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In the wake of punk rock, as artists began to express their eclectic tastes and broaden their sound palettes in ways unimaginable just a few years before, the scene's love affair with Jamaican reggae and dub blossomed. The resulting crossover saw punk rock groups begin to adopt dub rhythms and production techniques into their sound and established reggae and dub producers begin to work with punk rock bands.
This cracking 3CD collection shines a light on this crossover with the everyone from XTC and 23 Skidoo to Dillinger and Prince Far I, there's something for everyone here and is a fascinating look into the socio-political scene of late 70s and early 80s multicultural Britain.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
1. Alternative TV - Life After Dub
2. Steel Pulse - Prodigal Son Dub (Extended Mix)
3. XTC - Super Tuff
4. Demon Preacher - Perfect Dub (Pink Knicker Dub)
5. The 4th Street Orchestra - Higking Ranher
6. Marie Pierre - Walk Away (Version)
7. The Flying Lizards - Crab Claw
8. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
9. The Members - Stand Up And Spit
10 Public Image Ltd - Part 2 Megga Mix (aka Half Mix/ Megga Mix)
11. Dillinger - Funky Punk
12. The Slits - Newtown
13. The Clash - Justice Tonight/Kick it Over
14. Electric Chairs - J’attends Les Marines (Dub Edit)
15. Red Beat - Machines In Motion
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Dub
17. Family Fodder - Bass Adds Bass
18. Fashiøn - Silver Blades (A Deeper Cut)
DISC TWO
1. The Ruts - Love In Vain
2. X-O-Dus - English Black Boys (Edit)
3. Shoes For Industry - Sheepdog Trial Inna Babylon
4. Basement 5 - Silicon Chip
5. The Twinkle Brothers - Free Us (Dub)
6. The Good Missionaries - Bending A Border (Dub Version)
7. The Specials - Man At C&A
8. Max Splodge - Bicycle Seat (Dub)
9. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Brain Smashing (Dub)
10. The Jam - Pop Art Poem
11. Suns Of Arqa - Acid Tabla Dub
12. Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun (Dub)
13. The Selecter - Last Tango In Dub
14. Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation
15. Garland Jeffreys - Escape Goat Dub (Single Version)
16. George Dekker - The Other Side Of Atlantic Road (Dub)
17. The Chicken Granny - Quit The Body
18. Thompson Twins - A Dub Product
19. Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay - How Much Are They? (12” Version)
20. Alan Pellay - Demonic Forces
DISC THREE
1. Surface Mutants - Train Dub
2. UB40 - Present Arms In Dub
3. London Underground - Dreams Are Better
4. Cook The Books - Gone To Black
5. The X-Certs - Untogether
6. The Mothmen - Afghani Dub
7. A Certain Ratio - Rialto
8. The Boomtown Rats - House On Fire (12” Dub Version)
9. Jazz Insects - Elephants
10. Sir Horatio - Abracadubra
11. Aswad - Dub Fire
12. Mad Professor - English Connection
13. Mark Stewart & The Maffia - Learning To Cope With Cowardice
14. Mr Amir - Reasons To Live
15. Bad Manners - Devil’s Dub
16. 23 Skidoo - Fire
17. Singers And Players - Alla La -Dreadlocks Soldier
18. Restriction - Re-Action
19. Lost Cherrees - Escalation Dub