King Tubby

King Tubby is born as Osbourne Ruddock in Kingston the 28th of January, 1941. He was a Jamaican sound engineer in his own studio: the King Tubby's studio. For the majority, he is the creator of the dub music. The legend say the dub music born from a mystake of his producer. But not. He was just the first to develop this music. To remixe music from other dub plates. What is true, it's him to insert the new technic like electronic and new effects like echoes or delay in the music. It's a fact. Also, It's him to give the name “dub music” to this new sound.

All the long of the 70's, King Tubby was the pionneer of the dub music. With lot of experiences and artistic collaborations. He's him to produce almost all the redords of Augustus Pablo. Worked with artist like Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, I-Roy , Horace Andy, Big Joe, Delroy Wilson, Jah Stitch. Also, he remixed songs by Jamaica's top producers such as Lee Perry, Bunny Lee, Linval Thompson and Vivian Jackson. From this decade, a multitude of dub plates produced by the King taken out. In the begining of the 80's, King Tubby had mostly retired from music, still occasionally recording remixes and tutoring a new generation of artists, including Prince Jammy and Scientist.

The 6th of February, 1989, King Tubby was shot and killed by an unknown killer just for some dollars and his golden medal.

(not-exhaustive list)

• African Brothers & King Tubby - The African Brothers Meets King Tubby In Dub [197X]
• Aggrovators - Dub Justice [1975-76]
• Aggrovators - Johnny In The Echo Chamber [1975-76]
• Aggrovators - Reggae Stones Dub [1976]
• Aggrovators & King Tubby - Creation Dub [1973-77]
• Aggrovators & King Tubby's - Dub Jackpot [1974-76]
• Aggrovators & King Tubby & Bunny Lee - Bionic Dub [1975-77]
• Al Campbell - Ain't That Loving You [1978]
• Augustus Clarke - Black Foundation Dub [1976]
• Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown [1972-75]
• Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers [1972-75]
• Augustus Pablo & King Tubby - In Roots Vibes [197X]
• Augustus Pablo - East Of The River Nile [1977]
• Augustus Pablo - El Rocker's [1972-75]
• Augustus Pablo - Ital Dub [1974]
• Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers Vol 2 [1989]
• Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubby In A Fire House [1980]
• Barry Brown - The Best Of Barry Brown [197X]
• Barry Brown Meets Cornell Campbell - Barry Brown Meets Cornell Campbell [197X]
• Bim Sherman - Ghetto Dub [1988]
• Bunny Lee & King Tubby & Aggrovators - Straight To I Roy Head [1973-77]
• Bunny Lee Meets King Tubby & Aggrovators & Various Artists - Bunny Lee Meets King * Tubby & Aggrovators [197X]
• Carlton Patterson & King Tubby - Psalms Of Drums [197X]
• Clint Eastwood - African Youth [1978]
• Clint Eastwood - The Real Clint Eastwood [197X]
• Cornell Campbell - Dance In A Greenwich Farm [1975]
• Cornell Campbell - Natty Dread In A Greenwich Farm [1975]
• Cornell Campbell - The Gorgon [1976]
• David Jahson - Natty Chase The Barber [1978]
• Delroy Wilson - 20 Golden Hits [1978]
• Delroy Wilson - Captivity [1973]
• Delroy Wilson - For I And I [1975]
• Dennis Alcapone - King Of The Track [1974]
• Dennis Brown - Some Like It Hot [197X]
• Derrick Morgan - People Decision [1977]
• Derrick Morgan Featuring Hortense Ellis - Feel So Good [1975]
• Dillinger - 3 Piece Suit [1977]
• Don Carlos - Tribulation In Dub [198X]
• Glen Brown - The Way To Mount Zion [1969-76]
• Glen Brown & Friends - Rhythm Master Vol 1 [1971-76]
• Glen Brown & King Tubby - Termination Dub [1973-79]
• Harry Mudie & King Tubby - Harry Mudie Meet King Tubby's In Dub Conference Vol 1 [1976]
• Horace Andy - The King Tubby Tapes [197X]
• Junior Delgado - Dance A Dub [1978]
• Jackie Mittoo - In Cold Blood [1977]
• Jah Lloyd - Herbs Of Dub [1974]
• Jah Lloyd and King Tubby - A Double Helping of Jah Lloyd and King Tubby [1974]
• Jah Stitch - Original Ragga Muffin [1975-77]
• Jah Stitch & Jackie Mittoo - Love & Harmony [197X]
• Jah Thomas - Dance On The Corner [1979]
• Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby - Jah Thomas Meets King Tubby Inna Roots Of Dub [1979-81]
• Johnny Clarke - Dread Natty Congo [1977]
• Johnny Clarke - Enter Into His Gates With Praise [1975]
• Johnny Clarke - King In The Arena [1978]
• Johnny Clarke - Moving Out [1975]
• Johnny Clarke - Put It On [1975]
• Johnny Clarke - Rockers Time Now [1976]
• Johnny Clarke - Sings In Fine Style [1975]
• Johnny Clarke - A Ruffer Version [1974-78]
• Johnny Clarke - Dreader Dread [1976-78]
• Johnny Clarke - Rockers Time Now [1976]
• Johnny Clarke - Superstar Roots Disco Dub [1977]
• Joseph Cotton - Dancehall Days [1976-84]
• Junia Walker All Stars - Dub Jusic [198X]
• King Tubby - 100% Of Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - African Love Dub [1974-79]
• King Tubby - Dancehall Style Dub [1974]
• King Tubby - Declaration Of Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - Dub Fever [197X]
• King Tubby - Dub From The Roots [1974]
• King Tubby - Dub Gone Crazy [1975-79]
• King Tubby - Dub Like Dirt [1975-77]
• King Tubby - Dub Mix Up [1975-79]
• King Tubby - Essential Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - Explosive Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - First Prophet Of Dub [1983]
• King Tubby - From The Palace Of Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - Herb Dub - Collie Dub [1976]
• King Tubby - I Am The King Vol 2 [198X]
• King Tubby - In Fine Style [1972-77]
• King Tubby - King At The Control [1981]
• King Tubby - King Tubby's Lost Treasures [1976]
• King Tubby - King Tubby's Special [1973 - 76]
• King Tubby - Majestic Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - Psalm Of The Time Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - Rastafari Dub [1974-79]
• King Tubby - Shining Dub [197X]
• King Tubby - The Dub Master [197X]
• King Tubby - The Dub Organiser [197X]
• King Tubby - The Fatman Tapes [197X]
• King Tubby - The Roots Of Dub [1975]
• King Tubby - The Roots Of Dub & Dub From The Roots [1974]
• King Tubby & Aggrovators - Foundation Of Dub [1975-77]
• King Tubby & Aggrovators - Shalom Dub [1975]
• King Tubby & Errol Thompson - The Black Foundation In Dub [197X]
• King Tubby & Jacob Miller - E-E Saw Dub [1975]
• King Tubby & Prince Jammy - Dub Gone 2 Crazy [1975-79]
• King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist - Dubwise Revolution [197X]
• King Tubby & Prince Jammy & Scientist - First, Second And Third Generation Of Dub [1981]
• King Tubby & Professor - Yah Congo Meets King Tubby & Professor At Dub Table [1974-79]
• King Tubby Meets Roots Radics - Dangerous Dub [1981]
• King Tubby Meets Scientist - In A Midnight Rock Dub Vol 1 [1983]
• King Tubby & Scientist - King Tubby Meets Scientist In A World Of Dub [198X]
• King Tubby & Scientist - King Tubby's Meets Scientist At Dub Station [198X]
• King Tubby & Scientist & Bunny Tom Tom - King Tubby Studio verses Channel One Studio [197X]
• King Tubby & Skatalites - Heroes Of Reggae In Dub [197X]
• King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - Freedom Sounds In Dub [1976-79]
• King Tubby Meets The Upsetter - King Tubby Meets The Upsetter At The Grass Roots Of Dub [1975]
• King Tubby & Various Artists - Le World … Reggae [197X]
• King Tubby & Various Artists - The Sound Of Channel One : King Tubby Connection [1973-81]
• King Tubby & Yabby You - Time To Remember [1982]
• King Tubby & Yabby You - Yabby You Presents King Tubby's Boom Sounds Vol 4 [1979-83]
• Larry Marshall - I Admire You [1975]
• Larry Marshall & King Tubby - I Admire You In Dub [1975]
• Leroy Smart - Superstar [1976]
• Leroy Smart - Superstar [1977]
• Linval Thompson - Cool Down [1974-76]
• Linval Thompson - Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks [1976]
• Linval Thompson & Friends - Whip Them King Tubby [197X]
• Linval Thompson Meets King Tubbys - Dis A Yard Dub [197X]
• Mabrak - Drum Talk [1978]
• Mikey Dread - African Anthem [1979]
• Mikey Dread - Dub Merchant [1982]
• Mikey Dread - Evolutionary Rockers [1979]
• Morwell Unlimited Meet King Tubby's - Dub Me [1975]
• Niney The Observer Presents King Tubby - Bring The Dub Come [197X]
• Prince Alla - Only Love Can Conquer [1976-79]
• Prince Far I & King Tubby - In The House Of Vocal And Dub [198X]
• Prince Alla & Junior Ross - I Can Hear The Children Singing [1976-79]
• Prince Jammy v. King Tubby - His Majestys Dub [197X]
• Ranking Dread - Ranking Dread In Dub [1982]
• Ranking Joe - Disco Skate [1981]
• Ranking Joe - Showcase [1981]
• Ranking Joe With Black Uhuru And Dennis Brown - Zion High [1980]
• Rod Taylor - Ethiopian Kings [1975-80]
• Rod Taylor - Garden Of Eden [1975-82]
• Roots Radics - Roots Radics At Channel One Kingston Jamaica [1982]
• Roots Radics Meets Scientist & King Tubby - In A Dub Explosion [197X]
• Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate - Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate In Dub [198X]
• Rupie Edwards All Stars - Dub Basket [1975]
• Rupie Edwards All Stars - Dub Basket Chapter II [1976]
• Scientist - Crucial Cuts Vol 1 [1983]
• Skatalites & King Tubby - The Legendary Skatalites In Dub [1975]
• Sly & Robbie Meet King Tubby - Sly & Robbie Meet King Tubby [197X]
• Sylford Walker - Lamb's Bread [1978]
• Sylford Walker & Welton Irie - Lamb's Bread International [1977-78]
• Sylvan White - Africans Unite [1978-83]
• Tappa Zukie - Deep Roots [197X-8X]
• The Observer All Stars & King Tubbys - Dubbing With The Observer [1975]
• Tommy McCook - Blazing Horns - Tenor In Roots [1976-78]
• Tommy McCook & Aggravators - Brass Rockers [1975]
• Tommy McCook & Aggrovators - Cookin [1975]
• Tommy McCook & Aggrovators - King Tubby Meets The Agrovators At Dub Station [1975]
• Tommy McCook & Aggrovators - Show Case [1975]
• Various Artists - Black & White Reggae Classics Vol 1 [198X]
• Various Artists - Boat To Progress [1970-74]
• Various Artists - Check The Winner [1970-74]
• Various Artists - Classic Rockers [1975-85]
• Various Artists - Dubble Attack [1972-74]
• Various Artists - Gussie Presenting The Right Tracks [1976]
• Various Artists - Herb Dust Vol 1 [1983]
• Various Artists - If Deejay Was Your Trade [1974-77]
• Various Artists - Jack Ruby Hi-Power vs. Gemini Discotheque [198X]
• Various Artists - Kingston All Stars Meet Downtown At King Tubbys [1972-75]
• Various Artists - Music Get To Your Brain [1977]
• Various Artists - Quad Star Revolution [1972]
• Various Artists - Quad Star Revolution [1972]
• Various Artists - Rasta Have Ambition [1976]
• Various Artists - Roots Reggae Party Vol 1 [1981]
• Various Artists - Roots Reggae Party Vol 2 [1982]
• Various Artists - Straight To Babylon Chest [1976]
• Various Artists - Strictly Rockers In A Dread Land [1976]
• Various Artists - Yabby You & King Tubby's All Stars [198X]
• Vivian Jackson - Ram A Dam [1976]
• Welton Irie - Ghettoman Corner [1977]
• Yabby U - Jah Jah Way [1980]
• Yabby You - Beware [1978]
• Yabby You - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom [1976]
• Yabby You - Conquering Lion [1972]
• Yabby You - Dub It To The Top [1976-79]
• Yabby You - The Yabby You Collection [197X]
• Yabby You & King Tubby - King Tubby's Prophesy Of Dub [1976]
• Yabby You Meets Tommy McCook - Yabby You Meets Tommy McCook In Dub [197X]
• Yabby You Meets Trinity - Yabby You Meets Trinity At Dub Station [197X]
• Yabby You & Various Artists - Jesus Dread [1972-77]