 7'' A] clive hylton - judgement day Black Art 31 7'' B] upsetters - well judged dub Black Art 32 7'' A] max romeo - fire fe the vatican Black Art 32 7'' B] jah lion - leggo! Black Art 8068-A - 1976] Prince Jazzbo - Natty Past Through Rome Black Art 8068-B - 1976] The Upsetter - Rockstone Dub Black Beauty DSR 4080A - Sister P - Big Bout Ya Black Beauty DSR 4081B - Version Black Eagle - RM 024-A - 1980] The Black Eagles - Mountain Man Black Eagle - RM 024-B - 1980] The Black Eagles - Dub The Man Black Eagle_DSR 5636-A_1978] Trinity - Harry A Di Ginal Black Eagle_DSR 5637-B_1978] The Revolutionaries - Down Kent Road
Black Harmony_AS 1682 RRS_1975] The Scorpion - Scorpion In London Black Harmony_AS 1683 RRS_1975] The Scorpion - London In Dubwise Black Heat DSR 9199-A Jimmy London - Dying In The Ghetto Black Heat DSR 9200-B Ghetto Rhythm
Black Joy DH 802A1 - Errol Dunkley - The Half Black Joy DH 802A2 - Errol Dunkley - Beware
Black Joy DH 802B1 - Errol Dunkley - Africa Black Joy DH 802B2 - Errol Dunkley - Innocent Girl Black Joy DH 804A - Linval Thompson - Brown Skin Girl - 12 inch - - 1980 Black Joy DH 804B - Ranking Trevor - Brown Skin Gal A Rub A Dub - 12 inch - - 1980 Black Joy DH 805A - Lacksley Castell - Jah Love Is Sweeter -12 inch - Lee Perry Black Joy DH 805B - Lacksley Castell - Jah Love Is Sweeter Dub - 7 inch - Lee Perry Black Joy DH 809A - The Pioneers (George & Jackie) - Specialize In Good Girls Black Joy DH 809B - Des All Stars - Girls Rockers
Black Joy DH 810A - Johnny Osbourne - Purify Your Heart Black Joy DH 810B - Johnny Osbourne - Politician Black Joy DH 813A - lone_ranger-rose_marie-gully Black Joy DH 813B - carlton_livingstone-you_make_your_mistake_(lone_r-collie_dub)-gully Black Joy DH 815A - Wayne Smith - Life Is A Moment In Space Black Joy DH 815B - Wayne Smith - Ain't No Me Without You
Black Joy DH 817A - Wayne Smith - Isim Skisim Black Joy DH 817B - Purple Man (The Original) - Rose Marie (erroneously credited to Yellow Man) Black Joy DH 818A+B - Johnny Osbourne - Rock and Come On & Dub Black Joy DH 819A - Johnny Clarke & Lord Sassafrass - Take Heed Black Joy DH 819B - Johnny Clarke & Lord Sassafrass - Get In The Groove_Hot Spurs On The Ball Black Joy DH 821A - Cornell Campbell & Papa Tullo - 100 Lbs Of Collie Black Joy DH 821B - Cornell Campbell & Lord Sassafrost - Rasta Come From Jail Black Joy DH 822A - johnny clarke - too much war Black Joy DH 822B - johnny clarke - stop them jah Black Joy DH 823A - natural vibes & pappa tullo - be wise Black Joy DH 823B - johnny osbourne & jah sawdem - can't leave jah Black Joy DH 834B - Woodie Noble - Bubbling Daddy Black Link Intl DT 005A - Errol Scorpion - Seeking Little Aid Black Link Intl DT 005B - Eric Bubble Style - Undefeated Dub
black lion sus 005-a heptones - deceiver black lion sus 005-b heptones - meaning of life Black Music BM 703A Delroy Wilson & Pappa Tullo - I Want To Love You Black Music BM 703B Delroy Wilson & Pappa Tullo - Lets Not Fight Black Music BM 704A R. Zee Jackson & Pappa Tullo - Trod Out Of Babylon Black Music BM 704B Cornell Campbell & Pappa Tullo - I Am A Man Black Music BM 705A Delroy Wilson & Lord Sassafrost - No More Heartaches Black Music BM 705B Delroy Wilson & Lord Sassafrost - The One Who Loves You
Black Music BM 708A Sister Nancy - One Two Black Ovation Rec. BOR 110-A Prince Junior - Let Me Into Your World Black Ovation Rec. BOR 110-B Roots Radics - Master Mind
Black Pearl_RD 5121-A] Izeth Dobson - You Must Be Ready For Zion Black Pearl_RD 5121-B] Izeth Dobson - Dub In Zion
Black Ram United AM 369-A Al Moodie - Public Enemy Black Ram United AM 369-B Al Moodie - I & I BLACK ROOTS - A - Sugar Minott & Chaka Demus - Nut'n No Change - 12 inch BLACK ROOTS - B - Sugar Minott & Chaka Demus - Nut'n No Change Version - 12 inch Black Roots - LM 241284A - Little John - Bubbling Style - 12 inch - L Minott - 1985 Black Roots - LM 241284B - Colour Man - Skin A Fe Peel - 12 inch - L Minott - 1985 Black Roots - LML 011A - Sugar Minott - Jammin In The Street - 12 inch - L Minott - 1985 Black Roots - LML 011B - Black Roots Players - Jammin Dub - 12 inch - L Minott - 1985 Black Roots - LML 13358A - Sugar Minott - Buy Out The Bar - 12 inch - G Phang - 1985 Black Roots - LML 13358AA - Sugar Minott - Poor Man Pickney 1983 - 12 inch - G Phang - 1985 Black Roots - LML 181260A - Don Carlos - Mr Big Man - 12 inch - - 1983 Black Roots - LML 181260B - Trevor Junior - Run Around - 12 inch - - 1983 (Shank I Sheck) Black Roots 05A ranking dread - super star Black Roots 05B sugar minott - river jordan (binghi version) Black Roots 18478-a barry brown - not so lucky Black Roots 19318-b african brothers - righteous kingdom dub Black Roots 19651-a captain sinbad & little john - 51 storm Black Roots 2017-a junior reid - haul and pull up Black Roots 2017-b junior reid - live & love Black Roots 2018-a nitty gritty - smile a while Black Roots 2018-b nitty gritty - smile a while version
Black Roots 2070-a barry brown - jah jah never sleep Black Roots 2070-b barry brown - dub no sleep
Black Roots 3082-a african brothers - lead us father Black Roots 3082-b african brothers - lead us dub Black Roots 4867-b black roots all stars - african beat dub Black Roots 7958-A - 1979] Barry Brown - Not So Lucky Black Roots 7958-B - 1979] Black Roots - Jah Live Special
In my mind Mundell's best album, he's grown up a little after the "youth" album "Africa Must Be Free" and immensenly better than the monotonous "Mundell" he later cut with the big dancehall producer for the big record company. This album, backed by some incarnation of Rockers All Stars suits Mundell much better than did the Radics!
Looking for a suitable album to upgrade, I came across the meagre 128 Kb rip made of the JetStar reissue CD. Picking the title track to investigate, another vinyl-to-cd release was discovered although the record used is in good condition (only a small crackle reveals what business JetStar is into).
Also, this turned out to be an album of so modest recording quality that even that low bitrate gave a very satisfactory result. If you already have that rip, you may as well stick with it, even though my new rip, made from a mint vinyl copy, sounds slightly better. (I only checked against the old rip's opening track, there are some even muddier recordings here where the differences may too small to hear).
The major point may be the original cover scans, reproducing the vinyl sleeve in full. JetStar did as so many other companies: cut out a small piece from the original as vinyl covers often lose their impact when reduced to cd size. (This is the original cover art; the second pressing came with a re-designed, more colourful sleeve. Back cover scanned in full 300 dpi because the text is almost impossible to read otherwise - maybe a hint as to why the re-design!)
Enjoy!
I-Self
Note. "Great Tribulation" was originally a 1978 single and "Feeling Alright Girl" a 1979 single but titled "Feeling Alright".
This mint LP (only a handful of clicks needed removal) was recorded in 24 bit/88.2 kHz and downsampled to 44.1 kHz after restoration but before setting final output volume. (Decreasing from 88.2 to 44.1 is a much simpler - and faster - task for the CPU than coming from 96 kHz, and I cannot hear any difference at all.)
Being a mono album but with some tracks having slightly different tonal balances between the channels, these were merged using the Waves S-1 Stereo Shuffler (which can be put to unexpected uses if you play creatively with it). Encoded as single channel mp3s at 160 Kb/s, equalling a 320 Kb/s stereo file in terms of available resolution.
All tracks normalized as one set and limited by just 1 dB (as a symbolic gesture to bring the dynamic vinyl media just a little closer to modern and more heavily compressed CDs...)
Dynavector Karat 17D2 Mk II moving coil cartridge (designated a 'best buy' by The Absolute Sound, Feb 2003) > Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace turntable/Space tonearm (arm designated a 'best buy' by The Absolute Sound, Feb 2003) > LC Audio Sidewinder Mk II dual mono, balanced reference pre-amp > Supra EFF-I interconnects > RME DIGI96/8 PST soundcard > Sound Forge 6.0 editor, using plugins from Sonic Foundry & Waves > LAME 3.93 MP3 encoder with RazorLame interface
The LP was recorded in 24 bit/88.2 kHz and downsampled to 44.1 kHz after fixes.
A good Virgin 70s pressing, by monitoring the recording in phones, only 10 very small clicks and 2 somewhat louder ones were detected. These were manually removed so that no further de-clicking was needed.
Album normalized as a whole but not limited, probably making this sound a whole lot quieter than the reissue cd. But use the volume and be rewarded by getting the superior dynamic range of vinyl! (Stupid, isn't it - technically the CD format have a superior dynamic range but then the industry settles for heavy limiting and thus offsets the only aspect where CDs had the upper hand...)
Encoded as VBR files at 224 Kb/s and extending to 320 when needed. Seemingly consisting of two distinct sessions, some tracks on the LP share a common dull sound while another batch is quite crisp. The chosen bitrate should do the job just fine in both cases.
Ok, so I already had all tracks except three on an old tape but yet downloaded the entire album from the FTP to get the missing dubs (who knows, maybe a superior vinyl copy was awaiting me...). With an average 9 dB below normalization, however, it could hardly be said to be an optimal vinyl rip. And since I taped my copy of the record when new, the tape still possessed that pristine Studio One sound: wildly crackling and filled with sharp clicks but of course also all the original detail in the recording. That's why I provide a new copy sounding very much better and also playing at an adequate listening level.
Having encoded this mono record using single channel mp3s at 160 Kb/s also means that you get much higher resolution than with the old rip. (The standard stereo format 192 divided by two channels means the absolute resolution is only 96 Kb and you threfore download more bytes and still get less musical detail. The single channel format is sadly overlooked when it comes to improving the listening quality of mono recordings without having to up/download more in terms of bytes.)
I took the three missing tracks from the 192 Kb rip and did everything possible to clean up their sound. There should not be too hard to tell the difference between tracks 2, 10 and 12 and the rest, taken from that 20+ year old cassette tape. But given the circumstances this still is a set worth downloading.
The dubs themselves are not spectacularly dramatic, but the riddims are so classy! And those being rather instrumentals than dubs are great and immortal music.
(See release notes to "Simeons", "Rita Marley/Who Knows It", "Ossie & The Revolutionaries" and a few other "tape-to-mp3" folders for details on the equipment used to capture this LP back at the beginning of time.)
Enjoy!
I-Self
PS. I must for a second time confess having borrowed a cover thumbnail scan from his excellent Studio One site. Thank you. The site is found at http://koti.mbnet.fi/maple/
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Song Titles: Hot Iron Dub / Dub Fever / Electric Dub / Uptown Dub / U.F.O. Dub No Tracklist For B-Side
Produced By: L. BENT
Year: 1979
RASDRAGON
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Artist...............: Various Album................: Unknown Instrumental Dub Album Label................: Black Heat Year.................: 1979 Genre................: Reggae Duration.............: 38:44 Number of Songs......: 10 Cover(s) Included....: Yes
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sounds like the Revolutionaires to my ears. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shout Outs : Everyone in the circle of my life....... and the rest of you who know who you are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Isaiah 41:10-11 (NIV). So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish......
Luke 6:38 (NIV). ''Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.''.....
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