VARIOUS ARTISTS - Armagideon Time: When Punk Met Dub 1976-1984
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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 three CDs. Artists include 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.
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 the 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.
Format: CD box set
Label: Cherry Red Records
Release date: 26 June 2026
Tracklist:
Disc one:
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Alternative TV - Life After Dub
- Steel Pulse - Prodigal Son Dub (extended mix)
- XTC - Super Tuff
- Demon Preacher - Perfect Dub (Pink Knicker Dub)
- The 4th Street Orchestra - Higking Ranher
- Marie Pierre - Walk Away
- The Flying Lizards - Crab Clae
- The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil
- The Members - Stand Up And Spit
- Public Image Ltd - Part 2 Megga Mix (aka Half Mix/Megga Mix)
- Dillinger - Funky Punk
- The Slits - Newtown
- The Clash - Justice Tonight/Kick It Over
- Electric Chairs - J'attends Les Marines (Dub edit)
- Red Beat - Machines In Motion
- Stiff Little Fingers - Bloody Dub
- Family Fodder - Bass Adds Bass
- Fashiøn - Silver Blades (A Deeper Cut)
Disc two:
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The Ruts - Love In Vain
- X-O-Dus - English Black Boys (edit)
- Shoes For Industry - Sheepdog Trial Inna Babylon
- Basement 5 - Silicon Chip
- The Twinkle Brothers - Free Up (Dub)
- The Good Missionaries - Bending A Border (Dub version)
- The Specials - Man At C&A
- Max Splodge - Bicycle Seat (Dub)
- Linton Kewsi Johnson - Brain Smashing (Dub)
- The Jam - Pop Art Poem
- Suns Of Arqa - Acid Table Dub
- Prince Far I - Throw Away Your Gun (Dub)
- The Selecter - Last Tango In Dub
- Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation
- Garland Jeffreys - Escape Goat Dub (Single version)
- George Dekker - The Other Side Of Atlantic Road (Dub)
- The Chicken Granny - Quit The Body
- Thompson Twins - A Dub Product
- Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay - How Much Are They? (12" version)
- Alan Pellay - Demonic Forces
Disc three:
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Surface Mutants - Train Dub
- UB40 - Present Arms In Dub
- London Underground - Dreams Are Better
- Cook The Books - Gone To Black
- The X-Certs - Untogether
- The Mothmen - Afghani Dub
- A Certain Ratio - Rialto
- The Boomtown Rats - House On Fire (12" Dub version)
- Jazz Insects - Elephants
- Sir Horatio - Abracadubra
- Aswad - Dub Fire
- Mad Professor - English Connection
- Mark Stewart & The Maffia - Learning To Cope With Cowardice
- Mr Amir - Reasons To Live
- Bad Manners - Devil's Dub
- 23 Skidoo - Fire
- Singers And Players - Alla La: Dreadlocks Soldier
- Restriction - Re-Action
- Lost Cherrees - Escalation Dub