Augustus Gussie Clarke - Dread at The Controls Dub_(LUXXCD020)
Artist : Augustus Gussie Clarke
Album : Dread at The Controls Dub_(LUXXCD020)
Year : 2007
Genre : Retro
Source : CDDA
Label : Auralux
CatNr : LUXXCD020
URL : n/a
Date : 12-02-2010
Quality : VBR
Size : 51,9 MB
Time : 37:41 min
01 Double Bubble 03:41
02 Michael Campbell Theme 03:36
03 The Meek Dub 04:05
04 Mixed Up Stuff 03:32
05 Bad Company 04:06
06 Dread At The Controls 03:12
07 Loving Sounds 03:39
08 Hot Steppers 03:44
09 Midnight Clappers 03:37
10 Golden Locks 04:29
By 1978, Mikey Dread was one of the biggest names in reggae: his show on
the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, Dread at the Controls, was one of
the first national radio programs to play nothing but the hottest
contemporary reggae and dub, and he would soon temporarily move to
England and enter the Clash's orbit. His production and mixing of the
Clash during their Sandinista! period would make Dread one of the most
familiar reggae names to the punk and new wave audience. However, those
folks should be warned: Augustus "Gussie" Clarke's 1978 dub release
Dread at the Controls Dub, though it lifts its name from Dread's popular
radio show, otherwise has little to do with Mikey Dread, who does not
appear here as a producer, mixer, or performer. But don't let that stop
anyone: Dread at the Controls Dub is vintage late-'70s dub well worth a
listen. The original tracks were recorded by the Revolutionaries, Sly
Dunbar, and Robbie Shakespeare's pre-Taxi Records band, behind singers
like Leroy Smart and the Mighty Diamonds; here, the ten tracks are
transformed into deep, heavy dub audibly influenced by Lee "Scratch"
Perry's contemporaneous work, including many of the oddball sound
effects and sonic manipulation pioneered by the master. However, ever
since 1978, information about this album has been difficult to come by,
and this otherwise exemplary remastered reissue is equally
unforthcoming: Clarke produced the original tracks, not the dubs, and
although rumors have suggested many different mixers (including Mikey
Dread himself, which both Dread and Clarke deny) were responsible for
these inventive and drop-dead cool versions, it remains unknown whose
mixing talents are on display on gems like "Double Bubble" and "Michael
Campbell Theme," which pays homage to Mikey Dread under his real name.
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