"CONCRETE DUB" CONCRETE JUNGLE UK PRESS - KING TUBBY
  £   366
  $   485

 


£ 366 Sold For
Feb 17, 2008 Sold Date
Feb 7, 2008 Start Date
£   100 Start price
7   Number Of Bids
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******* PLEASE SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR CLIPS OF THE TRACKS ON THIS LP! *******

THIS IS THE LEGENDARY "CONCRETE JUNGLE" DUB LP (MATRIX CJDLP) RELEASED IN 1976 ON DENNIS HARRIS' UK CONCRETE JUNGLE IMPRINT, ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR LEGENDARY TUNES LIKE IJAHMANS "I'M A LEVI" AND STEEL PULSE'S "KIBUDDU MANSATTA KIBUKU".

KNOWN AS ONE OF THE RAREST UK PRESS DUB LP'S (ALTHOUGH PURE JA RHYTHMS THROUGHOUT) I AM TOLD THERE WAS A MAXIMUM OF 300 COPIES PRESSED (POSSIBLY LESS!) AND VERY FEW OF THEM SURVIVE IN SUCH AMAZING CONDITION.

THE DUBS ON THIS LP ARE ALL FROM THE PRODUCTIONS OF WINSTON RILEY, WHO RAN THE TECHNIQUES LABEL, INCLUDING "MOVE UP BLACKMAN", "WHO IS THE ONE", "THEM A MOCK JAH", "STALAG" AND A BRACE OF OTHER ROOTS KILLERS! THE LABEL CREDITS WINSTONS BROTHER BUSTER RILEY WHO ALSO HAD A HAND IN RUNNING THE STUDIO AND MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN MIXING THE DUBS ALTHOUGH I WOULD GUESS HIS INVOLVEMENT WAS MOSTLY FINANCIAL. THE LABEL STATES THAT IT WAS RECORDED AT KING TUBBYS AND HARRY J'S STUDIO'S AND BY THE SOUND OF THE MIXES TUBBY PLAYED AT LEAST A PART IN THEIR MIXING (THESE DUBS DROP HEEAAVY!!)

CONDIITION:

THE LABEL IS MINT AND FLAWLESS.

THE RECORD COMES IN A PLAIN WHITE SLEEVE AS ISSUED (PRE-RELEASE STYLE!)

THE VINYL IS NEAR MINT THROUGHOUT APART FROM A SCRATCH ON THE FIRST TUNE ON SIDE B ("WHO IS THE DUB") WHICH CAUSES A QUIET BACKGROUND CLICK FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE OF THE TUNE. THIS SCRATCH DOES NOT OVERPOWER THE MUSIC IN ANY WAY AND IS BARELY NOTICEABLE ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS FAIRLY DEEP. YOU CAN LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF ON THE SOUND CLIP BELOW (THE TUNE WITH SCRATCH IS THE FIRST TUNE ON SIDE B) APART FROM THAT THE VINYL IS NEAR MINT!! EXTREMELY SHINY STILL WITH ALL OF ITS GLOSS INTACT. THE PRESSING IS NOT PERFECT AND THERE IS SLIGHT SURFACE NOISE DUE TO THE PRESSING. ALL COPIES ARE LIKE THIS AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONDITION OF THE VINYL WHICH IS IMMACULATE APART FROM SAID SCRATCH. (CHECK POPSIKE LINK ABOVE - ALSO MENTIONS PRESSING IMPERFECTION) I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LOVELY COPY BEFORE THIS.

**** (PLEASE NOTE I HAVE JUST NOTICED THERE ARE DIGITAL JUMPS IN THE MP3'S...THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO JUMPS IN THE RECORD WHATSOEVER!!!) ****

LISTEN TO CLIPS OF SIDE 1 HERE (staga dub, stepping stone dub, rasta dub)

http://media.putfile.com/Concrete-dub-side-1-55

LISTEN TO CLIPS OF SIDE 2 HERE (who is the dub, red gold and green dub, dread dub)

http://media.putfile.com/Concrete-dub-side-2

DUE TO THE EXTREME RARITY OF THIS RECORD I WILL ONLY POST THROUGH SPECIAL DELIVERY WHICH IS £8 IN THE UK AND GUARANTEED TO BE DELIVERED BY 1.00 PM THE NEXT DAY. THE RECORD IS THEN INSURED FOR £500. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE EMAIL FOR POSTAGE COST TO YOUR COUNTRY IF YOU WISH TO KNOW IN ADVANCE (ALL INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS WELCOME)

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL ONLY FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS, OR BY PAYPAL OR PERSONAL CHECK ONLY FOR UK CUSTOMERS.

HAPPY BIDDING AND GOOD LUCK!!

 

 




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