Blackboard Jungle Dub

I dunno, maybe it is something different, I'd definitely like to check it out. (Maybe if Steve Barrow sez so, tee hee). Just tend to be sceptical about this stuff for reasons given by others above.

If the sound is significantly better that would be worth something in itself. Although there was always a certain charm about the invariably warped and highly crackly Clocktower vinyl, seemed to be appropriate to the lurching, raggedy rhythms.

Dadaismus, the point is that Perry released things and then carried on working on them (or at least had multiple 'finished' versions, none of which was necessarily definitive). This is why I think it's best not to be too trenchant about 'original', and certainly not about 'definitive'.

Of course, so let's agree that this a re-issue of an album called "Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle", which was released in Jamaica in 1973. Not the definitive or final "Blackboard Jungle" perhaps but the first.

(just testing)

Exactly! I have the Lion w/ Helmet version on vinyl and the hiss and cracks are insane on some tracks yet they actually do seem to make sense in that whole hazy Perry sound.

(btw, Sounds of the Universe has Wailing Souls at Channel One if you're still looking for this, PJM)

trojan have bunged out Blackbd Jungle themselves as part of a 2CD set with Cloak and Dagger and Revolution Dub.

I understand that BJD is a recognised classic but I love C&D more.

PJM: how's the mastering on that Wailing Souls comp? What I know of the content (I suppose about a third of it) is tremendous.

I don't usually moan about this sort of thing in case it makes me look less hardcore.

It's still nice to listen to, though.

You can get it on vinyl too, which saves you the trouble of knackering your own. It looks nicer on vinyl.

this is a fantastic record

i've been digging into reggae lately, after really taking a liking to the studio one soul jazz comps from this year and last year, and figuring out where to find sounds i like, how to steer clear of too-ploddy roots reggae.

and i've listened to some dub before, late 90s, early 00s, on the back of mad professor dubbing 'protection' probably, and i could like it some and understand the appeal -

but this record actually sounds like all the stuff you read about dub, the playing-the-studio stuff, instruments popping in and out of the soundfield, drum hits given their own little moments of presence - not just watery echoing and big bass. but what i like most is that you can hear all these little scraps that sound like early 70s-mid 70s playing, highlighted for their lyricism.

it's really good. my copy is hard panned left and right though