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Are you trying to jump start or improve your reggae collection? Is 70s and 80s DUB a part of your "reggae puzzle" that you wish was easier to figure out? Are you tired of buying the wrong CDs? Take a deep breath and get ready to consider a unique solution.

This is an opportunity to pick ANY 15 CDs from this lot (of 30).

African Rubber Dub (Bim Sherman dubs on Century)

African Rubber Dub Volume II (Bim Sherman dubs on Century)

Matrix Dub Volume IV (Bim Sherman dubs on Century)

Yabby You and Michael Prophet Meet Scientist at the Dub Station (Yabby You Records)

The Force of Music, Freedom Fighters Dub (Tamoki Wambesi)

Phase One Dubwise, Volume I and II (Phase One Records)

King Tubby Meets the Upsetters at the Grass Roots of Dub (Studio 16)

King Tubby Presents the Roots of Dub (Abraham)

Reminah Dub: Lee Perry and the Upsetters, Sly and the Revolutionaries (Original Music)

Sensi Dub, Vol. II and III : Lee Perry and the Upsetters, King Tubbys, & Sly and the Revolutionaries...King Tubbys Versus Prince Jammy (Original Music)

Sensi Dub, Vol. IV and V : Jah Skaka Meets & Sly and Robbie and the Revolutionaries (Original Music)

Sensi Dub, Vol. VI : Glenn Brown and Roots Radics (Original Music)

Beware Dub (Yabby You) (ROIR)

Rocker's Almighty Dub (Abraham)

I Am the King (Featuring King Tubbys at the Controls) (Sprint)

His Majesty's Dub: Prince Jammy vs King Tubbys (Sky Juice)

Heavy Metal Attack (Abraham)

Roots Radics Live @ Channel One (Live and Love)

Rockers Meets King Tubbys In a Firehouse (Shanachie)

Macca Roots Man Dub (Jamaican Gold)

International Heroes Dub (Tamoki Wambesi)

King Tubby Surrounded by the Dreads (Studio 16)

Prince Jammy Presents A Dub Extravaganza: Uhuru in Dub & Osbourne in Dub Featuring Sly and Robbie (CSA)

King Tubby's "Controls" (Abraham)

Fatman Presents Twin Spin Volume I: Dub Confrontation, Fatman vs. Jah Shaka (Fatman)

King Tubby: The Fatman Tapes II (Culture Press)

Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter I Prince Far I & The Arabs (ROIR)

Cry Tuff Dub Encounter, Chapter III Prince far I (Pressure Sounds)

Scientist: Scientific Dub (Abraham)

Prince Far I: Cry Freedom Dub (Tamoki Wambesi)



Every one of the CDs is in topnotch shape, owned and treasured by a reggae music archivist who loathes the thought of scratches, stains, and neglect to CDs and their cases.

What makes this a good opportunity?

1) You have the luxury of getting 'holipa music at once. The day it arrives, the dub component of your collection will go up a couple notches, at least. The quality of your sleep that night will skyrocket. But I don't take payments for the therapeutic value of the transaction. That's just a gift on my part.

2) No having to go to different sources for a great, diverse lot of 15 CDs (which, when selected, will almost certainly not be available from any other one source).

3) Many of these are VERY hard to find on LP or CD; quite a few were pressed in limited quantities. Try, for example, looking up the Sensi Dub series, Reminah Dub, African Rubber Dub, His Majesty's Dub, etc. Very hard to find at all.

4) Since we all know rarity doesn't always translate into good music, look these albums up, or ask your reggae friends who are in the know about the calibre of music in this lot of 30. Even consider selling/giving some of the 15 that you win to others if you already own them.

It's a win-win prospect.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZhanabolusQQhtZ-1

There are some nice albums but most of them are rather weak. Not a good dub selection at all.

Hello..I'm intersted in buying this lot..do you sell it only on ebay or could we find an agreement out of ebay? Just let me know.Thanks

Jah Glu wrote:There are some nice albums but most of them are rather weak. Not a good dub selection at all.

You're right. Good thing for your opinion.

Oh, and I'm almost done burning copies of Ziggy Marley and Shabba Ranks for you. They'll be in the mail soon.

Bye now!

Just saying that i's a week selection.

Personally I think both of hanabolus responses have been hilarious and carry a good point. There's no need to come in to ones thread and just dirty it up with negative posts.

I agree, what one person likes, another may dislike. Its all about personal tastes.

Their is no need to rubbish the list, if its not to your taste or their are no titles of interest, say nothing.

Let the people who are interested post the responses.

After all, variety is the spice of life and if we all shared the same taste, the music for one would soon run pretty stale.

Dave

and Jah Glu was wondering why some of his posts were getting deleted earlier

seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised if some of those were CD-Rs, since they are "so rare." Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken.

...and the funny part is the definition of weak/week:

Prince Far I, King Tubby, Jammy, Lee Perry, Radics, Scientsit, Bim Sherman, Yabby You, etc.

If these involvees are weak, then who's strong?

Not too sure about the specific case of The Unglued One who got all this started, but I think many folks fall into the trap of feeling that something has to be as rare as the gas collected from an emu's fart to be good. How many collectors have we encountered who have ultra rare garbage? Yeah, it's rare and all, but it sounds no better than anything else. One can spin a bunch of $3 reissues of strong 7 inches against them at a dance and send them home to lick their wounds in under 60 minutes.

Anyway, virtual discussions of this sort generally don't have merit. They degenerate when the most that can be said is "You sure do suck" . Yeah, 7th grade was a long time ago.

Thanks to the guys who called an ace an ace and were willing to see the simple act of negativity for what it was.

Back to reality.

kukuman wrote:and Jah Glu was wondering why some of his posts were getting deleted earlier

seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised if some of those were CD-Rs, since they are "so rare." Feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken.

I appreciate your tone. Seriously.

You have a genuinely good vibe about your question and you've asked it with respect.

The answer is that EVERY single one of them is legit. All bought throughout the 90s. Just a matter of striking when the iron was hot. Many I got from the RAS Records warehouse when I visited to do shopping. Some from Ernie B. And so on.

I'd never ever sell a burned copy of a CD. These are all the real deal and I'd be happy to pass on scanned images of the discs themselves to all nice and decent people like yourself.