Sunday, 6 April 2025

Under Dub Covers


I love reggae and dub and I love cover versions and it's been a while since I've posted either, so I've mashed them up in one (nearly) hour-long selection.

A 15-track compendium, mostly 21st Century, but with a clutch of 1970s classics thrown in for good measure. I couldn't decide between two Nicky Thomas covers so they both went in!


Proof of concept, if needed, that every song should have a mandatory reggae version.
 
1) Everyday Is Like Sunday (Cover of Morrissey): Rhoda Dakar (2021)
2) Brain Damage (Cover of Pink Floyd): Easy Star All-Stars ft. Dr. Israel (2003)
3) Lola (Cover of The Kinks): Nicky Thomas (1974)
4) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Single Version) (Cover of Joy Division): Capitol 1212 ft. Earl Sixteen (2020)
5) Space Oddity (Dubmix) (Cover of David Bowie): Adrian Sherwood ft. LSK aka Leigh Kenny (2012) 
6) Here Comes The Sun (Single Version) (Cover of The Beatles): Peter Tosh & The Wailers (1971)
7) Lets Go Crazy (Cover of Prince & The Revolution): Radio Riddler ft. Suggs (2014)
8) Emotion (Album Version By Castro Brown & Dennis Bovell) (Cover of Samantha Sang): 15 16 17 (1978)
9) Lithium (Album Version By Prince Fatty) (Cover of Nirvana): Little Roy (2011)
10) And The Beat Goes On (Dub) (Cover of The Whispers): Prince Fatty & Hollie Cook (2012)
11) Guns Of Brixton (Manasseh Dub 5) (Remix By Nick Raphael) (Cover of The Clash): Dub Spencer & Trance Hill (2020)
12) Lay Lady Lay / In The Midnight Hour (Medley) (Cover of Bob Dylan / Wilson Pickett): Nicky Thomas (1972)
13) Hello Stranger (Cover of Barbara Lewis): Brown Sugar (1977)
14) Be Here To Love Me (Cover of Townes Van Zandt): Xan Tyler & Mad Professor (2021)
15) Master Blaster (Vocal Version) (Cover of Stevie Wonder): Dubby Wonder ft. Eugene Tambourine (2022) 

1971: Here Comes The Sun EP: 6
1972: Tell It Like It Is: 12
1974: Lola EP: 3
1977: Hello Stranger EP: 13
2003: Dub Side Of The Moon: 2
2005: Magic Touch: 8
2011: Battle For Seattle: 9
2012: Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub: 10
2012: Space Oddity EP: 5
2014: Purple Reggae: 7
2020: Guns Of Brixton EP: 11
2020: Love Will Tear Us Apart EP: 4
2021: Clarion Call: 14
2021: Everyday Is Like Sunday EP: 1
2022: Master Blaster EP: 15

Under Dub Covers (58:56) (KF) (Mega)

13 comments:

  1. It's a perfect mix for Sunday. Especially to see Dub Spencer and Trance Hill in this mix. Great work

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    1. Thanks, Walter, it's been on rotation at Casa K all week!

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  3. Listening to it now, excellent, thanks!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your great work over at Jokonky!

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  4. Mandatory Reggae Version? It will never catch on

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    1. Ahem, I hope you will forgive this trademark transgression, Mr. Goggins, and not send the heavies round to Casa K to "sort me out"?

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  5. Many thanks for this selection ! One question : WTF is this Space Oddity version by Adrian Sherwood ? I Never heard about it before ! As a big On-U Sound fan, I'd like to have more informations about it... Thanks again !

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    1. Thanks, AdJeee, it's great, isn't it? It was part of an hour long mix that Adrian did at The Boiler Room in 2012. You can find the whole thing on YouTube at https://youtu.be/OwQcvL5COwc?si=Xw-XHTJNWiPmMmyi and this particular snippet kicks in around 6:58

      There are lots of bootlegs available of the isolated extract on YT & beyond. I think the title is a bit of a red herring as it's really an LSK track, rather than a straight cover version. It's sometimes titled Mind Control To Make You Dumb, after the opening line.

      Lots of online comments suggest that it was intended for a proper release, but I've never seen of heard another version outside of Sherwood's mix.

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  6. reggae cover of Megadeth anyone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7QaKxfa2kI

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    1. Yes, please! And you've just sent me down a rabbit hole, discovering Andy Rehfeldt's Variety Show on YT...

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  7. Khayem Old Sausage - this is a blinder. Many thanks for some real ripsnorters - you've cheered me up no end!

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    1. I'm very pleased to have brought some dub-infused cheer to you, Hal! I hope you enjoyed the Horace Andy selection too.

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