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By: brentmcd

brentmcd — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:01:41 +0000

Augustus Pablo – King Tubby meets Rockers Uptown
because it’s the first dub i really heard, and it still is great today

By: JR Heat

JR Heat — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:29:15 +0000

My hands down favorite has to be the Upsetters’ “14 Dub Blackboard Jungle Dub”. Elegantly trippy, tasteful and arguably the first true dub album. It hasn’t left my car stereo all summer for the simple fact that it reveals something new every time I hear it. Solid proof of Lee Perry’s brilliance.

By: Monz

Monz — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:13:26 +0000

Wailing Souls – Kingston Rise. For those of you that are listening to the remasters on Cds and MP3s burn them now and save your ears any further misery. Get to a sore and find the original 45 released on Thompson Sounds. The bass is raw the vocals soulful and the wailing will make your soul cry. It will take you back to those days of street fighting and rude bwoys. Enjoy.

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By: jesse

jesse — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:14:58 +0000

Bob Marley – Talkin’ Blues
It Has such a happy Vibe

By: CHW

CHW — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:23:53 +0000

My favorite album? That is a tall order, as I’ve come to love so many. But I’d have to go with Burning Spear “Social Living”. Why? It’s the first reggae album I ever got high to, which makes me smile every time I hear it. Simple as that.

By: Nick Bahula

Nick Bahula — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:35 +0000

Kiddus I “Inna Da Yard”

You ever see Rockers? Man this guys voice is amazing. This album was recorded outdoors. You can feel the ground moving and the trees swaying. It’s like one of those happy Disney scenes with all the animals. Except here they’re stoned.

Nick Bahula

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:07:08 +0000

It is very hard to pick just one album from the genre but perhaps my favorite of roots reggae, The Congos, Heart of the Congos is just a solid classic. Production by Lee Perry at The Black Ark and beautiful vocal harmonies keep me coming back to this again and again. This might just be his best production, there is a kitchen sink aesthetic but somehow still lets the voices come through. I have put this on shuffle many times for summer picnics and almost always get a question from people whose knowledge of reggae stops at the Legend compilation of Bob Marley.

By: Clay

Clay — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:57:34 +0000

Toots & The Maytals’ “Funky Kingston” is probably my favorite. In addition to being one of the first reggae albums I owned, Toots Hibbert’s voice is simply fantastic. It’s a frequent party-starter at our house.

By: Zeribear

Zeribear — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:38:40 +0000

Yes I! King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown is my all-time favorite! I love the dub from the seventies and the all-star Rockers + King Tubby at the controls is a unbeatable dub combo. This record is timeless dub reggae.

By: Charlie Cauman-White

Charlie Cauman-White — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:52:40 +0000

My favorite reggae/dub album is heart of the congos by the congos. My address is 4405 38th St NW, Washington DC 20016

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:18:12 +0000

Favorite dub album of all time has got to be 1978′s Dread Beat and Blood from none other than Linton Kwesi Johnson. LKJ who was really a poet who utilized dub to get his words out to a larger audience captured exactly what it was like to be young, black and alienated (not to mention unemployed) in England during the late 70′s and early 80′s…thank you Margaret Thatcher!

By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:12:09 +0000

kingtubby dubgonecrazy because it’s superdoperfantastik.

By: danny g

danny g — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:16:16 +0000

i think my favorite would have to be Dr. Alimantado’s Best Dressed Chicken in Town. Why you ask………well besides being called Best Dressed Chicken in Town (arguably one of the best album titles ever) it was recorded at Black Ark, King Tubbys, and Channel One. put those two things together and you got yourself a masterpiece.

Just spend a day at the beach partying and as you drive home pop it in…..yes!