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Mighty Diamonds Dubs



Planet Mars Dub - The Icebreakers with The Diamonds (1978) and Vital Dub - Well Charged (1977)

So these are two albums of Mighty Diamonds dub. The Vital Dub - Fully Charged is not fully Mighty Diamonds dub, but is mostly dub versions of songs from "Right Time". The music is played by a loose group of the finest Jamaican session men, known collectively as The Revolutionaries ("Vital Dub" is just a name given the Revolutionaries by this particular producer for this particular set). Musicians playing on these tracks include Sly Dunbar, Ansel Collins, Sticky Thompson, Ranchie McLean, Dougie Bryan, Ossie Hibbert, Herman Marquis, and the great Tommy McCook. (mixing courtesy of Ernest Hoo Kim & Ossie Hibbert) The Planet Mars Dub is from the Planet Earth album. The Mighty Diamons are simply credited as the Diamonds. The Icebreakers are the band for this one, and they hit it. It is engineered by Karl Pitterson, who soon became famous for his dub tactics. These are the type of dubs that you can tell were made in one of those Jamacian studio that you see in "Rockers" or "Roots, Rock Reggae". The sound is very raw and pure roots. They are both short and sweet. Not to many tracks, but they are solid.

Get Planet Mars Dub here


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Vital Dub here