Jim Fox

Fox Journeys in DUB ..., Dub For Daze, Volume One    RAS 3504

 
Volume One Contains Two CD Disks

All DUBs, Mixed by engineer : Jim Fox

Produced by: Doctor Dread
Mastered by : Jim Fox 

Released: March 25, 1997

Reggae Vibes Productions REVIEW
When you mix, you have the opportunity to climb in to every nook and cranny of the recording. You start with the bass drum. As you listen, you imagine the original session engineer, place the mic, route the board, EQ, and set the levels. You notice the fidelity and tone of the recording. You make your adjustments. You bring in the snare and hi-hat, set them. Next, add the bass. You start to see the picture, feel the vibe. When the vocal is added you unearth the structure of the song itself, giving praises to the singer for this wicked song. You add the rest of the instruments; piano, guitars, keys, horns, BU vocals, percussion. With each track, you are able to appreciate the pool of talent that the producer has assembled.

The recording engineer is the best witness, to the birth of a song, to history in the making. And in the tracks, you can see the recording engineer’s talent, how he organized and adjusted the tracks. With engineers like, Errol Brown, Solgie, Oswald Palmer, Chris Daley, Scientist, Steven Stanley, Bunny Tom Tom, Stephen Stewart, Mad Professor, at the controls you must marvel at their work. The singer brings the blueprint of the song structure, mood, and message. While each musician’s genius and talent are printed right onto the tape. Great musicians like Dwight Pinkney and the rest of the Roots Radics, Sly and Robbie, the Wailers, 809, every musician in this dub collection have crafted their parts to artist perfection.

So as you mix each song you spend hours adjusting and blending each track. You build each track and part to stand alone. The bass and drum can stand alone. The rhythm can stand alone. The melodies can stand alone. The vocals can stand alone. You blend them all together to form the final mix. It’s amazing. It’s alive.

By the time you have finished the vocal mix, all the tracks have left a serious impression on you. Now is the time to create a mix that spotlights the deepest parts of the recordings. You rewind and Dub it. At this point the most amazing thing happens. As you begin to let each section shine through, the song itself calls out to you as you work the board. The bass and drum want to play, soon the piano and rhythm guitar call out ‘let us control’. Part by part the song itself becomes a collage of all the distinct elements. Wicked! (Fox)

Credits:

Bass
Flabba Holt
Aston "Family Man" Barrett : 
Lloyd Parks
Englishman,
Chris Meredith
Earl "Bagga" Walker

Drums
Style Scott
Carlton "Carlie" Barrett :  
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne
Sly Dunbar
Noel Alphonso
Squidly Cole


Guitar
Dwight Pinkney
Andy Bassford : 
Dalton Browne
Bingy Bunny
Junior Marvin
Bo Peep


Keyboards
Robbie Lynn
Tyrone Downie
Steele
Tee-Birdd
Augustus Pablo
Earl Fitzsimmons
John (Raff) Allen
Bubbler
Simon
Wya Lindo

Horns
Dean Fraser : Saxes
Nambo Robinson : Trombone
Chico : Trumpet
Dave Madden : Trumpet
Deadly Headly : Trumpet

Percusion
Harry T.
Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
Sky Juice
Skully
Bongo Herman
Brother Jack
Secco Paterson

Also
Danny Browne
Everton Carrington
Arnold Brakeridge
The 809 Band
Studio One Band
Firehouse Crew
Lazo
Bruce Skerritt
Isax InJah,



Production Credits:

Executive Producer/Producer
Doctor Dread

Artist
Don Carlos
Peter Broggs
Freddie McGreggor
Roots Radics
Charlie Chaplin
Foxy Brown :
Brigadier Jerry
Sanchez
Lazo
Gregory Isaacs
RAS Pidow

Recording Engineer
Errol Brown
Solgie
Stephen Stewart
Anthony Kelly
Oswald Palmer
Jim Fox
G.Sutherland 
Junior Edwards
Mikey Riley
J. Edwards
Syl Gordon

Art Direction, Design
Mitch Ites

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