Various – Psalms Of Drums: The Black And White Story
This was a big record for me. Absolutely beautiful, soulful reggae from Carlton Patterson's underrated 'black and white' label, with Tubby at the height of his 70's genius. Most importantly it featured a mix of vocals/DJ/dubs on the same riddim, which provided me with some tools to start joining the dots.
For example, both the DJ cut and this thunderous dub of Love is not gamble was on there:
Vocal & Dub:
Instrumental & dub:
DJ Cut:
Dub:
It just so happened that I also had the Joseph Cotton set on Moll Selekta, and lo and behold I discovered the same version on one of his tunes, and there's a couple more on there as well (around 32 mins):
Basically, just a brilliant album. Hot Pot put out a second compilation about 10 years later with nearly all of the B&W dubs. Well worth a purchase.