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King Tubby

Osbourne Ruddock[1] (28 January 1941 – 6 February 1989),[2] better known as King Tubby, was a Jamaican sound engineer who influenced the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s.[3]

King Tubby

Osbourne Ruddock

(1941-01-28)28 January 1941

Kingston, Jamaica

6 February 1989(1989-02-06) (aged 48)
Kingston, Jamaica

Sound engineer, producer

1968–1989

Firehouse, Kingston 11, Waterhouse, Taurus

Tubby's studio work, which saw him elevate the role of the mixing engineer to a creative fame previously only reserved for composers and musicians, would prove to be influential across many genres of popular music. He is often cited as the inventor of the concept of the remix that later became ubiquitous in dance and electronic music production. Singer Mikey Dread stated, "King Tubby truly understood sound in a scientific sense. He knew how the circuits worked and what the electrons did. That's why he could do what he did".[3]

Death[edit]

King Tubby was shot dead on 6 February 1989, outside his home in Duhaney Park, Kingston, upon returning from a session at his Waterhouse studio. His untimely death was believed to be the outcome of a robbery.[4][8]

(1974, Starapple/Trojan Records)

Ital Dub

(1976, Yard Music/Clocktower Records)

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

(1979, Rockers International/Greensleeves Records/Shanachie Records)

Original Rockers

(1980, Yard Music/Shanachie)

Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Firehouse

at Roots Archives

Discography

at X Ray Music

Discography of 1970's recordings & dub sources

discography at Discogs

King Tubby