Duke Reid’s nephew Errol Brown (not related to the late Hot Chocolate vocalist of the same name) got his start as a junior sound engineer at his uncle’s legendary Treasure Isle studio.
As both the studio and label passed into the hands of Sonia Pottinger as the Duke’s health declined, Brown made his first tentative steps in production and 1975’s Dubb Everlasting was the result.
Three years later Dub Expression followed.
Now Brown’s work in Dub production is almost forgotten, but although he did not have the work-rate of King Tubby or Joe Gibbs, he did focus on releasing quality material in those mid-70s years that marked the high water of Dub.
Key to this success was the crack outfit from the Channel One studio, the Revolutionaires. Featuring the eminent talents of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare to name but two, the band’s expansive skill, taste and restraint is evident and contributes to the success of the two albums we have here.
These records clearly marked out Brown as a talent to watch and eventually, through finding an advocate in the form of Marcia Griffiths, he entered the inner circle of Bob Marley and his Wailers.
Leaving Treasure Isle to join Marley’s Tuff Gong studio, he engineered the Wailers’ Survival and Uprising albums which were big commercial successes.
He also played a part in taking Marley and his band back towards a rougher sound after Island Records’ efforts to smooth them over into the Rock arena. Brown also worked with the Wailers on live dates and enjoyed further hit records manning the boards for the likes of Third World and Burning Spear.
More recently he’s also worked as live sound engineer for Shaggy and Ziggy Marley.
Tracklist:
01. Babylon Dubbing (3:06)
02. Escape Affair (2:47)
03. Biblical Dub (2:17)
04. Easy Locks (2:55)
05. Living Strings (2:38)
06. Eva A Dub (2:00)
07. Marigunna Affair (2:36)
08. Dub Due (2:18)
09. Winning Dub (1:54)
10. 37 Orange Street (2:17)
11. Spinning Dub (5:10)
12. The Gun Court Dub (3:36)
13. Ital Stew (4:08)
14. Super Tracks (3:20)
15. Dread At The Controls (3:32)
16. Ghetto Dub (3:32)
17. Ranking Marshall (4:20)
18. Down Town Thing (3:56)
19. Bond Street Rock (3:50)
20. Melodious Dub (3:14)
21. Mark Dis Yah Dub (2:39)
Format : Flac
