• 3CDs exploring the post-punk / dub crossover explosion of the late 70s and early 80s. • Includes The Clash, PiL, Prince Far I, The Specials, Dennis Bovell, The Pop Group, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Selecter, Thompson Twins, XTC, Alternative TV, Aswad, Dillinger, A Certain Ratio, Stiff Little Fingers, UB40, The Jam, Mad Professor, The Ruts and many more. • Household names, rarities, one-offs and curios! • With sleevenotes from the inimitable Jah Wobble plus band-by-band biographies. • A companion to 2024's critical and commercial hit 'Roots Rock Rebels'. 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.
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1. Life After Dub
2. Prodigal Son Dub (Extended Mix)
3. Super Tuff
4. Perfect Dub (Pink Knicker Dub)
5. Higking Ranher
6. Walk Away (Version)
7. Crab Claw
8. She is Beyond Good and Evil
9. Stand Up and Spit
10. Part 2 Megga Mix (Aka Half Mix/ Megga Mix)
11. Funky Punk
12. Newtown
13. Armagideon Time (Version)
14. J Attends Les Marines (Dub Edit)
15. Machines In Motion
16. Bloody Dub
17. Bass Adds Bass
18. Silver Blades (A Deeper Cut)
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1. Love In Vain
2. English Black Boys (Edit)
3. Sheepdog Trial Inna Babylon
4. Silicon Chip
5. Free Us (Dub)
6. Bending a Border (Dub Version)
7. Man At C&A
8. Bicycle Seat (Dub)
9. Brain Smashing (Dub)
10. Pop Art Poem
11. Acid Tabla Dub
12. Throw Away Your Gun (Dub)
13. Last Tango In Dub
14. Threat To Creation
15. Escape Goat Dub (Single Version)
16. The Other Side of Atlantic Road (Dub)
17. Quit the Body
18. A Dub Product
19. How Much Are They? (12 Version)
20. Demonic Forces
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1. Train Dub
2. Present Arms In Dub
3. Dreams Are Better
4. Gone To Black
5. Untogether
6. Afghani Dub
7. Rialto
8. House On Fire (12 Dub Version)
9. Elephants
10. Abracadubra
11. Dub Fire
12. English Connection
13. Learning To Cope With Cowardice
14. Reasons To Live
15. Devil S Dub
16. Fire
17. Alla La -Dreadlocks Soldier
18. Re-Action
19. Escalation Dub
