In 1983 Rough Trade came with this album by Martin
‘Mandingo’ Williams. For all reggae / dub lovers this is
an absolute must have. Not much is to be found on
Martin. The line-up though is quite spectacular here.
(see back sleeve in file)
‘Afrikan History’ is loaded with weird and special sound
effects, from bleeping synths to explosions and bird
sounds. Surprisingly good dub from beginning to end ..

In 1983 kwam Rough Trade met deze plaat van Martin
‘Mandingo’ Williams. Voor alle reggae / dub liefhebbers
een absolute ‘must have’. Ik kan over Martin Williams
niet veel vinden. Wel durf ik zeggen dat de line-up op
dit album tamelijk spectaculair is. (zie achterkant hoes
in de file) ‘Afrikan History’ barst van de meest freaky
geluidseffecten, van bliepende synthesizers tot explosies
en vogel geluiden. Verrassend goede dub van begin tot eind ..

Discogs

01 – Shaka
02 – Nana
03 – Malcolm X
04 – Chancellor williams
05 – Akhenaton
06 – Marcus garvey
07 – Nehanda
08 – Sobukwe
09 – Dessalines
10 – Imhotep

Wikipedia
Discogs

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & Dub Syndicate the Boom X De Devil Dead 1987

01 – No bed of roses
02 – Private I
03 – Jamaican proverb
04 – Fire burning
05 – Hard & tuff
06 – Uplifting
07 – Nothing comes easy
08 – Adam & eve
09 – Kingston 14
10 – Kingston 14 version
11 – Fire burning version
12 – Adam & eve mix

One of the first reggae-dub albums I knew was the famous
Bag-O-Wire. A Sonia Pottinger project from 1975. It was
also known as Marcus Garvey. On this Dutch release from
1976 the titles are changed in Prophecy 1 to 5, Fullfillment
1 & 2 and finally Judgement 1 to 3. I have this Dutch RMILP 03.
The Dutch release speaks of 10 tracks while the album has 11.
Together with some mistakes in the English liner-notes,
it is a bit of a mess. I have taken the original titles
and added the original images.

Eind jaren zeventig maakte ik kennis met deze klassieker.
Het was een van de eerste dub-albums die we hoorden.
Bag-O-Wire, een Sonia Pottinger project, ook bekend als
Marcus Garvey. Op de Nederlandse uitgave uit 1976 zijn de
titels veranderd in Prophecy 1 tot 5, Fullfillment 1 & 2 en
Judgement 1 tot 3. Ik heb die Nederlandse RMILP 03.
Deze uitvoering spreekt van 10 titels terwijl er 11
opstaan. Samen met enkele fouten in de Engelse
liner-notes een beetje een rommeltje. Ik heb
de originele titels genomen en de
originele afbeeldingen toegevoegd ..

Discogs NL
Discogs UK

01 – Rock fort
02 – Gully
03 – Bag-o-wire
04 – Resovoir
05 – Poison ivy
06 – Judas
07 – Chapter
08 – Warrika hill
09 – Dubonic
10 – Skankeboo
11 – Dragon fly

01 – Only one dub
02 – Mount zion-I
03 – Dub forever
04 – Deep root dub
05 – Red, gold & green
06 – Highland dub
07 – Dub herbs
08 – Volcano
09 – East end dub
10 – Dub struggle
11 – Sound minded
12 – Dinosaur

Early eighties, with a couple of friends, we really got stuck in reggae
music. An album that was permanently on the side of the turntable
was this dub version of Jacob Miller’s ‘Wanted’. Bald Head Justice
with the Fat Man Ridim Section of Ian Lewis and his buddies with
Sly and Robbie. I was totally hooked on this one. It is not complex
but somehow has a special touch, nice guitars horns and keys.
A dub lover’s treat you don’t wanna miss out on. I must
have played it thousands of times ..

In de vroege jaren tachtig ben ik met een aantal vrienden echt
even blijven steken in de reggae. Een plaat die niet van de draai-
tafel week was deze dub versie van Jacob Miller’s lp ‘Wanted’.
Bald Head Justice met de Fat Man Ridim Section van Ian Lewis
en zijn companen en met Sly en Robbie. Ik was compleet ver-
slingerd aan dit album. Hij is niet ingewikkeld maar heeft op
de een of andere manier iets bijzonders. Een dub
liefhebber’s droom plaat die je niet wil missen ..

” ..Jah will never give the power to
a bald head man, to judge a rasta man .. ”

Jacob Miller – Wanted 1978
Jacob Miller – Tenement Yard 1975
Wagon of Dub 1982
.. meets Downtown Horns 1979
Discogs

tracks ;

01 – Straight to cuddley’s chest
02 – Wareira hill rock
03 – The “black” spy
04 – Joshua “A” loaf
05 – “Copper” bullet
06 – S.M.G. skank
07 – Laughing babylon
08 – Pass the pipe
09 – Badness never pay

tracks ;

01 – Sitting with stupid
02 – Juck’s incorporation
03 – Grow with your own
04 – Moving dub
05 – Skankers incorporation
06 – Theme a ling
07 – Gumbia jump
08 – I a see
09 – Garvey night
10 – Dub is the answer
11 – King a thing
12 – Theme from the scorcher
13 – No title

tracks ;

01 – Drum song dub
02 – Keep a good dub rubbing
03 – Taxi to baltimore dub
04 – Satta dread dub
05 – Every dub shall scrub
06 – Black a shade of dub
07 – Bad days dub
08 – East of scientist corner
09 – Just say dub… who
10 – Words of dub

Houd je van lekker vreemd instrumentaal getrommel
en geblieb ? De meester op dit terrein was begin jaren
tachtig zonder twijfel Adrian Sherwood. Hier hebben we
nog zo’n sterk staaltje bizarre geluiden, congas, bongos,
friction drums, fish, cabassa, keukenpannen, basgitaren,
keyboards, chinese luit, elektrische percussie etcetera..

Do you like some nice and weird instrumental drumming
and blieping ? Absolute master in this territory was early
eighties without doubt Adrian Sherwood. Here we have
another fine example of bizar sounds, congas, bongos,
friction drums, fish, cabassa, kitchenpans, bass guitars,
keyboards, chinese lute, electric percussion etcetera..

titels ;

01 – Timbuktu express
02 – I want water
03 – Bazaar
04 – African hedge hog
05 – Depth charge
06 – Fruit market
07 – Snake in the hole
08 – Many generations

tracks;

01 – Seconds away
02 – Straight left
03 – Upper cut
04 – Kidney punch
05 – Saved by the bell
06 – Right cross
07 – Jab
08 – One-two
09 – Below the belt
10 – Knock out

First, light up a spliff, then sit down and suck in
this slice of dubbing adventure. Okay, now light up
another spliff, turn up the volumes of your stereo,
kick aside your furniture and experience some of
the best pounding dub beats ever made on earth.
It was 1981, a flock of spaceships entered the
London atmosphere. Hopeton Brown, better
known as Scientist was luckily around with
the Roots Radics to save the day. Tony
McDermott made the snapshot at a
perfect moment and captured our
young hero in full action.
Sowell, Bingy Bunny,
Flabba, Style & Santa,
Sky Juice & Skully,
Steely & Winston,
Gladdie, they were all
there with Maxie, Banabas
& Crucial Bunny, Linvall Thompson
and Mickie ‘Roots’ Scott,
Dub away…

tracks;

1 Beam down
2 Red shift
3 Time warp
4 Cloning process
5 Pulsar
6 Laser attack
7 Dematerialize
8 Fission
9 Supernova explosion
10 Quasar