From the Backseat - Fems of Feb. redux

Before I continue on with March madness, I have some left-over material from last month. 

The Fems of Feb. Redux

I ran out of days in February for all the womym artists that I wanted to feature. Also a friend of NSS was prompted by a February post to request other postings, so I'm going to finish up that before moving on. It'll be the perfect time for a little breather after the abundance of Dub. It'll give everyone a chance to get caught up.

I knew there were way more great woymn artists than I would have time for in February. I tried to trim it down to ones I felt I hadn't really covered too much (except I snuck in a few of my personal favorites like Carla B & Shara N). I had a trio more that I needed to include.

I've been a big fan of  Siobhan de Maré since her time in Mono. I've covered her time with Robin Guthrie in Violet Indiana quite extensively. I am going to post up Formica Blues from the Mono days & her latest as Swoone with Gary Bruce.

 

Mono - Formica Blues, Universal Records UMD 80408, 1997.
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Life in Mono
Silicone
Slimcea Girl
The Outsider
Disney Town
The Blind Man
High Life
Playboys
Penguin Fred
Hello Cleveland!

 

 

 

 

 

Mono - Formica Blues Bonus mixes (UK version only), Echo ECHDD 17, 1998.

Slimcea Girl (Aloof remix)
Silicone (Les Rhythmes Diditales remix)
Slimcea Girl (Fatboy remix)
High Life (Next Century Short Dub)
Silicone (Mr Snuff remix)
Life in Mono (Propellerheads Sweat Band mix)
Slimcea Girl (Sl Brothers London Dub remix)
High Life (187 Lockdown Low Life Dub)
Life in Mono (Banana Republic Urban Dub)
High Life (Natural Born Chillers vocal mix)

 

 

 

 

 

Swoone - Handcuffed Heart, Saint Marie Records SMR 127, 2018.

This Bullet Never Kills
Breaking Down
Handcuffed Heart
Terminal 3
The Sun Has Died
Run
Pearlesque
Set Me Free
Strange Love
Room 56
Empty Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also wanted to post up some music from Chrysta Bell (Zucht) who collaborates with movie maven & music svengali David Lynch on the first two. We Dissolve was produced by John Parish (collaborator & producer of Eels Souljacker & Extreme Witchcraft). 

 

 

Chrysta Bell - This Train, La Rose Noire LRN0108, 2011.

This Train
Right Down to You
I Die
Swing with Me
Angel Star
Friday Night Fly
Down by Babylon
Real Love
Bird of Flames
Polish Poem
The Truth Is

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysta Bell - Somewhere in the Nowhere EP, Meta Hari MTH0072, 2016.

Somewhere in the Nowhere
Night Ride
All the Things
Back Seat
Beat the Beat

 

 

 

 

 

Chrystal Bell - We Dissolve, Meta Hari MTH0071, 2017.

Heaven
Devil Inside Me
Planet Wide
Half Asleep
Monday
We Dissolve
Beautiful
Slow
Over You
Gravity 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysta Bell - Feels like Love, Meta Hari MTH0075, 2019.

Tonight We Rise
Feels like Love
Red Angel
Everest
52 Hz
Do You Think You Could Love Me?
Time Never Dies
Blue Rose
Vanish
Undertow 

 

 

 

 

I've featured a great deal of Morcheeba (here & here) over the years but in my opinion, you can never get too much Skye (Shirley Klarisse Yonavive) Edwards. So I have a few solo releases from the fabulous Skye released during some of her stints away from the Morcheeba microphone.

 

 

Skye - Mind How You Go, Atlantic 5051011 1990 2 8, 2006.

Love Shaow
Stop Complaining
Solitary
Calling
What’s Wrong with Me
No Other
Tell Me about Your Day
All the Promises
Powerful
Say Amen
Jamaica Days

 

 

 

 

 

Skye - Keeping Secrets, Skyewards Recordings 5051011 1990 2 9, 2009.

I Believe
Boo Hoo
Not Broken
The Shape I’m In
Monsters Demons
Clock to Stop
Almost Killed Me
Wrong Alright
Maybe to Spain
Exhale

 

 

 

 

 

Skye - Back to Now, PIAS Recordings LOVECD221, 2012.

Troubled Heart
Sign of Life
Featherweight
Nowhere
Little Bit Lost
We Fall Down
Every Little
Lie
High Life
Dissolve
Bright Light

 

 

 

 

 

Skye - In the Low Light, Skyewards Recordings SKYECD01, 2015.

Give In
Here is What Is
Said & Done
Dead & Buried
Storm
Cry
For the Day
In a World Unkind
Never Ending 

 

 

 

 

 

Then a friend of NSS requested a couple others. One request was something by Diane Rogerson.

 

 

A Bad Diana - The Lights are on but No-one's Home, United Jnana united jnana 333, 2007.

Behind the Curtain of the Sun
Cupboardie Re-nude
Asphalt Kiss (Ash Ra Tempel cover)
Mirage Man
Notes from the Underground to a Crazy Girl
Mother
Chant d'Amour/ da Mort 

 

 

 

 

The other request was for was the complete Gyllenskold, Geijerstam, & friends - Live at Bar Maldoror. I had previously posted up Side B on the Little Annie Anxiety megapost (Annie, Nurse with Wounds, & Diane Rogerson all uncredited). Here it is in its entirety... 

 

 

 

 

Gyllenskold, Geijerstam, & friends - Live at Bar Maldoror, Mi Mort Mi-Mort III, 1985.

Side A -
Untitled
Side B -
Untitled

Enjoy & let the madness resume,
NØ

(r)Evolution of Dub Part 4

Our journey reaches its climax.

 

Various - Evolution of Dub Volume 7:Creationist Rebel,
Greensleeves Records VPGSCD5213,2012.

 

 

Volume 7 -  The seventh volume collects nearly all dub material from the acclaimed producer Winston Edwards (Joe Gibbs' cousin), who was born in Jamaica, but moved to the UK in the mid 70s. 

 

CD1: Winston Edwards - Natty Locks Dub
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Natty Dub     
Big Daddy Amin    
Jah Shakin Dub     
Soul Fire Dub     
Macka Bee     
Herbmann Style from the Ghetto    
Jah Macka Dub     
Well Charge     
Gun Court in Red     
Lover Dub

 

 

 

 

 

CD2: King Tubby meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub

Blood of Africa    
African Roots    
Raw Roots     
Wood Roots     
Luke Lane Rock - King Tubby
People from the Grass Roots    
Crime Wave     
No Justice for the Poor     
300 Years at the Grass Roots     
King Tubby & The Upsetter At Spanish Town - Lee Perry

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD3: King Tubby - Surrounded by the Dreads at the National Arena

I Am, I Am the King     
Most High in Dub     
Teacher of Dub     
King of Kings in Dub     
Coxson Down Beat (Down Fall)    
Unite Dub     
Black Harmony (Stop Play) - King Tubby
Come on Little Girl, Come On - Tony Brevett    
Second Cut - King Tubby
Ethiopia, Land of My Father - Prince Heron
Second Cut - King Tubby
I Will be Waiting - Carvin Bradford
Second Cut - King Tubby

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD4: Winston Edwards & Blackbeard - Dub Conference (at 10 Downing Street)

Downing Street Rock     
Behind Closed Doors at the House of Commons     
Shake Buckingham Palace Down     
White Hall Scandal     
Ronald Biggs the Great Train Robber     
Kensington Palace Confusion     
Fleet Street Cover Up     
Airport Smuggling     
Hyde Park Corner Investigation     
Who Made the Prime Ministers Honour List of 1975

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various - Evolution of Dub Volume 8:The Search for New Life,
Greensleeves Records VPGSCD7012, 2014.

Volume 8 - This final set includes two previously unreleased albums: Two Friends Crew's Voyage into Dub & Shane Brown's Juke Boxx Dub. The former is a collection of late 80s/early 90s version sides from the Two Friends label, a label run by Mikey Bennett & Patrick Lindsay, two producers/engineers that at the time worked closely with Augustus 'Gussie' Clarke.

Shane Brown is a Jamaican producer/engineer probably best known for his recent work for Busy Signal & Etana.

The other two sets are Prince Jammy's Computerised Dub, a novelty effort that gives a Dubwise/instrumental treatment to some mid 80s early digital gems & Alborosie's Dub Clash, a set originally released in 2010 on which Puppa Albo Dubs some of his best.

 

 

 

 

CD1: Prince Jammy - Computerized Dub

Synchro Start
Interface
32 Bit Chip
Auto Rhythm
Peek & Poke
Megabyte
Wafer Scale Integration
Crosstalk
Modem
256K Ram

 

 

 

 

 

CD2: Two Friends Crew - Voyage into Dub

Roughneck Dub
Morning Blues Dub
Fooling Around Dub
Dub Licensed to Kill
This Dub Will Self Destruct in 3'53"
Dub You so Hot
Gun Thing Version
Your Dub Should You Choose to Accept It
Bubbling Sweet Tonight Version
Another One for the Road Version
Rough Dub
Mouth Almighty Dub
I'm Your Lover Man Version
Guilty Dub
No More Walls Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD3: Shane Brown - Juke Boxx Dub

Freedom Dub
Judge Dub
Politician Dub
Run Dem Dub
Straight Dub
The Oscillator
The Statement
Stylish Dub
Can't Sleep Dub
Forbidden Dub
Go Away Dub
Chaos

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD4: Alborosie - Dub Clash

Tribute to the King
Marcus Dub
Dubbing Kingston
Cocaine & Dub
Minstrel of Dub
Augustus Legacy
Selassie I Son
Can't Stand Dub
Dub in Baltimore
Send Dem Dub
Loudness is My Drug
Global Dub
Real Dub Story
Space Echo Malfunction
Dubbing in Love
Double Bubble

Enjoy,
NØ

(r)Evolution of Dub Part 3

 

Let the party continue.

 

Evolution of Dub Volume 5: The Missing Link, Greensleeves Records GRE2061, 2010

 

Volume 5 - 2010 four CD release, the fifth installment in Greensleeves' critically acclaimed series of CD box sets spotlighting moments in the evolution of Dub. This four disc box collects together four legendary Dub sets, two each from true foundation reggae legends Ossie Hibbert & Lloydie Coxsone. The four albums are restored to their original line-ups on CD for the very first time with the super-rare Crueshal Dub seeing the light of day for the first time since it's very limited original 1976 issue.

 

 

 

 

CD1: The Revolutionaries - Crueshal Dub
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Cell Block Dub    
Dub My Whole World Down    
Fancy Dub Up    
Dubbing Storm    
Ten to One Dub    
Dress Back Dub    
Dubbing West    
Swinging My Dub    
Unknown Dub

 

 

 

 

 

CD2: The Revolutionaries - Earthquake Dub

Earthquake Dub    
Rasta Foundation    
Fletchers Land    
Ital Menu    
Secret Agent    
Heavy Rock    
An Event    
Black Diamond Rock    
Collie in Dub    
Pain Land Dub

 

 

 

 

 

CD3: Sir Coxsone Sound - King of the Dub Rock (Part 1)

King of the Dubb Rock
Capital Radio Rock    
Live & Love    
Born to Love    
Mouth of the Wicked    
Piccadilly Circus Dubb    
Tribute to Mohammed Ali    
Many Moods of Coxsone    
It's Reggae Time Dubb Rock    
Sounds of Safari

 

 

 

 

 

CD4: Sir Coxsone Sound - King of the Dub Rock (Part 2)

Black Wars Reggae    
Zion Bound    
Travelling Israel Dub    
East of the Rockfort Rock    
Psalms 87.2    
Bower Dub    
So Much Dub to Give    
United Africa    
Reggae Fusion    
Poor Man's Story

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution of Dub Volume 6: Was Prince Jammy an Astronaut?, Greensleeves Records VPGS5204, 2011.

 

Volume 6 - This exceptional series forges onward & into digital territory, overseen by Prince Jammy. Crucial in Dub is a perfect collection of digital tunes highlighting Jammy's process indicative of his unique style. Kamikaze Dub is a classic example of a perfect Dub album.

 

 

 

 

 

CD1: Prince Jammy - Crucial in Dub

President Dub    
Sunny Side Dub    
Mr Joe is Dubbing    
Vincent in Dub    
Dub Conscience    
Nuff Corn Dub    
Anything a Dub    
Chatty Mouth Dub    
One Million Dub    
Higgler Move Dub    
Get Ready for Dub    
Yah We Deh Dub

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD2: Prince Jammy - Kamikazi Dub

Throne of Blood
Brothers of the Blade    
Shaolin Temple    
Kamikazi    
Oragami Black Belt    
Fist of Fury    
Opium Den    
Swords of Vengeance    
Downtown Shanghai Rock    
Waterfront Gang War

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD3: Prince Jammy - Uhuru in Dub

Eden Dub    
Mystic Mix    
His Imperial Majesty    
Weeping Willow    
Bad Girls Dub    
Tonight is the Night    
Firehouse Special    
African Culture    
Crisis Dub    
Sound Man Style

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD4: Prince Jammy - Osbourne in Dub

Loving Tonight    
Reggae Stylee    
Dance Dub    
Jah is With You    
Chopping Dub
Pumping Dub    
Double Trouble    
See No Evil    
Pure is the Soul    
Rise Up

Enjoy,
NØ

(r)Evolution of Dub Part 2

Continuing on with our stroll through the history of Dub.

The Revolutionaries - Evolution of Dub Volume 3: The Descent of Version,
Greensleeves Records GRE2027, 2009. 

Volume 3 - This third 4CD set spotlights more key moments in the evolution of Dub. Dub began as aural reworkings of existing Reggae recordings & became a genre unto itself. Dub has become more than just a remix project: it has become a musical journey that has no limitations. These 4 CDs were produced by Linval Thompson & Jah Lloyd, mixed by Tubby, Jammy, & Crucial Bunny. 

 

 

 

CD1: The Revolutionaries - Negrea Love Dub
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Rock Me In Dub    
Channel One in Dub    
Thompson in Dub    
Negrea Love Dub    
Jah Jah Children Dub    
Lion Dub    
Natty Dread Dub    
Roots Dub    
Jamaica Colley Dub    
Africa Love Dub

 

 

CD2: The Revolutionaries - Green Bay Dub

Mafia Dub    
Jungo in Dub    
Survival Dub    
Nagusa Dub    
Skillful Dub    
Creation Dub
Green Bay Dub
Hop Scotch Dub    
Jerusalem Dub    
Back a Wall Dub

 

 

 

 

CD3: The Revolutionaries - Outlaw Dub

79 Rock    
Danger Rockers    
African Free Up    
Wicked Dub    
Dub I Dub    
Roots Man Dub    
Fisherman Style    
Freedom Dub    
Shockin' Rock    
Thompson Sound Incorporated

 

 

 

 

CD4: The Revolutionaries - Goldmine Dub

Calico Jack    
Big Foot    
Goldmine    
Bitter Blood    
Red River Dub    
Musketeer Dub    
Jamintel    
Heartburn    
Sore Mouth    
Pepper Dub 

 

 

Joe Gibbs & the Professionals/Sly & Robbie - Evolution of Dub Volume 4: Natural Selection, Greensleeves Records GRE2028, 2009. 

 

 

Volume 4 - This edition of the Evolution of Dub profiles releases from Joe Gibbs & the Professionals during the years 1976-1984. This includes: State of Emergency (1976); Majestic Dub (1979); African Dub Chapter 5 (1984); & Sly & Robbie Syncopation (1982).

The great thing about this volume is that Errol Thompson is all over it, regardless of the changing personnel within the Professionals who were the house band for Joe Gibbs' studio. Errol was involved in the production, arrangement, engineering, & mixing. The result is that these Dubs have his trademark depth of sound.

 

 

CD1: Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - State of Emergency

Bounty Hunter    
Rawhide Kid    
Tribute to Donald Quarrie    
High Noon    
The Great Escape    
Walls of Jericho    
Wicked & Dreadful    
Revenge    
I Shot the President    
State of Emergency

 

 

 

 

CD2: Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - Majestic Dub

Ten Commandments    
Majestic Dub    
Social Justice    
Kings of Dub    
Bionic Encounter
Edward the Eight    
International Treaty    
Martial Law    
Nations of Dub    
Embargo

 

 

 

 

 

CD3: Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - African Dub Chapter 5

The Day After    
Long Distance Affair    
Full Moon Ikky    
Ladies Night Out    
Chapter Five    
Bad Verdict    
Military Intervention    
Campus Flash Back

 

 

 

 

 

CD4: Sly & Robbie - Syncopation

Syncopation    
Free Ticket to Ride
Earthscan    
Flirting in Space    
Space Invaders    
Nighthawk    
Laser Eyes    
Flight to Nowhere

Enjoy,
NØ

(r)Evolution of Dub is a Fiesta for Dub-heads

In March, my only theme is going to be pleasuring myself. Stay around if your not a prude. I will wash my hands on occasion.

I've stated before that I like to start off each new month with some musick from down Jamaica way. Since this month is all about pleasing myself, I'm doing just that. 

I plucked the title of this post from Reggaemani, one of the handbooks of JA musick.

 

Greensleeves Records' Evolution of Dub series had over a number of years put the spotlight on key moments in the development of Dub. I am going to be posting two Volumes (4 CD sets each) on each of the next four posts. For all you ''Dub-heads'' out there, these are for you if you don't have. I'm not sure how long they'll stay up, so grab 'em while you can. & as always, enjoy.

Volume 1 - 2009 four CD release, the first in a series of box sets spotlighting key moments in the evolution of Dub. This set focuses on the roots of Dub bringing together many of the main players from Dub's big bang moments. Joe Gibbs' Serial Dub from 1973 is one of the true foundation stones of Dub, recorded at Randy's with Errol Thompson at the controls. The next three are crucial Dub box sets from King Tubby: Dub from the Roots (1974) & the Roots of Dub (1975), produced by Bunny Lee; & Dubbing with the Observer with Niney at the controls.. 

 

 

Various - Evolution of Dub Volume 1:The Origin of the Species, Greensleeves Records GRE2007, 2009. 

 

 

CD1: Joe Gibbs-Dub Serial -
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Satta Amassa Gana Version
More Dub Version
More Dub Version Two
Love Me Girl Version
Turn Back the Hands of Time Version
Money in My Pocket Version
Rainy Night in Georgia Version
God Bless the Children Version
Love Ja Ja Children Version
Without Love Version
Be the One Version
He Prayed Version 

 

CD2: King Tubby-Dub from the Roots -

Dub from the Roots
Iyahta
Mine Field
Hijack the Barber
African Roots
Double Cross
East Of (Arrows Hi-Fi)
Invasion
Dub of a Woman
Dub on My Mind
Steeling
Dub Experience
Declaration Of Dub
A Truthful Dub

 

 

 

CD3: King Tubby-The Roots of Dub -

Natty Dub
Dub Magnificent
A First Class Dub with the Aggrovators
The Stepping Dub
Rude Boy Dub
A Closer Dub
Roots of Dub
Dub You Can Feel
Loving Dub
The Immortal Dub
Dread Locks Dub
Rocking Dub - King Tubby & the Aggrovators

 

 

 

 

CD4: Observer Allstars & King Tubby-Dubbing with the Observer -

Rebel Dance
Casanova Dub
Silver Bullet
Rasta Locks
Dubbing with the Observer
Sir Niney's Rock
Jam Down
Youth Man
Turntable Dub
Corn Man
Mister D. Brown Skank
Rema Dub 

 

Volume 2 - From the solid foundation laid down in volume 1, this set begins to illustrate the diversity of Dub & the many directions taken. Here things kick off with Tommy McCook on Brass Rockers, his saxophone stylings played over rock solid rhythms. Disc 2 is the Aggrovators excellent Rasta Dub. The third is shared between the Revolutionaries & the Aggrovators. Then the box is rounded off with the knock-off blow of Niney 'the Observer's album Sledgehammer Dub.

 

Various - Evolution of Dub Volume 2:The Great Leap Forward, Greensleeves Records GRE 2018, 2009.

 

 

 

CD1: Tommy McCook & the Aggravators-Brass Rockers -

A Dancing Dub    
A Version I Can Feel With Love    
A Loving Melody    
The Mighty Gates of Goza    
Bongo Man Dub    
True Believer in Dubs    
The Duke of Dubs    
The Big Boss Boss of Dubs    
Behold Dis Ya Dub of Class    
Dance With Me    
A Gigantic Dub    
The Gorgan of Dubs & Horns

 

 

 

 

CD2: The Aggrovators-Rasta Dub ‘76 -

None Shall Escape Dub    
Fatty Boom Boom Dub    
Dread Locks Bald Head Dub    
Two Face Rasta Dub    
Tradition Dub    
Take My Hand Dub    
Hold on Dub    
Ja Ja in de Dub    
Ites Gold Green Dub    
No Woman No Cry Dub    
Small Axe Dub    
If You Should Loose Me Dub

 

 

 

 

CD3: Agrovators meets the Revolutioners at Channel One Studios -

The Conqueror    
The Mighty Gorgon    
Bionic Man    
Seven Million Dollar Man    
Big Foot - The Revolutionaries
Ethiopians Rock    
The Dark Destroyer    
Special Brew    
Super Larger    
Russian Stout    
Shub-Inn - The Aggrovators

 

 

 

 

CD4: Niney-Sledgehammer Dub -

Dub Long Rastafari    
Travelling Version
You're No Dub Baby    
Burning Dub    
Kingsgate Version    
Dub Now    
God Bless My Dub
Everyones Dubbing    
Rich & Poor Dub
Tribulation Dub

Enjoy,
NØ