Name: Meditation in Dub
Brand: The Revolutionaries

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

333LP011

Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-06-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5050580826120

Total Cap

9999

Black LP

Artist

The Revolutionaries

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

333 Records

The Revolutionaries are a Jamaican backing band known for their work as the in-house session band for Channel One label. Formed around drummer *Sly Dunbar* and bassist *Ranchie Mc Lean*, later replaced by *Robbie Shakespeare*, the band included various other talented Kingston musicians. They gained recognition when they backed The Mighty Diamonds on their 1976 album 'Right Time', which introduced fresh new Rockers rhythms to reggae music. This period marked the first collaboration between the legendary duo Sly & Robbie, resulting in a set of classic dubs created by Bunny 'Striker' Lee from sessions recorded at Channel 1.
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Death Is Not The End's 333 series is back with another dig into the catalogue of the NYC-based Flames label on this reissue of a highly coveted Revolutionaries LP, Meditation in Dub.

One of reggae music's most famed session bands, The Revolutionaries were an often r/evolving cast of some of the finest session musicians on the island during the roots and early dancehall periods of the mid/late 1970s and early 1980s. These would include Earl 'Wire' Lindo, Radcliffe 'Dougie' Bryan, Ansell Collins, Bobby Kalphat, Lloyd Parks, Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson, Bongo Herman, Stanley Bryan, Bo Peep, Eric 'Bingy Bunny' Lamont, Errol 'Tarzan' Nelson, Skully Simms, Robbie Lyn, Mikey 'Mao' Chung amongst many others. The enduring core of the group, however, was undoubtedly in the coming together of the legendary rhythm section of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare - with the formation of The Revolutionaries marking the first time that this often unparalleled duo worked together.

The group laid down these rhythm tracks at their base at the storied Channel One recording studio, Maxfield Avenue, Kingston sometime in the mid 1970s - under the arrangement of one of reggae music's great undersung figures, Ossie Hibbert. Early in 1975 Ossie was to move to Maxfield Avenue just as Jo Jo &amp; Ernest Hookim's studio was starting up. A well-respected session musician himself through the late 1960s and early 70s (he played keys for Bunny 'Striker' Lee and Keith Hudson and would also form part of another foundational session band, The Soul Syndicate) he was initially summoned by Jo Jo to be a band member for The Revolutationaries but quickly assumed the role of producer, engineer and talent scout for the studio, responsible for selecting the artists to bring into the studio.

Meditation in Dub

Music GB

Discover Meditation in Dub by The Revolutionaries on 333 Records. A reissue of a highly coveted LP showcasing reggae's finest session musicians.