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Joe Gibbs & The Professionals
A 4-CD box of seven instrumental masterpieces from reggae’s ‘Mighty Two’.
By Andrew Perry.
★★★★★
The 1970s Dub Albums Collection
CHERRY RED. CD
LLOYD BRADLEY’s definitive reggae chronicle, Bass Culture, vividly describes the impact of Joe Gibbs & The Professionals’ African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3 on its release in 1977. This abstract and mesmerising long-player became a sine qua non for London punk’s inner circle, and still ranks amongst the best dub albums of all time. Bradley rightly mar vels at how its creators “completely rebalance [a] tune four or five times in the space of a minute,” likening its alchemy to the local ‘obeah’, a spellcasting ceremony.