King Tubby
Lost Treasures
King Tubby in no uncertain terms invented DUB. Born Osborne Ruddock in Kingston in 1941, he grew up around High Holborn Street in Kingston, before moving to the new Waterhouse district in 1955. His electronic genius grew from working and fixing radios and TV sets. A natural progression led to working with amplifiers, and starting his own sound system, Tubbys Home Town Hi-Fi. A very competitive games i the late 60s. You were as good as the EXCLUSIVE records you played. Tubby discovered during his time cutting discs for Duke Reids Treasure Isle set up, that by dropping vocals/instruments in and out of the backing tracks, you could invent new versions of existing old tunes. These early versions tried and tested on his sound system went down so well that he invested in a four track mixing console with delay echo effects, sliders and phasing units and so began King Tubbys Studio Of Dub at 18 Drummlie Avenue, Kinston 11 , Jamaica...His Home..... This is where all the producers would bring their tracks for Tubby to put his magic over. Most tracks that came out in Jamaica from here on in would carry a Version on its B- Side more than likely a Tubby Dub. One of the producers who used him the most was Bunny Striker Lee, whos labels Jackpot, Justice and Attack all carried Tubbys mixes/versions on their flip sides. Our collection here, all taken from original master tapes you might have heard the tracks before but not these versions....Lost in the vaults till now. So sit back and enjoy the dub master at work. RESPECT.... JAH FLOYD