Pick A Dub (Deluxe Edition), by Keith Hudson

Pick A Dub (Deluxe Edition)

by Keith Hudson

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1.	Pick A Dub 02:41	buy track
2.	Black Heart 02:41	buy track
3.	Michael Talbot Affair 02:55	buy track
4.	Don't Move 02:44	buy track
5.	Blood Brother 02:54	buy track
6.	Dreader Than 02:02	buy track
7.	In The Rain 03:14	buy track
8.	Part 1-2 Dubwise 03:18	buy track
9.	Black Right 03:12	buy track
10.	Satia 03:07	buy track
11.	I'm All Right 03:02	buy track
12.	Depth Charge 02:48	buy track
13.	Augustus Pablo - Fat Baby 02:38	buy track
14.	Fight On Fight On 01:50	buy track
15.	Delroy Wilson - Addis Ababa (Place In Africa) 02:45	buy track
16.	Be Still 02:39	buy track
17.	Wild Fire 02:21	buy track
18.	In The Rain 03:11	buy track
19.	Horace Andy - Don't Think About Me 02:46	buy track
20.	Still Water 03:45	buy track

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In his excellent book England's Dreaming, Jon Savage refers to Pick a Dub as "the greatest dub album ever, twelve cuts, all fantastic." It's easy to concur with Savage's assesment, with the lone caveat that there are some Lee Perry and King Tubby sides that might be as good. That caveat notwithstanding, Pick a Dub is sensational, arguably the crowning achievement of Hudson's career. In fact, coming as early as it did in the development of dub -- it was originally released in 1974 -- Pick a Dub is a seminal work, a landmark in progressive remixing on a par with early King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, and Rupie Edwards. What makes this record so scintillating is the intensity of the bass and drums, as well as Hudson's relatively naked production. There are not a lot of goofy sound effects and studio screwing around, just buckets of blood and sweat all rolled into a seductive slab of percussive heaviness that will rattle every filling in your head. Once a forgotten obscurity, Pick a Dub was rescued by the folks at Blood and Fire, who re-released it in 1994. - John Dougan

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released September 22, 2023

Mixed At – Harry J's Recording Studio
Printed By – Robert Stace
Arranged By, Written-By – Keith Hudson
Artwork – Ian Mullings
Backing Band – Soul Syndicates*
Musician – Family Man*, Carlton Barrett

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