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previously in REGGAE:

  • crazy ebay: Tubby's bass speaker!
  • DISRUPT vinyl on WERK DISCS
  • The Unity Story
  • Other Riddim Twins
  • The Story Of Dread and Fred
  • The History of Reggae Music

 

 

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  • The History Of Reggae Music
  • The 8_BIT Heritage
  • The Games Odyssey

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  • PlayTheRecords
  • Vitriolix
  • MusicThing
  • From Asbo to Hasbo
  • RiddimMethod
  • Kid Kameleon Blog
  • DJ Ripley Blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ebay of the year: King Tubby's Bass Speaker!

Just found this one over at MusicThing: One of the bass speakers
of King Tubby's legendary late '60s Hometown Hi-Fi sound
system showed up in a yard in Water House, Kingston, Jamaica.
(Near to Tubby's Firehouse studio, at 38 St Lucia Road). And has
just been sold via ebay for $617. The new happy owner is most
likely DJ Derek, who "is a bit of a local superstar in Bristol & is
notorious for having the largest collection of dub, rocksteady,
reggae,ska.. you name it, this side of anywhere...". Congrats
man! Put that one up in a museum! If it survives the shipping
from Jamaica.

This scratched crate of wood is probably one of the most vibes-
soaked items in musical history. The first Dub tunes EVER may
have been played via it during the dances! And imagine how many
tons of the good weed have been smoked around, on top and
even inside it! My God...

 
  MusicThing is just awesome with digging up such crazy ebay
auctions. My other two favourite ones so far:
 

______Kraftwerk's vocoder

the vocoder Kraftwerk used on "Autobahn". A prototype - you
couldn't buy vocoders in shops back then - built to order by a
local electronics company from Düsseldorf. It eventually sold for
$12.500...

 

 

 
   

the Yamaha CS5 synth Aphex
Twin used for his classic
"Selected Ambient Works II"
album. Scratched on the back of
it were the sleeve notes that
you can see on the album cover.

BIG, BIG THANKS for that,
MUSICTHING!!

 

 

Aphex Twin's YAMAHA CS5