Customer Reviews
GREAT INTRO TO DUB - By: Hathor 38, 22 Apr 2008 
This was the very first Trojan box set that I bought a few years ago, If I'm feeling a bit chilled out I always play this first. I really do love the tracks from the amazing Roots Radics band, but this is a very diverse compilation which I think is esentialin your reggea collection. As the title to this review says: Great intro to dub.
Worth every penny - By: R. WILLIAMS, 22 Sep 2005 
This is a great intro to dub reggae music. If you love the 70's sound then you will love this (some say this was the peak era for reggae music & I agree) . Well done once again Trojan.
Trojan provides, again - By: st_paul@bigfoot.com, 09 Jul 2001 Trojan continues they good formin there box sets with this first excursion into dub. The music, which has given so much to modern day music recording,in this box set shows the longevity that dub has. Having played this to my friends, they now all want a copy. With tracks from the undisputed king of dub, King Tubby, plus his protégé, The Scientist. Both using delay & reverb with the uppermost skill producing some heavy weight sounds. Tommy McCook provides the bouncer, lighter, horn sounds, along with the Sir Niney's Observers. It wouldn't be complete without an appearance form Lee Perry, this comesin the form of his Upsetters, proving that genius is. This box set, along with volume 2, is a must for anyone with a liking for reggae sounds. You won't be disappointed.
Dub's Got A Place In My Head, Man - By: Jim Barker, 05 Sep 2000 Get your bass boost buttons at the ready! Covering the 1970s peak of dub over 3 CDs, this is Jamaican musicin its purest form - limited vocals; punchy, funky basslines & effects a-plenty. Featuring some of the greatest names ever to sit at a mixing desk - Lee 'Scratch' Perry & his Upsetters, Gregory Issacs, King Tubby & Tommy McCook - the fifty tracks present here encompass the whole Jamaican dub spectrum. Instrumental B-Sides to reggae classics, one-off acetates & Rasta rhythms are all represented, with even the odd bit of comedy thrownin for good measure (c.f: the openings to Sly & The Revolutionaries startling dub plates). The only one criticism (and it is minor) is that the set isn't definitive, with the obvious lack of Augustus Pablo tracks somewhat affecting the release's overall potentcy. That said, if this box set doesn't get you groovingin your room or drawin the crowds as you test the bass threshold of your car stereo whilst driving through town, then heaven help you. A perfect & economic entry into the world of dub.
