The Cold Crusher (LP)

Format: LP  Label: Jamdung  Year: 2026  Media Condition: New  Sleeve/Cover Condition: New  A1 Roast Fish & Stout A2 Raw Meat A3 White Whale A4 Cold Crusher A5 11-9-0 B1 Dub Them Roots Man B2 Murderer B3 Run For Cover B4 Dub Me Right B5 Corn Meal Porridge Originally released ca. 1980. PERSONNEL: Bass – Robbie Shakespeare Drums – Sly Dunbar Guitar – Rad Bryan, Jah Bunny Horns – Herman Marquis, Tommy McCook Organ – Bobby Kalphat Percussion – Scully, Sticky Piano – Ansel Collins Producer – Phil Pratt Dub Mix – Barnabas Ranking Barnabas or simply Barnabas, is one of the many unsung heroes of Jamaican dub music, which is usually associated with names such as King Tubby, Lee Perry, Scientist, or Prince Jammy. Barnabas was born Stanley Bryan in Kingston in 1960, and seemingly within a few years became a regular at the legendary Channel One Studios. In the 1970s, Channel One was the hot spot in Jamaica's studio landscape, offering the best technology and producing reggae at an internationally competitive level. Stanley Bryan was an all-rounder. During the day, he sat at the mixing desk as an engineer and mixed, to name just one, the Eek-a-Mouse classic “Wah Do Dem.” If the drummer dropped out during a recording, Barnabas stepped in. And at night, he took the microphone at the Channel One Sound System as Ranking Barnabas and toasted over riddims that he had frequently recorded himself in the studio. It was the heyday of Jamaican dub, and Barnabas was the often uncredited creator of countless dubs for maxi-singles and single B-sides. Although he contributed to countless Dub LPs, only The Cold Crusher was released under his name. Barnabas' only LP was released in one small pressing in the USA, was never repressed, and became a highly prized rarity. Newly restored with liner notes by David Katz and Helmut Philipps, with photography by Beth Lesser.