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| 1 | – Leroy Smart | Exalted Dub | 2:47 |
| 2 | – Johnny Clarke | Bag A Wire Dub | 3:27 |
| 3 | – Johnny Clarke | Dub Ites Green And Gold | 3:34 |
| 4 | – Horace Andy | Chapter Of Money | 2:54 |
| 5 | – Cornell Campbell | Beat Them In Dub | 3:06 |
| 6 | – Cornell Campbell | Thunder Rock | 3:07 |
| 7 | – Pat Kelly | How Long Dub | 3:30 |
| 8 | – Slim Smith | Everybody Needs Dub | 2:58 |
| 9 | – Leroy Smart | Six Million Dollar Version | 3:15 |
| 10 | – Johnny Clarke | Peace And Love In Dub | 3:45 |
| 11 | – Johnny Clarke | A Living Version | 3:12 |
| 12 | – Delroy Wilson | A Heavy Dub | 3:08 |
| 13 | – Johnny Clarke | Drums Of Africa | 3:40 |
| 14 | – Johnny Clarke | Channel Is A Joker | 3:36 |
| 15 | – Johnny Clarke | Breaking Up Dubwise | 4:11 |
| 16 | – Jackie Mittoo | Version Of Class | 3:27 |
Bass Guitar – Lloyd Parks
Bass Guitar – Robbie Shakespeare
Design – Gary @ Voodoo London
Drums – Carlton "Santa" Davis
Drums – Sly Dunbar
Guitar – Winston 'Bo-Pee' Bowen
Guitar – Earl "Chinna" Smith
Guitar – Tony Chin
Keyboards – Augustus Pablo
Organ – Jackie Mittoo
Organ – Winston Wright
Percussion – Barnabus
Percussion – Noel 'Skully' Simms
Photography By – Kunho Chi
Producer – Bunny Lee
Saxophone – Tommy McCook
Trombone – Vin Gordon
Trumpet – Bobby Ellis
Bass Guitar – Robbie Shakespeare
Design – Gary @ Voodoo London
Drums – Carlton "Santa" Davis
Drums – Sly Dunbar
Guitar – Winston 'Bo-Pee' Bowen
Guitar – Earl "Chinna" Smith
Guitar – Tony Chin
Keyboards – Augustus Pablo
Organ – Jackie Mittoo
Organ – Winston Wright
Percussion – Barnabus
Percussion – Noel 'Skully' Simms
Photography By – Kunho Chi
Producer – Bunny Lee
Saxophone – Tommy McCook
Trombone – Vin Gordon
Trumpet – Bobby Ellis
Tracks 13-16 are bonus tracks only found on the CD version, not on the vinyl version.
The Sound Systems of Jamaica were always the people's radio station. Tunes were tried and tested in the lion's den of the dance to see which songs rose to the top and became the most popular. This was the litmus test and the first step to a track's commercial release to capitalize its hotness on the circuit. When the Dub / version hit big in Jamaica in the early to mid 70's, this was also the case and many times the version cut of a track would even prove more popular than its vocal counterpart.
These 'version' cuts were tried out on the Sound System dances across Jamaica as dub plates and sometimes kept exclusive to certain dances, until the producers often forced the hand to release these in demand cuts, mostly to the dismay of the sound System men.[sic] Who always hustled to maintain the tracks exclusivity to their Sound System. On release these cuts were matched up with it's vocal counterpart as it's flip / version side. Many versions were reworked with various alternatives. Sometimes turning up the brass section, for a horns cut or adding a DJ to wax lyrical over the exsisting [sic] rhythm of vocal as in a question / answer type style. The more popular the rhythm / song the more cuts you could here [sic]. Old Studio One rhythms were reworked and cut again say at Channel 1 studio and a new vocal song dropped over that and that became the new basis for a new version to be worked up. Expanding on that great saying 'you can't keep a good tune down' to great effect .....
We have compiled some great 70's dub plates that rocked the Sound Systems in Fine style. As stated above some are reworkings of previous songs as in 'Six Million Dollar Version' which was a reworking of Alton Ellis's 'Breaking Up' recut for Leroy Smart's 'Shame and Pride' and used for Johnny Clarke's cover of the song also. This actual version was used as version side to Dennis Alcapone's 'Six Million Dollar Man' track hence it's name. 'Dub ites Green and Gold' was a cut to Johnny Clarke's version of the Burning Spear classic. So it goes as they say, necessity is the mother of invention and we think in this release it proves the case. Where classic rhythms reworked and honed can produce something new and exciting, that will rock the Sound Systems of Jamaica and indeed the world in fine style again and again. Hope you enjoy the set.
Prepare thy work without, and diligently til thy ground; That afterward thou mayst build thy house. Proverbs Ch 24 V 27
(written very small under the release title on the front)
The Sound Systems of Jamaica were always the people's radio station. Tunes were tried and tested in the lion's den of the dance to see which songs rose to the top and became the most popular. This was the litmus test and the first step to a track's commercial release to capitalize its hotness on the circuit. When the Dub / version hit big in Jamaica in the early to mid 70's, this was also the case and many times the version cut of a track would even prove more popular than its vocal counterpart.
These 'version' cuts were tried out on the Sound System dances across Jamaica as dub plates and sometimes kept exclusive to certain dances, until the producers often forced the hand to release these in demand cuts, mostly to the dismay of the sound System men.[sic] Who always hustled to maintain the tracks exclusivity to their Sound System. On release these cuts were matched up with it's vocal counterpart as it's flip / version side. Many versions were reworked with various alternatives. Sometimes turning up the brass section, for a horns cut or adding a DJ to wax lyrical over the exsisting [sic] rhythm of vocal as in a question / answer type style. The more popular the rhythm / song the more cuts you could here [sic]. Old Studio One rhythms were reworked and cut again say at Channel 1 studio and a new vocal song dropped over that and that became the new basis for a new version to be worked up. Expanding on that great saying 'you can't keep a good tune down' to great effect .....
We have compiled some great 70's dub plates that rocked the Sound Systems in Fine style. As stated above some are reworkings of previous songs as in 'Six Million Dollar Version' which was a reworking of Alton Ellis's 'Breaking Up' recut for Leroy Smart's 'Shame and Pride' and used for Johnny Clarke's cover of the song also. This actual version was used as version side to Dennis Alcapone's 'Six Million Dollar Man' track hence it's name. 'Dub ites Green and Gold' was a cut to Johnny Clarke's version of the Burning Spear classic. So it goes as they say, necessity is the mother of invention and we think in this release it proves the case. Where classic rhythms reworked and honed can produce something new and exciting, that will rock the Sound Systems of Jamaica and indeed the world in fine style again and again. Hope you enjoy the set.
Prepare thy work without, and diligently til thy ground; That afterward thou mayst build thy house. Proverbs Ch 24 V 27
(written very small under the release title on the front)
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