Keith Hudson - Rebel Dub '1976/2015

Tracks list

Keith Hudson was born into a musical family in Kingston, Jamaica in 1946. His
musical education began as Hudson worked as a sort of roadie for Skatalite and
Jamaican trombone king Don Drummond. By age 21, Hudson, who had been trained as
a dentist, sunk his earnings into his own record label, Inbidimts, and had a hit
with Ken Boothe's recording of "Old Fashioned Way." Not long after this chart
success, the suddenly hot Hudson was producing some of the biggest names (and
soon-to-be biggest names) in reggae -- John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis,
and the great toasters U-Roy and Dennis Alcapone, all of whom benefited from
what would be Hudson's trademark production style: groove-centered,
bass/drum-dominated, lean and mean stripped-down riddims. By the mid-seventies,
Hudson began releasing more solo work, hitting paydirt from the start with his
1974 debut, "Entering the Dragon" and his intense second record, "Flesh Of My
Skin" for Brent Clarke's Tottenham based Atra imprint. This 1974 set was the
first real solo flowering of Hudson as "The Dark Prince Of Reggae", the
overriding atmosphere was sombre and brooding, but also righteous and proud. In
1976, Hudson relocated to New York City and worked pretty much nonstop,
producing as well as recording solo records up until 1982. He succumbed to lung
cancer on 14th November 1984, at age 38.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Keith Hudson - Third World Rockerdub (3:10) 
1.02 - Keith Hudson - Rootes Man Dub (2:35) 
1.03 - Keith Hudson - Vibration Dub (2:56) 
1.04 - Keith Hudson - Midnight Dub (2:53) 
1.05 - Keith Hudson - Callie Rocker Dub (4:35) 
1.06 - Keith Hudson - Rocker Dub (3:35) 
1.07 - Keith Hudson - North (St.) Rocker (3:28) 
1.08 - Keith Hudson - Dread In The West Dub (2:53) 
1.09 - Keith Hudson - High (Rd.) Rocker Dub (2:47) 
1.10 - Keith Hudson - Congo Dub (2:48)

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