Taken from the personal archive of King Tubby acolyte "Prince" Philip Smart, this collection of seldom heard reggae/dub cuts from the mid-70s offers rare access into the workings and wizardry happening in Tubby's studio at the time. With vocal takes from the likes of Jacob Miller and Johnny Clarke, this is a crucial find. - Flying Out
This compilation is dedicated to the memory of the late great “Prince” Philip Smart - the first apprentice of King Tubby and the first engineer at Tubby’s studio besides Tubby himself. Alongside Tubby, Philip was integral to the innovation that took place at Tubby’s studio in the mid 1970s, where the mixing of new roots reggae revolutionized the sound of Jamaican music and created styles and techniques that are still being echoed today, nearly 50 years later.
Though rarely credited on records in comparison to Tubby, Philip also mixed a lot of the paramount music produced by those close associates of Tubby’s studio such as Bunny Lee, Yabby You, and Augustus Pablo. Philip was closely tied to Pablo due to their childhood friendship and was a partner in his stylistically significant early production works. In the early years of Tubby’s studio, both men were making and cutting custom dubs there for their sound systems before starting to produce their own tunes from scratch, and Philip becoming the second chair engineer.
Tracklist
- Madness
- You Were Mine
- Revolution Come
- Man Free Dub
- Days of Old
- Dubb Girl
- Dubb Girl Rhythm
- Official Sound
- Fragile Rhythm
- Kid Phil Rhythm
- Zion City - Jacob Miller
- Zion City Dub Wise
- Lorraine Dub Wise - Jacob Miller
- Rock My Soul Dub Wise
- Trying Man - Johnny Clarke
- You Were Dubbing
- Sit and Cry
- Iron Bird - Jacob Miller
- Riding on a High & Windy Day (Alt. Take) - Breezy & Hugh Mundell
- Riding Rhythm