Various - Sound System Dub Plate Specials 1975-1979 LP

Description:
UK import!
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 tracks commercial release, to capitalise 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. Who always hustled to maintain the tracks exclusivity to their Sound System.
Format & package: LP
Record label: Jamaican Recordings
Year of release: 2014 (compilation)
Tracks:
A1 Leroy Smart - Exalted Dub
A2 Johnny Clarke - Bag A Wire Dub
A3 Johnny Clarke - Dub Ites Green And Gold
A4 Horace Andy - Chapter Of Money
A5 Cornell Campbell - Beat Them In Dub
A6 Cornell Campbell - Thunder Rock
B1 Pat Kelly - How Long Dub
B2 Slim Smith - Everybody Needs Dub
B3 Leroy Smart - Six Million Dollar Dub
B4 Johnny Clarke - Peace And Love Dub
B5 Johnny Clarke - A Living Version
B6 Delroy Wilson - A Heavy Dub