If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977)

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1	–Big Joe	In The Ghetto Written-By – Joe Spaulding*	3:23
2	–I Roy*	War And Friction Written-By – Roy Reid*	3:21
3	–Little Joe	Tradition Skank Written-By – Joe Jackson*	3:48
4	–Tappa Zukie*	Jah Is I Guiding Star Written-By – David Sinclair	3:28
5	–Jah Stitch	Set Up Yourself Dreadlocks Written-By – M. James*	3:01
6	–Dr. Alimantado	Chant To Jah Written-By – Winston Thompson	2:59
7	–Dr. Alimantado	Mash It Up Written-By – Winston Thompson	2:33
8	–Dr. Alimantado & Jah Stitch	The Barber Feel It Written-By – M. James*, Winston Thompson	3:31
9	–Jah Stitch	Bury The Barber Written-By – M. James*	2:53
10	–Jah Stitch	Black Harmony Killer Written-By – M. James*	3:03
11	–Jah Stitch	Greedy Girl Written-By – M. James*	3:12
12	–Dillinger	Regular Girl Written-By – Lester Bullocks*	2:44
13	–Dillinger	Daylight Saving Time Written-By – Lester Bullocks*	2:24
14	–Prince Jazzbo	Gal Boy I Roy Written-By – Linval Carter	3:13
15	–Prince Jazzbo	Good Memories Written-By – Linval Carter	4:00
16	–Prince Far I	Shuffle And Deal Written-By – Michael Williams	2:54

Companies, etc.

• Mixed At – King Tubby's Studio
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Engineered At – Striker Lee Studio

Credits

• Backing Band [Rhythm Tracks Played By] – The Aggrovators
• Compiled By, Liner Notes – Steve Barrow
• Edited By – Ian Silvester
• Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
• Musician – Aston Barrett*, Bobby Ellis, Santa Davis*, Carlton Barrett, Earl Smith*, Keith Sterling, Lennox Brown, Skully Sims*, Ossie Hibbert, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Tommy McCook, Tony Chin
• Producer – Bunny Lee
• Transferred By – Bob Harding, Garth Atkins

Notes

Mastered at the Townhouse.
Transferred from original analogue masters at Striker Lee Studio, Duhaney Park, Kingston.

ⓟⓒ1994 Blood & Fire Ltd.
Made in England.

Rhythm tracks (from liner notes):
Track 1: Johnnie Clarke's "Satta Masa Gana"
Track 2: a dub of Yabby U's "Death Trap"
Track 3: Ronnie Davis version of Burning Spear's "Tradition"
Track 5: Aggrovators version of Please Be True with Cornell Campbell's dubbed vocals
Track 6: Striker's cut of Slim Smith's "The Beatitude"
Track 7: Delroy Wilson's "Mash up illiteracy"
Track 8: Jackie Edwards's 1975 version of John Holt's "Ali Baba"
Track 9: Striker's cut of "Stealing"
Track 10: Horace Andy's "Just Say Who"
Track 11: Horace Andy
Track 12: version of the Studio One "Mean Girl" rhythm
Track 13: version of Johnny Ace's R'n B opus "The Clock" by John Holt
Track 14: Cornell Campbell's "Stars"
Track 15: previously-unreleased version of Johnnie Clarke's "Memories by the score" (recut of The Paragons originally for Treasure Isle)
Track 16: "Deck of Cards"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 7 83564 00012 8
• Barcode (Printed): 783564000128
• Matrix / Runout (Outer Ring): DISCTRONICS BAFCD001 01
• Matrix / Runout (Inner Ring [Moulded]): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L136
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 04N6

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BAFLP 001	Various	If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977) ‎(LP, Comp)	Blood & Fire	BAFLP 001	UK	1994
BAFLP 001	Various	If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977) ‎(LP, Comp, TP)	Blood & Fire	BAFLP 001	UK	1994
FIRE 001CD	Various	If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977) ‎(CD, Comp)	Blood & Fire	FIRE 001CD	UK	1994
SVLP 248	Various	If Deejay Was Your Trade. The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977 ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Simply Vinyl, Blood & Fire	SVLP 248	UK	2000
FIRE 001LP	Various	If Deejay Was Your Trade (The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977) ‎(LP, Comp, Promo, W/Lbl)	Blood & Fire	FIRE 001LP	UK	1994

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