Cover versions became quite a thing in Jamaica and Don Letts, following in that tradition, has dug deep with a selection of interesting dubbed out covers including thirteen exclusives.

“A disciple of sound system, raised on reggae n’ bass culture my go to sound was dub. Besides being spacious and sonically adventurous at the same time, its most appealing aspect was the space it left to put yourself ‘in the mix’ underpinned by Jamaica’s gift to the world - bass. But that’s only half the story as the duality of my existence meant I was also checking what the Caucasian crew were up to not to mention the explosion of black music coming in from the States. That’s why this version excursion crosses time space and genre, from The Beach Boys to The Beatles, Nina Simone to Marvin Gaye, The Bee Gees to Kool & The Gang, The Clash to Joy Division and beyond. You’d think it impossible to draw a line between ‘em but not in my world. Fortunately, the ‘cover version’ has played an integral part in the evolution of Jamaican music and dub covers were just a natural extension.”

There’s a diverse mix of classic and new, with legendary figures like John Holt, The Tamlins and Cornell Campbell, mixed in with British veterans Mad Professor and the irrepressible Dennis Bovell, while (relatively) young striplings Kiko Bun, Emily Capell and Prince Fatty deliver the goods, with laidback Texan groovers Khruangbin also offering an exclusive bass heavy-delight.

The song choices are diverse, from French dubsters’ OBF’s renditions of ‘Sixteen Tons’, the miners’ paean popularised by Tennessee Ernie Ford in the 1950s, to Ash Walker’s refix of Omar’s ‘There’s Nothing Like This’ and ‘All I Do Is Think About You’, immortalised by the ill-fated Tammi Terrell and preserved here by Quantic (the latter two both exclusives). Being a Rebel Dread compilation, there’s a cover (by Wrongtom Meets The Rockers) of The Clash’s ‘Lost In The Supermarket’ while Don’s exclusive, naturally, is a rendition of Big Audio Dynamite’s debut hit, ‘E = MC2’.

Tracklisting:
A1. Ghetto Priest - Hercules (North Street West 'Late Night Tales' Dub) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
A2. Prince Fatty & Shniece McMenamin - Black Rabbit
A3. Wrongtom Meets The Rockers - Dub In The Supermarket EXCLUSIVE REMIX
A4. Gaudi Meets The Rebel Dread ft. Emily Capell - E = MC2 EXCLUSIVE TRACK
A5. Rude Boy - Superstylin' EXCLUSIVE REMIX
B6. Capitol 1212 ft. Earl 16 - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Vocal Dub) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
B7. Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - All I Do Is Think About You (Far East Dub) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
B8. Zoe Devlin Love ft. Tim Hutton - Caroline No
B9. John Holt - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (Mad Professor 2021 Dub) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
B10. Cornell Campbell - Ital City Dub EXCLUSIVE REMIX
B11. Matumbi - (I Can't Get Enough Of) That Reggae Stuff (Dennis Bovell Remix) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
C12. Gentleman's Dub Club ft. Kiko Bun - Use Me (Ben McKone Dub)
C13. Black Box Recorder - Uptown Top Ranking
C14. OBF - Sixteen Tons Of Dub
C15. Yasushi Ide - Ain't No Sunshine (Space Dub Mix) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
D16. The Tamlins - Baltimore
D17. 15 16 17 - Emotion (Dennis Bovell Remix) EXCLUSIVE REMIX
D18. Ash Walker - There's Nothing Like This EXCLUSIVE TRACK
D19. The Senior Allstars - Slipping Into Darkness
D20. Easy Star All-Stars - Within You Without You
D21. Khruangbin - Dern Kala (Khruangbin Dub Mix) EXCLUSIVE REMIX