Dub Rockers Delight – Negus Roots

DUB ROCKERS DELIGHT – NEGUS ROOTS 1982

Dub Rockers Delight leans away from Negus Roots’ better-known vocal work and folds Lacksley Castell’s material into a straight dub set, which gives the record a colder, more meditative pulse than the title might suggest. Issued in 1982, it’s tied to the same Kingston-era moment that produced Morning Glory, and the connection is clear in the song titles themselves: “Leaving Dub, ” “Dub To My Woman, ” “Jah In Dub, ” “Righteous Dub. ” Those names keep Castell’s writing at the center even when the vocals are stripped away, and the mood is all smoky bassline, snare crack, and roomy echo. The sequencing moves from the more reflective cuts into heavier, more insistent pieces, so the flow feels deliberate rather than random, like the producer wanted the dubs to play as a complete after-hours run rather than a loose pile of versions.

Dub Rockers Delight Tracklist:

1. Lacksley Castell – Bound In Dub
2. Lacksley Castell – Doctor In Dub
3. Lacksley Castell – Dub Glory
4. Lacksley Castell – Dub Softly
5. Lacksley Castell – Dub The Government
6. Lacksley Castell – Dub To My Woman
7. Lacksley Castell – Jah In Dub
8. Lacksley Castell – Leaving Dub
9. Lacksley Castell – Night Of Dub
10. Lacksley Castell – Righteous Dub