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Phillip Fullwood: Words in Dub

"Words in Dub“Is a very paradoxical title. Perhaps just the right wink for the big anniversary of a big label: Pressure Sounds is celebrating its centenary - which is only half the story, because it is actually an album pair by the little-known Jamaican producer Phillip Fullwood. "Rockers in the Land of Reggae" and "Words in Dub“(Pressure Sounds) go hand in hand, either as two vinyl releases or a double CD. They are of course also available in the Spotify or Apple stream. Phillip Fullwood only worked briefly as a producer. In the late 1970s, he met Winston Rodney (Burning Spear) who introduced him to Kingston's studio world. Fullwood returned the favor by writing a few songs for Spear's "Marcus Garvey" album. In 1979 he produced his first own tracks in the Channel One studio, which he added to Lee Perry's Black Ark studio along with other "borrowed" recordings Dubs processed and then sent to America by his friend Winston McKenzie. McKenzie left that Dubs pressed 1000 times in vinyl and published them as “Words in Dub". Of course, the rare album then became a coveted collector's item and the collectors probably love the music of their treasure beyond measure. I care about this DubCult objects, however, a rather distant relationship and must therefore say: The recordings don't knock me off my feet. Unfortunately, the recording quality is also not particularly great (rather noisy). Hence my recommendation: Listen to it in the stream and set it to "repeat" when you leave the house. Pressure Sound receives between 0,6 to 0,8 cents per track. So let it run for weeks to celebrate the anniversary of this likeable label!

Rating: 3 out of 5.

3 replies to “Phillip Fullwood: Words in Dub"

Hello !
I bought the disc as a D.CD, even though the Dubs also not blown away.
I haven't even heard the VocalVersions. The range of reggae has been so rich for me lately that I haven't even been able to keep up with listening to it.
It is a great advantage that I was able to buy the record, because it will surely get the respect it needs and it will be played at my home every now and then. When streaming, this is forgotten much faster ...............

Greetings …………… .. lemmi

Continuation :

Yes, they knock me off my stool Dubs still not. At the weekend I thought to myself, oh well I have to make a coffee first and do a few small "construction projects". As long as the disc can play on the side without me "so to speak" meditating on it. While the coffee was pouring through in the kitchen, they rang Dubs through the whole apartment down to my heart and I have to say this too Dubs conjured up a really good atmosphere in my apartment, so I was once again very happy that this record belongs to ME.

Cheers ………………. lemmi

Oh yes, the "noise" - I'm someone who needs that :) For me, the clear, digital productions just don't have THE spirit. But as I've read with you elsewhere, there are also new productions that imitate all of this, I also find absurd: D

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