I spent my time yesterday that I'd normally blog working for a client, so not only did I miss a day, this one will also be short, which is fine, because I'll be damned if I can find out much more about this other than what it says in the liner notes.
It's a set of King Tubby and Professor mixes, featuring the likes of Larry Marshall and the Gladiators, produced and arranged by Glen Darby, aka Yah Congo. While the liners don't give a specific recording period, I'm guessing this happened right around the same time Darby produced the under-heard Skatalites reunion session later released under
"Heroes of Reggae in Dub": so right around 1975-76. Darby released some cool sides under his See Yah Me label, including Delroy Wilson's "I've Been In Love" and Calvin Stewart's "Bablan Turn", both of which have these great Black Brother versions on their B-sides.
So what do you have here? Just some real solid riddims, with heavy monster dub production courtesy of the late King Tubby and Professor, who was acting at Tubby's assistant during this period at King Tubby's Studio. I don't love this so much as some of the Scientist records I've shared, but it's a strong enough rarity that I'm kind of shocked it's never been reissued before. It's cold and it's wet outside, and I give 3:2 that the world might come to an end in a few weeks, so something appropriately apocalyptic and spiritual in right in my wheelhouse.
