Album Review
Bullwackies All Stars -Dub Unlimited – [BCP]
Thee Opinataur 12/31/2021 12-inch, Reggae
These dubs are from some of Lloyd ‘Bullwackie’ Barnes’s earliest recording years at the original White Plains Road studio in NY. Most of them reworked singles from various labels with the core rhythm tracks straight from Jamaica. The sound quality on all of these is good, clean, solid sound. But I sense they may also have lost some of the original grittiness in the digital transfer. Good track diversity, with soothing, relaxed dubs and hypnotic rhythms to fat & funky chill-out beats. Two to four-minute dubs to mellow out and lay back to.
Originally released in 1976 on his Senrab label (Barnes spelled backward) Re-released in 2006 by Berlin duo Moritz Von Oswald & Mark Ernestus via Basic Channel.
Barnes was a protege of Prince Buster while in Jamaica and played his engineering roots at Treasure Isle studios before moving to New York. Wackies was one of the first Reggae labels based in the US and is still going strong today.- Thee Opinataur
you heard it 25 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 152 days ago, Dusty Rhodes played Bullwackies Revenge
- 156 days ago, Reject Girl played Dub Seasoning
- 159 days ago, Kimbrosia played Uptown I
- 160 days ago, dr doug played Dubbing Around
- 162 days ago, Sir Cumference played Dub Seasoning
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