JAH WOBBLE
METAL BOX – REBUILT IN DUB
CLEOPATRA
★★★★
It takes a bold man to deconstruct a classic, but that’s what John Wardle’s done for Public Image Ltd’s legendary second album from 1979, to which he contributed the vital bottom end. That’s despite the fact unauthorised use of recordings from those sessions for the aptly titled The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble In “Betrayal” lost him his job in 1980. Fortunately, this proves a worthwhile endeavour, though fans that have been drawn to the groundbreaking post-punk collection’s intense claustrophobia may baulk at its more polished nature.