Dennis Brown – Dubbing At King Tubby’s

It was his work with producer Winston ‘Niney’ Holness that he enjoyed the most success and many say recorded his best work for. While many of the other producers stayed with their tried and tested Lovers Rock formula, that did prove so popular with Dennis’s voice, however it was producer Niney the Observer as he is fondly called who pushed him into a more roots led direction, over stark rhythms created by Niney’s studio band Soul Syndicate. Two outstanding albums were put together ‘Just Dennis’ (1975) built on a collection of singles they had recorded together, ’Cassandra’, ’Westbound Train’, ’No More Will I Roam’ and ‘Conqueror’. The second 1977 set ‘Wolf and Leopards’ made up again of singles the prolific two had cut including, ’Here I Come’ (a live favourite that Dennis always liked to start his set with). It’s from this period that we have focused on and it’s these tracks that were taken to King Tubby’s studio to produce this stunning album.