Rudy Mills - "John Jones" / Tighten Up - the Trojan compilations

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This is just to talk about Tighten Up or Trojan in general. I did start this thread to ask a specific question though.

Is there a dub version of "John Jones" by Rudy Mills? I specifically want one where the music cuts out when Rudy shouts "JOHN JOOOOOOOONNEESSSS!!!". Somehow I'd be surprised if no budding dubbist didn't have a go at this back in the day.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 12:39 (eighteen years ago)

It's an old track tho isn't it? It's pre-dub era I mean. I know there's an (organ) instrumental version of it, but I can't remember who did it or what it's called. Also, "John Jones" seems to be a calypso song - Van Dyke Parks does a version of it on "Discover America"!

― Dadaismus (Takin' Funk to Heaven in '77) (Dada), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 12:53 (eighteen years ago)

O RLY? I had no idea - I love Van Dyke Parks but I don't have that album. Yes it's pre-1970 that track but a lot of dub tracks took their rhythms from Rocksteady and even Ska stuff from that era.

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago)

Oh man, buy "Discover America" IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Takin' Funk to Heaven in '77) (Dada), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:07 (eighteen years ago)

OKAY!!!!

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 13:15 (eighteen years ago)

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