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Distillation of Sound Dub and the Creation of Culture Distillation of Sound Dub and the Creation of Culture Eric Abbey Bristol, UK / Chicago, USA First published in the UK in 2022 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK First published in the USA in 2022 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA Copyright © 2022 Intellect Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Copy editor: MPS Limited Cover designer: Tanya Montefusco Layout designer: Aleksandra Szumlas Production editor: Sophia Munyengeterwa Typesetter: MPS Limited Cover image: Stack of 45 rpm records at Rocker’s International Record store on Orange Street in Kingston, JA. Photo courtesy of Cassandra Abbey. Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78938-539-7 ePDF ISBN: 978-1-78938-540-3 ePUB ISBN: 978-1-78938-541-0 Printed and bound by Short Run. To find out about all our publications, please visit our website. There you can subscribe to our e-newsletter, browse or download our current catalogue, and buy any titles that are in print. www.intellectbooks.com This is a peer-reviewed publication. To Cassandra, Owen, Brendan, Aiden, Greyson and Chase: Forward Contents Acknowledgements ix Preface xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1 1 Version and Dub: The Distinction Within Reggae Chapter 2 17 Java, Java, Java, Java and Aquarius Dub: The Start of a Culture Chapter 3 39 Blackboard Jungle Dub and the Splicing of Culture Chapter 4 55 The Message Spreads: Prince Buster and the Sound of Jamaica Chapter 5 71 How It All Began: King Tubby and the Sound of Dub Chapter 6 89 The New Sound: England and the Spread of Culture Chapter 7 109 Dub in New York City and the Hip Hop Generation vii Distillation of Sound Chapter 8 133 Japan and the Rising Sound of Dub Chapter 9 149 Distillation of Sound Endnotes 161 References 163 About the Author 171 Index 173 vviiiiii Acknowledgements This project would not have been possible without the support of the people in my life. Thank you to everyone who has ever played a role. To Owen and Brendan for being my hooligans. To Cassandra for allowing me to feel the peace that was needed to complete this project and for always supporting me and being my Queen. To Aiden, Chase and Greyson for letting me be a part of their lives. To Jeremy Abbey for the constant push. To everyone at Eastern Kendo Club for understanding my absence while working on this project. To Oakland Community College for giving me a chance to teach and research. To everyone at Wayne State University, from my cohort that helped me through the course work, to the profes- sors who took the time to read and critique my work. To Dr. Steven Shaviro and Dr. Jonathan Flatley for inspiration and guidance. To Dr. Tom Kitts for always being a mentor and friend. To Dr. Evan Ware for the inspiration to finish the project as well. To Dr. Sonjah Stanley-Niaah and everyone at the University of the West Indies for their time and conversation. To all the interview subjects that took the time to speak with me for this book. All these people have been a major part of this project, and it would not have been possi- ble to write without them. Others have also played a role in my life during this time, most importantly Charlie Kondek and Zakiah Philips for the help running the club and for always being great friends to me. To the Popular Culture Association for giving me a platform to present ideas to others. To my editors and others who worked on the book at Intellect. To the people that I play music and travel with, you always make the drama disappear. To the Jamaican musicians and engineers who created a music that inspired and motivated me to write. To the people still performing reggae, rocksteady, ska and dub music around the world. Thank you. ix
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