A Brief History of Dub Part 2: King Tubby

As with a lot of reggae albums, just about any dub album is liable to claim King Tubby as main auteur, just because so many were mixed in his studio. This is a guide to the ones that'll sell you if any of Tubby's music will. I think of him as the Mozart of dub, always playing with perceptions in different ways.

Recommended:

• King Tubby Special 1973-1976 . The birth of genius.
  
  
• King Tubby & Prince Jammy, Dub Me Crazy and Dub Me 2 Crazy (Blood and Fire) Megaton mixes. Everything Blood & Fire Records does is quality, a labor of love. These are the cream of a bumper crop.
  
  
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate, Freedom Sounds in Dub (Blood & Fire) There must be thousands of these dub b-sides, but Blood and Fire have harvested well.
  
  
• The Sound of Channel One: King Tubby Connection (Guava Jelly) What's that you put in that big cigarette we were smoking?