Blackbeard

The Ring Craft Posse - St Catherine In Dub - Moll Selekta - CD

A very interesting selection of dub - from Blackbeard. Like the vocal

set - the actual origins of some of the tracks - do seem at odds with

known reggae history - but rhythm swapping goes back a long way in

reggae music. Overall these fourteen tracks are not the usual kind of

stuff, the engineering on this comes mainly from Ruddy T - which would

suggest that the bulk of the stuff was probably mixed at Joe Gibbs.

Its hard to say, it doesn't sound like King Tubby's. The rhythms

feature a selection of musicians including Sly and Miky Boo on drums,

Robbie and Lloyd Parks on Bass, Winston Wright and Ansell Collins on

Keyboards. Plus a massive horn section - Bobby Ellis, Roland Robinson,

Dean Fraser, Dave Madden. Some of the best in the business.

Various Artists - Don't Give Your Culture - Moll Selekta - CD

Production credits on these oldies compilations are getting more and

more confusing. If this set is supposed to a Blackbeard produced set

what is Jacob Miller's 'False Rasta' and Dread Inna Babylon' doing on

it, likewise with The Mighty Diamonds 'Jah Jah Bless The Dreadlocks'

Some rhythms and productions in reggae are very confusing. But I have

never know any doubt about these tunes. If these are different mixes -

it would be better to say so. Aside from this, this is a great set of

roots tunes from 1972 to 1984. All contained in a lavish 4 fold

digipak.

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