King Tubby - THE HEAVIEST DUBS - A DJ Mix by Mista Savona

Some of my all time favourite King Tubby dubs, including many rarities & lesser known 7"s & B-Sides. Starting the mix with the first dub 7" I ever picked up (in Portobello Market in London around 2000), a mid 70's jaw-dropping effort from Tubby's, which features absolutely one of the first 'Bass Drops' in the history of music. This is one of my favourite tunes of all time - 'Tubby's Dub Song' on Pablo's Rockers Label.
From there it's a journey through the 1970's Kingston music scene, with King Tubby in his small studio in Drumilie Ave Waterhouse forever making waves across the world's soundysystem culture and history. Enjoy the ride.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tubby
Mista Savona, April 2021

[@tomosa6880]

So stoned and i is inside a teapot

[@jamesandrews8698]

hry i just got to the teapot, nice to meet you

[@mikideebank3592]

A flying teapot ? 🫖💨

[@AlejandroMS67]

you are a teabag steeping in the deep

[@dorianhinkle5595]

I have an ear infection and the bass from Jah Angel of Dub cleared some of the blockage. I am not even kidding, dub is healing music.

[@trulymental7651]

Sure is 😊

[@Kamar-fz2oi]

One love💚💛❤️

[@pipesnmics]

Uncle Jaja hears eventually tehehaha

[@Christopher-be1qc]

Lol the LORD works in mysterious ways ??

[@shirleyjones5110]

😂🔥🔥

[@lostpelican1883]

Growing up people in my neighborhood weren't into any kind of Jamaican music, dub or otherwise, but i was lucky to have a wonderful (now gone) reggae, roots & more record shop nearby. I went in when I was 12 and asked what should I pick, they said "we don't sell no bad records here man pick any ting". The vast world of sounds from King Tubby are something I will love forever, nonstop bangers here

[@Dageka]

I love the answer from the record shop

[@wbmatter1]

Truth

[@kalenae6074]

100%

[@glitterballz101]

haha nice reflections. big up King Tubby and all dub lovers

[@CharlietheDoberman]

Smoke the Pica and praise

[@davidr3986]

As a white London boy growing up in the 70's, surrounded by my friends of west indian descent with their red, gold and green coloured wooly hats and King Tubby blasting from their portable cassette players, I learned to love the almost mystical sound of the incessant, almost hypnotic, bass. Still remember the first reggae record I bought - Hugh Mundell's 'Feeling Alright Girl'.

[@bernardkrarup6774]

Hugh Mundell,now that man was gold.Tragic loss.

[@chant1ify]

Big tune tune bust ya cherry on......lol Love Hugh, still got a copy myself, your lucky if your out and you hear that tune............... young legend gone too soon.......

[@mooseydeucy]

Your color of skin should not weigh IN!

[@davidr3986]

@@mooseydeucy Woops!! here we go!! Ok. I'll put it in different context so as not to offend my woke friend here. As a young London LAD growing up in in the 70's, there was always music playing in my household, but not reggae. Why? It's all to do with, I suppose, culture. I therefore consider myself extremely fortunate that I had many friends of a different cultural background that allowed me to be exposed to the magnificence of reggae, particularly, Dub. By the way, I played Hugh's 'Feeling Alright Girl' for my mum and she loved it......she wasted no time in building a Bob Marley collection. So I suppose the reason for using the term 'white London boy' should do no more than highlight the consideration that, despite my cultural background, I LOVE DUB!!! Kind of in the same way that, despite being english, I LOVE CURRY!!!!!! (Silly example really - never met an english person who doesn't).

[@draregniknot6542]

Dub Gone Outernational for I & I from the Roots. Reggae Dub began in Kingston JA and London England, in the late 1960s. People of every colour have been involved and global technology utilised.

[@THER00BILLZ]

People of culture, we meet again Greetings and Blessings

[@MartinParsons-tr6wi]

Jah Rastafari

[@MarcussJay]

Blessings, friend

[@nickgibbon6773]

Incredible Mix! Here’s a track list which I'm pretty sure is accurate :- Augustus Pablo - Tubby's Dub Song (0.00) King Tubby - Brawta Dub (AKA Ethiopian version) (3.29) Trevor Byfield - Tell me Version (6.40) Yabby You / Michael Prophet - Warn Them Jah dub (9.14) Barry Brown / Jammy - Fittest dub (13.07) Yabby You - Fire, Fire Dub (17.12) King Tubby - Jah Angel of Dub (20.20) Glen Brown / King Tubby - Version 78 Style (23.25) King Tubby / Soul Syndicate - Dub the Right Way (26.25) Harry Mudie / King Tubby - Dub With a Difference (29.32) Yabby You / King Tubby - Jah Mercies (32.20) King Tubby / Soul Syndicate - King Tubby’s Key (35.55) Rockers All Stars - Knocking Version (39.05) Dennis Brown - Concentration (Version 3) (42.00) King Tubby - Balmagie Jam Rock (44.29) King Tubby - The Roots Prophet and the Mix (48.12) King Tubby - Fawty Dolla Dub (AKA Salty Dub) (51.57) Rockers All Stars - Hungry Town Skank (54.51) King Tubby / Cornell Campbell - Nice Rasta Dub (57.33) Yabby You - Yabby U Sound (1.00.12) King Tubby - A Noisy Place (1.03.55) King Tubby / Aggrovators - Jah Jah Version (1.06.13) King Tubby / Mafia All Stars - Don’t Think About Me (1.08.36) Lee Scratch Perry - Blackboard Jungle Dub (Version 1) (1.11.35) King Tubby - Dubbing With The Observer (1.19.29) King Tubby - King Tubby’s in Fine Style (1.22.03) King Tubby / Aggrovators - A Ruffer Version (1.25.13) King Tubby - Big Up Carl I Kelly (1.28.40)

[@calipachanguero]

Thank you tracklist guy

[@novakattila]

Thank you

[@yuris6125]

3:29 Ethiopian version

[@nickgibbon6773]

@@yuris6125Same track different name ..

[@yuris6125]

@@nickgibbon6773 yeah, apparently.

[@allisontroy4180]

When I come home from working a long day in a cold gray office, this music brings me back to myself. I’m grateful for dub❤️

[@Hjerte_Verke]

It's the best music isn't it? Cannot stand anything modern or modern pop music--it is an overproduced, auto-tuned digitalized morass.

[@bobbydeazy]

Ah yes it does altho these days it's when I come down stairs and put on music after slugging in the home office

[@naturalyawd7814]

True dat.

[@natpowers1]

couldn't agree more. it was my main reason for adding into my production stuff for Greetea Peng. King Tubby one of my biggest inspo's for sure.

[@anthonymeza8038]

thats right

[@SDBOGLE]

The more you listen to Roots Reggae Music, the more you will know the true history of Jamaica. The different cultures that came to that paradise are echoed in the instruments, the vocals, the guitars strings, the drum beats..the chants, The Heart Beat essence of this music that.. "When it hits you feel no pain” Rasta Music is .. JAH music.. to the world..

[@bernardkrarup6774]

My wife has the same name as you.

[@SDBOGLE]

@@bernardkrarup6774 she of noble family history from Scotland,,

[@user-oz1yr9ck5v]

Remember in the early eighties growing up in the Cherima ghetto of Marondera, Zimbabwe, Dub music was all i heard at home. It feels like I am in Cherima right now. Love the music.

[@sayaq]

It imagine it would be a great experience to grow up around music like this.

[@idren5]

Ahoy!!! I was born in another Cherima in Highfield, Harare !

[@DJGreedyG2009]

R.I.P. to the King, murdered 35 years ago today. Great mix.

[@andrewjohnson5365]

Growing old so many cut down too soon.

[@bobbydeazy]

Bless great mix for sure

[@annetteb2473]

People think that drugs is the only thing that get people high. They could not be more wrong. I am musically high right now.😊 KING TUBBYS A NUH MISER. KING TUBBYS A D DUB ORGANIZER. 👍👍👍

[@titusho2]

This Dub album is a true Trip 😅❤

[@John-og7os]

I may have just bought a rather expensive sub bass system. My apologies to the neighbours.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Without dub, life itself would be impossible to imagine.

[@user-zk3wl3vj7v]

Blessings... Listenig from French Guayana...Reggae Music Again....Big up Jake ...

[@mistermusturd6402]

What a gift from the algorithm.

[@noklarok]

Jah Bless the algoriddim

[@ermitanyo777]

Algoriddim from the streetz Lyrics from the ghettos

[@jameswelch5636]

I searched for 'extremely heavy dub'

[@ianjaconelli9229]

Dub music, flips a switch in my brain.. I cannot understand,,?. But I want more,,,❤

[@staminadon]

King tubbys greatest rest in peace king 👑

[@MJN1941]

King Tubby was the greatest. Rest in peace brother!

[@nikolarukavina3878]

The one and only king tubby, i hope one day my kids will understand,

[@01karmacop]

Jah bless listening from Scotland peace and love to all

[@TehSyneS]

tracklisting anyone? Bigup King Tubby, legend innovator!

[@aaroniouse]

Your tube wants me to listen to dub. I wan5 to hear Prince Far I! This is a message to the King.

[@khasm13]

rhythms from the earth and beyond....

[@kuma9069]

Rasta Watchmen sounds. Few brothers/sisters we trust in disya crooked world, but Jah people's eye & soul be blessed !

[@cedricemmanuel6760]

Wicked selection !!!

[@peterwittke1701]

KING TUBBY THE BEST !!!

[@michealbaskerville8832]

ALL the time 🤘🏿👽🤘🏿

[@dubitorleaveit]

Run it loud&heavy

[@lukehauser1182]

Heard Tubby and Augustus Pablo on an unlabeled cassette tape around 1980 - had no idea who it was - just the spookiest music I'd ever heard

[@amandasutton4056]

That sounds like an awesome experience!

[@rogerbradnumheritagedecora2661]

I’ve got this on vinyl somewhere I’ll try to find it and send you the details. It’s very rare

[@rogerbradnumheritagedecora2661]

Some of the best innovative reggae of its time regarding the talent of King Tubby and Augustus Pablo and everyone who contributed to a golden age in this time Rockers meets King Tubby in a Fire House King Tubbys meets the Rockers Up Town Original Rockers Augustus Pablo Africa Must Be Free + Dub Some of my most prized possessions

[@amandasutton4056]

@@rogerbradnumheritagedecora2661 Augustus Pablo's music and productions are so ethereal and spiritual already, when you add King Tubby, another amazing innovator, you have yet another level! I am obsessively listening to Pablo/Hugh Mundell at the moment..

[@forevershampoo]

Man remember when a mind JUST DISCOVERED new music in a private way no comment section just heart

[@ezekielmorgan9196]

Great selection,real stuff from the greatest. era,

[@gorniibaran]

too cool to work under this)

[@oddevents8395]

so i basically don't know anything about "Dub", and the reason i love this mix becasue i can start and stop it anytime, its excellent for thinking about a totally different subject.

[@punkytone]

It's The original drum and bass, and ive been listening to dub since 1974... just enjoy :P

[@jirivrba98]

King Tubby is King of Kings Dub Music and Big Blessed !

[@QuePasaUSA]

King Tubby and Scientist are my favorite of all time!

[@ermitanyo777]

Scientist is King Tubby's protegé if you dunno yet. ;)

[@Imthereasonfordisabledcomments]

This is sacred.

[@JackNance22]

King Tubby forever.

[@andrewandreas32]

Respect and love from the uk 🇬🇧

[@claudeclarke3469]

Love the King coupled with Pablo. Rub a dub style!

[@southoripper]

I love how these homies created the heavy basslines and were big on the reverb effect...hehe, I just picture knappy dredlocks acting like tubular sponges just soaking up the ganja smoke in a hotboxed makeshift studio..

[@sayaq]

I listen to a lot of dub, and this is definitely one of my favorite mixes. it introduced me to some tracks I don't think I've heard, and it's mixed super smoothly.

[@autiacrump5479]

The rain pouring and am locked down tight with my man blaring reggae music...what sweet suh?❤❤❤ Do not disturb!😂😂😂

[@nzmarco]

6:45 song cooks

[@andrewselassie1424]

Great dubs I could listen to this all day sweet Jah'maican music Reggae Music is JAH MUZIK Rest in Power King Tubby longside August Pablo

[@DilbagSingh-sp2yp]

A hour before afternoon, sky cry, sudden disapperance of moon.

[@hduncan1048]

To concentrate👏 Merry Christmas

[@reedblackwell6262]

2 Dub legends!!1❤ R.I.P idren....

[@danabrahams7892]

Thank you

[@wrzlygummidge]

Righteous upload! Nice one

[@tonieanne1]

YA MON! KING TUBBY DUB! ❤💛💚🖤✌✌💯

[@marccarter1350]

That Bass, i am a Bass player, love it!

[@reggaebass1857]

Likewise, just makes me pick it up every time ☝️

[@gedspellman3076]

I grew up in 1970’s suburban Liverpool and was lucky to be introduced to dub by the operators of a local sound system that did summertime activities for the local kids. Them summers spent listening to the likes of U- Roy and many others kindled a lifelong love of heavy bass and spacey delay vocals and fx. Long Live Dub !

[@JeffroB2323]

I've heard so very many "best of" "hardest" etc. King Tubby mixes and....eh. But my MAN! You totally nailed it! And with many dub's I'd never heard! God bless you! Thank you!

[@deannadacosta4231]

Amazing dubs thank you

[@ginavonbergen876]

9:20 mystic stuff

[@terryknipe5497]

Great mix! to be fair these were some absolutely amazing musicans and vocalists too - but Tubby...!!!! i feel like its impossible to imagine what modern music would've been like without him😁

[@ermitanyo777]

The entire music industry, especially the pop music, hiphop, electronic music, etc.. wouldnt be possible without these pioneers, especially king Tubby doing his innovative works. That's how I understand it..

[@ndirish8435]

Agreed. King Tubby along with Augustus Pablo and Lee Scratch Perry were IMHO the best when Dub was coming out! My favorite is Tubby!

[@RandomFuryMusick]

Here here!!!

[@kevwhite3948]

Dub is sound from the 2 kings of dub...TUBBY & pablo...as long as i am alive sounds will be to ...rockers dub 😊😊😊ROCKERS 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@ip5799]

@@stevec320 18 year old here from london. dub hits a part of your body that nothing does. i try and go and see as many sound systems as I can. dub will never die

[@russellsmith3567]

To quote Sgt Pokes from a Loefah set recorded back in the early days of DMZ raves "Lord!!!! Is that how you going on? Chest Bass!!!" Jah Bless the speakers.

[@stuartgorman]

king solomon light it up blaze fire

[@stuartgorman]

wisdom must reveal

[@Hjerte_Verke]

@@stuartgorman Yeshua is the Way the Truth and the Life.

[@garnetknott2158]

Listening from Canada 23 March 2024 very nice music...

[@gnelson6200]

All hail the King! My favorite for a Saturday afternoon.

[@ericibarra8126]

Been listening to this on repeat for a while now. Nothing but class. Thank you

[@leffphield]

"Its just me, myself and..."

[@DouglasF68]

The Drums and Bass!!!!!!!❤🎉😊

[@strumbolli]

Soul Syndicate Fittest of the Fittest..Pull up!@❤

[@jasonmfalconer]

Sweet Dub music. Get your tickets for Wilkswood Reggae Festival Dorset 2023 now. Pure Roots niceness UK style with heads. Mungos. Channel 1 and more

[@ermitanyo777]

Not dissing or anything but it's all steppas now and purely digital compositions. We'd like us to hear some MASSIVE ROOTS dub played on giant soundsystems, just as it was in the 60s-70s ;)

[@jasonmfalconer]

@@ermitanyo777 believe me brother. Wilkswood you get Channel 1 Mikey Dread playing vinyl from the vaults on his own hand built sound system

[@leroyifill5185]

​@@ermitanyo777 real talk king,you know the style!!

[@JoeC287]

Long live the King 🤴🏿

[@rvlfski]

01:00:15 Yabby You - Yabby You Sound 🔥🔥🔥

[@maxsno]

Kick face bass. Papa Moke king Tubby ruler Brown , Praising Him on and on .

[@ZATOICHI65]

Dread At The Controls 🔥🔥🔥

[@baddriddimworkshop]

heavy selection for shure

[@MFewwy]

43:00 is Concentration · Dennis Brown

[@comrade_crab]

There's an amazing amount of s p a c e in these mixes, that seems to be one of the the keys to classic dub. That, and excellent musicians, tons of inspiration, and technical expertise with your tools. Am I forgetting anything?

[@Kuno331]

Ganja! Lots if it 😊

[@bsadewitz]

I read a paper once (don't make fun of me lol) on it that I thought was perspicacious. And indeed the author did consider space a fundamental aspect of dub. The idea is that, considering where this music was often played (sound systems), the use of spatial effects along with these huge speakers allowed people who often lived with the reality of not having much control over the spaces they inhabited to congregate together in a public place and have a shared experience of reasserting that control. And I think that actually applies to a lot of music just for the shared experience, irrespective of the sociopolitical situation. The author likened the panning and fading of individual channels to lights controlled by a lighting board. Imagine you're in a theater, and there is a band. Now, it is dark, and think of the channel volumes as stage lights. It's like fading the light up and down on various things that are happening in front of you, and panning is like moving them around. The delay and reverb is like that, too, but with time. This music was generally intended to be played LOUD to a crowd.

[@bsadewitz]

I mean, if u think about it, king tubby (though I am not sure who made the first dub, Im pretty sure Lee Perry did versions in the early 70s too, at least, and I don't recall who started first, or if it was someone else) INVENTED THE REMIX. That's what dub is. The first remixes, and the first remixes marketed as remixes. That is quite a statement, but I think it's true. There were different mixes done in studios, of course, but the emphasis on the processing of the sound and the effects and everything and releasing it as a separate version of the song (that was not simply "instrumental", etc.) ... the remix simply was not a thing before anywhere--as far as I have been able to ascertain, anyway. There were instrumental versions of songs, and different mixes, of course, but that's as far as it went. IMHO that is a HUGE contribution that is virtually never recognized in the popular media. It's mind-blowing IMHO if u think about it: The remix (in the sense that the term is normally used) wasn't a thing, and then it was a thing. The main impetus behind it I think was to be able to make studio time--which was extremely costly given their budgets--pay off as much as possible. Plus, they were perfect for sound systems. It's rarely mentioned, unfortunately, but Jamaica is the most musical country in the world. That is, there are more recording studios per capita in Jamaica than anywhere else in the world. Bauxite is their only export that represents a greater share of their exports in $. If u were to take every Jamaican vinyl release and stack them one on top of another, the resulting tower would be well over 100 stories tall (and that stat is probably 10+ years old at this point).

[@comrade_crab]

@@Kuno331 Of course! Silly me.

[@patjos7719]

@@comrade_crab lol! :)

[@JosephMason-ds6rr]

P.S. THIS IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD, SOME OF MY FAVOURITE DUB, ROOTS & CULTURE IN THE AREA . . . . .

[@abelayele6060]

from 87 been rocking this on Augustus Pablo album...BLODFYA!!!!!!

[@AnthonyVickersSoulJahTYah]

CLASSIC DUBS ✨💖✨

[@matthewmthunzi6423]

King Tubby a de King Of Dub

[@hduncan1048]

Merry Christmas👏style and fashion, Enjoy New Year👏

[@paulorobertomoreiradearauj3736]

SIMPLESMENTE FANTÁSTICO! DUB IS LIFE!

[@MrSomethingElse]

hearing that cuzuzuzuzuzuuz

[@MrSomethingElse]

yeah!

[@BobHarleyAndTheTraders]

So good and timeless. 100 years from now, stoners around the world, will still bang their cloudy head to this

[@Steppa-sh2ze]

It's insane how these are the bones and structure for dubstep and you can hear it. Hard bass and percussion, Fx and eq effects, Record spinning. Psychedelic sounds, all of it. Both so different yet very similar. It's a beautiful thing.

[@01seb83]

Ye completely agree, I also find it so very beautiful. Its not only the ‘first wave’ of dubstep like Mala, Coki and Skream who took heavy inspiration from Dub, but the mid 2010s sound also greatly geared toward it aswell - LAS, Mikael, Karma, Egoless, Ishan, Numa Crew, Kaiju, Kahn/ Gorgon Sound… Many tunes from that era are stripped back to the simple genius that Dub gave birth to. Peace.

[@novakattila]

Its the base of a lot of things coming after, hip-hop (as Jamaicans took toasting to the US, the rest is history), techno, ragga/jungle, then drum and bass, and many other electronic styles which emphasises mixing and fx and sound design.

[@patmann9363]

Any dance music from the UK has this lurking in it somewhere

[@mooseyard]

Dub was a huge influence on post-punk and early goth too. Public Image Ltd started out super dubby, and Bauhaus's first recording, “Bela Lugosi's Dead” is pretty much a dub with all that tape echo flying around. The sense of *space* in records like Joy Division's “Unknown Pleasures” comes from dub too. Then there's the Slits, Cabaret Voltaire, and of course that obscure band the Police, who had some dubbed-out tracks.

[@richmck007]

@@mooseyard listen to magnificent dub by the clash

[@stephaniewarne6206]

Love😁😁🎯 suppin my morning coffee.....❤

[@papajahko7121]

Bust a blank 2 time ! Respek Jake Savona ! 😎

[@jyel5442]

IRIE.....perfect ...Thanks...from France...Irie Sound Of Mercy ...

[@watdadeuce2875]

BADDBOYS MORE TO COME....... PENG PENG... ❤❤❤

[@GRIDMASTER6]

His work continues forever, nothing will take it away from us, only our own deaths will. Awesome

[@raycooper3269]

Eternal dub would be mor

[@raycooper3269]

Like hell

[@AlexThyGreek]

​@@raycooper3269Then why did you click on 90 minutes worth of dub?🤡

[@jirivrba98]

Jah Love

[@bobbydeazy]

This whole mix a masterpiece..dub with a difference just hits different too 😂 happy saturday bless

[@michaelmarino3013]

King tubby brawtha dub...❤cant go wrong with this.rockin groove.

[@dubmeisterdeluxe]

This is my alt ime fav youtube playlist. Biggups Mist Savona!

[@jackymurda]

yes yes!!!

[@americovaldazo6373]

First track is superb.

[@ermitanyo777]

Entire mix

[@realet7501]

WOW, great mix and track selection!

[@sergeleon3869]

Perfect

[@archiguru]

HEAVY!!!!!

[@titusho2]

@ 1:00:20 Burning! 🔥This album is burning hot ❤ 2023 🎉😂😂🌴🌴🌴🌴🚀

[@zeth9965]

Truth is this

[@johnnykool8727]

Speng business. Skanking wid mi ratchet & mi rag inna back pocket. Memories mi lawd!

[@alimantado373]

Fire dem! Peoples Sound Records London UK of the Late Great 'Daddy Vego'! & 'Duke Vin'! the UK Originals!!! Sorting through 10,000 12"s and 7"s Great Upload! great mix Blessings to the I!

[@realplonk]

this mix is a blessing

[@appleyardgardenwoodencraft8736]

All skanka all skanka all Steppa all Steppa all dread lion all dread lion pull up pull up ❤💛💚🖤

[@richards3192]

Reminds me of listening to Scientist v Prince Jammy in Moss Side in a Galaxy far far away and a long time ago. Ire riddim all

[@2ndprezbeats]

I listen to this mix almost everyday God bless