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Anyone heard this double lp on Heartbeat of Errol Brown dubs on Hightone? I have just one of the cassettes that I hadn't heard in probably a decade or more and I dug it out of the cassette graveyard tonight and gave it a listen. It's fantastic! Wish I had the full set. Anyone know what these are from? Were they on original dub lps before Heartbeat did this great reissue with the horrendous cover art?

Got that one. Liner notes don't say anything about the originals,it's a collection of Errol Brown mixed Pottinger '70's hits. Pure niceness imo.
The recent Pressure Sounds release "Pleasure dub" are even better Errol Brown dubs / Treasure Isle productions.

The dubs are from a variety of High Note productions. Heartbeat has another excellent collection called **The Reggae Train** that contains about half of the vocal versions found on Dub Over Dub.

How Can I Get Over - Chantells
Over Dub - Errol Brown

Love & Harmony - Hell & Fire
Dub & Harmony - Errol Brown

Chatty Chatty Mouth - Mellolads
Su Su Mouth - Errol Brown

Forward Up - Brent Dowe
Forward In Dub - Errol Brown

Living Just A Little - Chantells
A Living Dub - Errol Brown

Sufferer's Choice - Delroy Denton
Sky Nation Skank - Errol Brown

Dreamland - Marcia Griffiths
Dub It Inna Dreamland - Errol Brown

Chat Chat - Well Pleased & Satisfied
Chatty Dub - Errol Brown

No Time To Lose - Earth & Stone
Winning Version - Errol Brown

Dub Over Dub has always been one of my favourite dub collections. Errol Brown is an unsung hero of dub!

Thanks for the info Mick. I'm psyched to check out that reggae train album now! Yeah, something about Errol Brown. It's great dub and it does sound distinct. He has his own style. Been enjoying the Treasure Isle dubs he did too.

Mick Sleeper wrote:Dub Over Dub has always been one of my favourite dub collections. Errol Brown is an unsung hero of dub!

I cannot agree more!! He has a very good taste in music...

I wanna know if there's an original version of the third track of the 2nd cd: "Phase One Special". I love that keyboard sound...

[Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJISb48nV0)

Thanks!

Dub is an art form, it really is. The idea of taking a track and cutting it down to the barest possible elements, and keeping those elements shifting, is minimalism taken to something of an extreme. At its absolute worst, it's difficult to consider dub to be music at all; at its best, it's the ultimate groove, relaxing, psychedelic, strange. This 27-cut compilation, featuring the mixing board talents of Errol Brown at the High Note label, is a classic example of doing it right -- in other words, a lot of fun, no filler, no boredom. The mastering is likewise excellent, giving the dubs a crisp edge. ~ Steven McDonald

Flashman, you won't be disappointed with Reggae Train - it's brilliant. There is also one dub on Reggae Train, called Dub Up, which is a version of Jackie Edwards scorcher, Get Up and it was the inspiration for The Clash's Revolution Rock.
I agree with all the sentiments expressed about Errol Brown's talents. Another compilation worth checking is Culture In Dub on the same label and by the same people, Sonia Pottinger (R.I.P.) & Errol Brown. Or as the late Joseph Hill would have put it, "Same treatment, different patient"!
A question of my own, who were the Mellolads?

Allso worth a listen B.B Seatons gun court dub, mixed by Errol Brown

abey wrote:I wanna know if there's an original version of the third track of the 2nd cd: "Phase One Special". I love that keyboard sound...

Youtube link

Thanks!

Found it!!

Marcia Griffiths - Truly
From the 1978's "Naturally" album, produced by Sonia Pottinger, and engineered by Errol Brown. There are more songs from this album in the Dub over dub comp. (like "Stay" or "Dreamland")