DENNIS BOVELL - Sufferer Sounds - 2LP - Vinyl [NOV 15]

2LP - with printed inners. Rare dubs, roots and lovers rock from the legendary producer. 

Dennis Bovell’s prolific and eclectic career encompasses a huge range of music: from dub poetry to lovers rock to post-punk to disco to pop and beyond. His production work encompasses such diverse figures as The Slits, I Roy, Maximum Joy, Fela Kuti, The Pop Group, Janet Kay, Saada Bonaire, Orange Juice, Golden Teacher, Steel Pulse and more.

This compilation focuses on the period during and immediately after Bovell’s involvement with the Jah Sufferer Sound System, digging deep to find deep cuts and lesser known versions, mainly from 1976 - 1980, plus a killer and lesser heard dub of the iconic “Silly Games”. Painstakingly restored and remastered at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin so that these decades old tracks sound pristine and dynamic, and sequenced to take the listener on a journey through Bovell’s production and arrangement genius.

The accompanying sleevenotes are a result of a long conversation with Dennis about this period of his life, with track-by-track recollections and fascinating biographical asides. The vinyl and CD versions feature variant artwork, each format utilising a unique photo by Syd Shelton.

Tracklist: 

A1. The Dub Band - Dub Land
A2. Dennis Matumbi - Blood Dem
A3. Dennis Bovell Dub Band - Suffrah Dub (Sufferer Sound Disco 45)

B1. Pebbles - Positive Vibrations
B2. Cosmic Idren - Compelled
B3. Dennis Curtis - Come With Me
B4. Matumbi Dub - Planet

C1. African Stone - Run Rasta Run
C2. Matumbi - Fire Dub
C3. Errol Campbell - Jah Man
C4. Young Lions - Take Dub

D1. Dennis Bovell / Janet Kay - Game Of Dubs
D2. African Stone - Dub Choice
D3. Angelique - Cry
D4. DB At The Controls - Crying