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Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:38 pm
by jc_everton
Yo, I'm pretty sure you guys are aware of the classic dub by King Tubby, 'Fittest of the Fittest dub'. Am I right in saying that the original was by Johnny Clarke and I can find this on Originally Mr. Clarke?
Also, as there's so many fantastic dub tunes out there, does anyone know of a site that tells you who originally made the dub song? As most dub tracks are basiaclly re-mixes, I'm always interested in knowing who actually made the song in the first place.
Any help on either topic is well appreciated.
Cheers.

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:03 am
by leggo rocker
http://www.dubdirectory.de/index.htm


There was also a thread on this site somewhere where we were all listing dub/vocal versions.

Ah yesm this is it:

http://www.roots-archives.com/forum/rea ... 238,page=1

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:13 pm
by Pug
I think it's originally a Barry Brown tune under the same title.

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:39 pm
by noƩ
Yes
The original is a barry brown tune.

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 7:25 pm
by Rootsman
Al Campbell also used this same riddim on a couple of tracks.

Barry Brown 12" version though is well heavy.

Dave

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:12 pm
by leggo rocker
Is the barry Brown track by the same name?

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:53 pm
by Rootsman
Hi Leggo

No, it called "No Wicked Shall Enter The Kingdom of Zion"

Dave

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:57 pm
by Rootsman
No actually leggo.

I might be thinking of something else.

Been a long day.

Dave

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:56 pm
by jc_everton
thanks very much for your help guys, much appreciated.

Re: Johnny Clarke - Fittest of the Fittest

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:58 pm
by Rasta Four Eyes
There is a Barry Brown cut, "Enter The Kingdom of Zion", and also a Johnny Clarke cut "Fittest of the Fittest". I've never heard of the Al Campbell cut? Can anyone provide me with the title?