Prince Jammy became a King while cutting his musical teeth working for the dub
master himself King Tubby. In that age old Jamaican way where it seems everyone
in Jamaica was given a new name to work with, Prince Jammy as he would be called
so impressed his colleges that he rose from a Prince to a King both names given to
him by producer Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee.
King Jammy (b. Lloyd James, 1947, Montego Bay, Jamaica) then named Prince
Jammy took up the vacant spot as engineer at King Tubby’s request around 1975,
after what turned out to be 5 year hiatus in Canada. Jammy had worked with Tubby
for many years previous to this and had built a great working relationship, but Jammy
had taken some work opportunity that would see him actually staying in Canada
for 5 years .It was the Tubby’s offer of fulltime work and missing Jamaica and family
that would lead to his return.
This would enable Tubby to continue his electrical business knowing full well that
Jammy could be trusted to run the studio sessions smoothly. Jammy was always
the first to arrive and the last to leave the hundreds of sessions he oversaw at
Tubby’s studio, honing his skills that again with Tubby’s blessing and guidance
would lead to building his own studio not a stones throw from Tubby’s in the
Waterhouse district of Kingston.
Out of the many proteges that trained and worked at King Tubby’s and there were
many, Scientist, singer Pat Kelly, Prince Phillip Smart to name but a few it was
King Jammy’s work that was the main stay. We have selected a set of tunes that
were rebuilt with King Jammy at the controls.
Hope you enjoy the set….
CD Track Listing
1 Folly Dub
2 Jah Jah Dub Dub
3 Dread Dub
4 No Turn Back Dub
5 Family Dub
6 Every Tongue Dub
7 I’m Still In Dub
8 Empty Dub
9 And The Lord Said Dub
10 Tonight Dub
11 Cinderella Dub
12 Steppers Out Of Babylon Dub
13 Leave Wrong Dub*
14 African Dub*
15 Mighty As A Dub*
16 Canning Dub*
CD Bonus Track
Vinyl Track Listing
Side 1
1 Folly Dub
2 Jah Jah Dub Dub
3 Dread Dub
4 No Turn Back Dub
5 Family Dub
6 Every Tongue Dub
Side 2
1 I’m Still In Dub
2 Empty Dub
3 And The Lord Said Dub
4 Tonight Dub
5 Cinderella Dub
6 Steppers Out Of Babylon Dub
Musicians Include:
Carlton ‘Santa’ Davis, Carlton Barrett Sly Dunbar: Drums
Robbie Shakespear, George ‘Fully’ Fullwood, Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett: Bass
Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith: Lead Guitar
Tony Chin, Winston ‘Bo Peep’: Rhythm Guitar
Ancel Collins: Piano
Bernard ‘Touter’ Harvey, Winston Wright: Organ
Bobby Ellis: Trumpet
Vin Gordon: Trombone
Tommy McCook: Tenor Saxophone
Lennox Brown: Alto Saxophone
Rhythms Recorded at: King Tubbys, Dynamic Sounds, Channel 1
Engineered by: King Jammy at King Tubbys
Produced by: Bunny Lee
Design by: Gary@Voodoo London
Manufactured under Licence from: Lloyd James
Made In the U.K.
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