UPC: 5013929121287
Label: CHERRY RED
Format: CD
Release Date: July 3, 2026
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3CDs exploring the post-punk / dub crossover explosion of the late 70s and early 80s. In the wake of punk rock, as artists began to express their eclectic tastes and broaden their sound palettes in ways unimaginable just a few years before, the scene's love affair with Jamaican reggae and dub blossomed. The resulting crossover saw punk rock groups begin to adopt dub rhythms and production techniques into their sound and established reggae and dub producers begin to work with punk rock bands. Oozing liquid, analogue echo, sparse reverb-laden vocals, heavy duty basslines and laid back rhythms, 'Armagideon Time' journeys into the dub-punk crossover in the UK and further afield, bringing together raincoat-adorned working-class bands, Jamaican producers, British reggae pioneers, die-hard punks and London-based future dub exponents in an unlikely soundclash adventure across 3CDs. With scene-setting notes by low-end legend Jah Wobble and band-by-band biographies, this is a must-hear sequel and companion piece to our highly regarded 'Roots Rock Rebels' punk/reggae set. For fans of post-punk, dub and reggae, and the socio-political scene of late 70s and early 80s multicultural Britain.
TRACK LIST:
1. Alternative TV - Life After Dub
2. Steel Pulse - Prodigal Son Dub (Extended Mix)
3. XTC - Super Tuff
4. Demon Preacher - Perfect Dub (Pink Knicker Dub)
5. The 4th Street Orchestra - Higking Ranher
6. Marie Pierre - Walk Away (Version)
7. The Flying Lizards - Crab Claw
8. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil
9. The Members - Stand Up and Spit
10. 10 Public Image LTD - Part 2 Megga Mix (Aka Half Mix/ Megga Mix)
11. Dillinger - Funky Punk
12. The Slits - Newtown
13. The Clash - Armagideon Time (Version)
14. Electric Chairs - J'attends Les Marines (Dub Edit)
15. Red Beat - Machines in Motion
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Dub
17. Family Fodder - Bass Adds Bass
18. Fashion - Silver Blades (A Deeper Cut)
19. The Ruts - Love in Vain
20. X-O-Dus - English Black Boys (Edit)
21. Shoes for Industry - Sheepdog Trial Inna Babylon
22. Basement 5 - Silicon Chip
23. The Twinkle Brothers - Free Us (Dub)
24. The Good Missionaries - Bending a Border (Dub Version)
25. The Specials - Man at C;A
26. Max Splodge - Bicycle Seat (Dub)
27. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Brain Smashing (Dub)
28. The Jam - Pop Art Poem
29. Suns of Arqa - Acid Tabla Dub
30. Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun (Dub)
31. The Selecter - Last Tango in Dub
32. Creation Rebel ; New Age Steppers - Threat to Creation
33. Garland Jeffreys - Escape Goat Dub (Single Version)
34. George Dekker - the Other Side of Atlantic Road (Dub)
35. The Chicken Granny - Quit the Body
36. Thompson Twins - a Dub Product
37. Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay - How Much Are They? (12" Version)
38. Alan Pellay - Demonic Forces
39. Surface Mutants - Train Dub
40. Ub40 - Present Arms in Dub
41. London Underground - Dreams Are Better
42. Cook the Books - Gone to Black
43. The X-Certs - Untogether
44. The Mothmen - Afghani Dub
45. A Certain Ratio - Rialto
46. The Boomtown Rats - House on Fire (12" Dub Version)
47. Jazz Insects - Elephants
48. Sir Horatio - Abracadubra
49. Aswad - Dub Fire
50. Mad Professor - English Connection
51. Mark Stewart ; the Maffia - Learning to Cope with Cowardice
52. Mr Amir - Reasons to Live
53. Bad Manners - Devil's Dub
54. 23 Skidoo - Fire
55. Singers and Players - Alla la -Dreadlocks Soldier
56. Restriction - Re-Action
57. Lost Cherrees - Escalation Dub
