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u/mamuwaldi · 11 pointsr/dub

It's because Linval owns the rights to the music. They are his productions. Scientist is not a music writer, nor was he the producer of the project. Back when these records were first released, dub was a big time novelty and dub was a way for producers to make as much money off of a single recording session as possible. That's where the practice of "versioning" began, as the producer would keep releasing a hit riddim with new vocalists and new remixes (or dubs). There was some legal battles between Scientist and the owners of the copyrights, because Scientist felt he was owed more money because his name was on the releases. So, they took his name off. Simple as that. It's like if you were to produce a record and then commission someone to remix the record. You still own the masters, you produced the project, but the guy who remixed the record wants more than his fair share.

It's unfortunate because dub, as a genre, is the re-configuration of previously recorded material. When we (in 2017) listen to Scientist Wins the World Cup, we might not know the original tracks that he is dubbing. But back in the time of its release, the trick was that EVERYONE at the dance knew the tunes, and hearing them in this new tripped out context was amazing. Additionally, these dubs were never really meant to listen to on their own, they were made as backing tracks for the DJ (or what we would call the MC or "rapper") to rhyme and vocalize over, in the context of the dance.

Although pioneers like Tubby and his many protégés created this new genre, they were not writers, musicians or producers of the work, and therefore own none of the rights to the music.

For further reading about the ins and outs of Dub music from a cultural as well as economical perspective, I highly recommend this amazing book. https://www.amazon.com/Dub-Soundscapes-Shattered-Jamaican-Culture/dp/0819565725

u/tuna_safe_dolphin · 3 pointsr/dub

This album blew me away when I first heard it and it still continues to blow me away.

It's amazing.

Seriously, it's the meeting of two musical geniuses.

I've been meaning to get a copy of this one too, I hear it's just about as good as KTMRU: http://www.amazon.com/Original-Rockers-Augustus-Pablo/dp/B000000DXU/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1363880766&sr=8-8&keywords=augustus+pablo

EDIT: didn't even check before, but the whole thing is available on YouTube. . . it's really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DxKiRHAf4

u/intmain · 1 pointr/dub

This is the CD it was released on:

http://www.amazon.com/Disassemble-Dub-Phase-Selector-Sound/dp/B00000JMKI

I'm sure you can find some more on YouTube as well:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phase+selector+sound

Not extremely familiar with the group myself, looks like this is their Myspace and Facebook pages:

http://www.myspace.com/phaseselectorsound

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phase-Selector-Sound/133917500005680

Looks like they have only one other release, according to discogs.com:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Phase+Selector+Sound