Grace Jones - In Dub (1986)

In 2011 Grace Jones issued a dub version of her return-to-form 2008 album 'Hurricane', but this was not the first time that she'd gone down the dub route with her music. The 12" version of her 1982 single 'My Jamaican Guy' featured a dub take titled 'J.A. Guys', and a promo sampler of 1998's 'Private Life' included an exclusive dub mix as well, while 'She's Lost Control', which was one of the b-sides of 'Private Life', was also given an extended dub version. The 12" version of 1986's 'Crush' included both an extended remix and a dub take, and while not strictly speaking dub versions, 1985's 'Slave To The Rhythm' was given en extended Hot-Blooded remix, and her 1980 single 'Love Is The Drug' was given an extended re-issue in 1985. As all of these takes clock in at around the eight-minute mark, you only need half a dozen of them to be mixed together to make a great 46-minute album, which is exactly what I've done, and as some of these versions are now quite hard to track down then I think the album stands up as a tribute to the superb musicianship from such luminaries as Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar on the Compass Point recordings, and the remixing skills of Trevor Horn, Steve Thompson and Alex Sadkin.      

Track listing

01 In Dub (featuring Slave To The Rhythm / J.A. Guys / Private Life / She's Lost Control /

                                                                                                           Love Is The Drug / Crush)