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MELLOW DUB
Dub Specialist (1973)

Coxsone
matrix: FCD 7725-A // FCD 7725-B

MELLOW DUB
Dub Specialist

Coxsone
matrix: FCD 7725-A // FCD 7725-B

MELLOW DUB
Dub Specialist

Coxsone
matrix: FCD 7725-A // FCD 7725-B

MELLOW DUB
Dub Specialist

Coxsone
matrix: FCD 7725-A // FCD 7725-B

MELLO DUB
Dub Specialist

Coxsone/Studio One
matrix: FCD 7725-A // FCD 7725-B5

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Tricky (Just Say Who); In The Park (Where Do The Children Play); Lion Niah (Pretty Looks Isn't All); Inspector Rober; Bush Tea (You Should Have Known); Ganja Tea; Cry To Me Version (Cry To Me) // Time (If I Only Had Time); Creation (Creation Rebel); Rocking Version (Why); Roaring Reggae (Pick Up The Pieces); Tomorrow Is Over (Rougher Yet); Mellow Dub (Seems I'm Losing You)

Jamaican issue in screenprint sleeve with different design on back. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Tricky (Just Say Who); In The Park (Where Do The Children Play); Lion Niah (Pretty Looks Isn't All); Inspector Rober; Bush Tea (You Should Have Known); Ganja Tea; Cry To Me Version (Cry To Me) // Time (If I Only Had Time); Creation (Creation Rebel); Rocking Version (Why); Roaring Reggae (Pick Up The Pieces); Tomorrow Is Over (Rougher Yet); Mellow Dub (Seems I'm Losing You)

Alternative screenprint sleeve in black. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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Tricky (Just Say Who); In The Park (Where Do The Children Play); Lion Niah (Pretty Looks Isn't All); Inspector Rober; Bush Tea (You Should Have Known); Ganja Tea; Cry To Me Version (Cry To Me) // Time (If I Only Had Time); Creation (Creation Rebel); Rocking Version (Why); Roaring Reggae (Pick Up The Pieces); Tomorrow Is Over (Rougher Yet); Mellow Dub (Seems I'm Losing You)

The later 1970s issue sees a change of title (on the cover only) and a new screenprint design.
((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

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Tricky (Just Say Who); In The Park (Where Do The Children Play); Lion Niah (Pretty Looks Isn't All); Inspector Rober; Bush Tea (You Should Have Known); Ganja Tea; Cry To Me Version (Cry To Me) // Time (If I Only Had Time); Creation (Creation Rebel); Rocking Version (Why); Roaring Reggae (Pick Up The Pieces); Tomorrow Is Over (Rougher Yet); Mellow Dub (Seems I'm Losing You)

Screenprint on textured card with different design on back cover. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Tricky (Just Say Who); In The Park (Where Do The Children Play); Lion Niah (Pretty Looks Isn't All); Inspector Rober; Bush Tea (You Should Have Known); Ganja Tea; Cry To Me Version (Cry To Me) // Time (If I Only Had Time); Creation (Creation Rebel); Rocking Version (Why); Roaring Reggae (Pick Up The Pieces); Tomorrow Is Over (Rougher Yet); Mellow Dub (Seems I'm Losing You)

Original Jamaican issue in screenprint sleeve. It comes in a variety of subtly different sleeve designs, but all pressings share the same matrix number. Track 6 on Side 1 (untitled on sleeve and label) is Ganja Tea, only released previously on a dub plate. ((Click sleeve to enlarge.))

Probably the third of the Studio One dub series to be released. An excellent selection of mainly heavy reggae rhythms, but also including a version of the Wailers' ska classic, Cry To Me.

(Thanks to Cyrille Fouques for all sleeve illustrations.)