Bim Sherman

100% killer reissue of Bim Sherman’s self-released 1988 dub masterpiece ‘Ghetto Dub’, mixed by King Tubby, Prince Jammy and Adrian Sherwood who diffuse rhythms by The Roots Radics and Sly & Robbie, newly remastered for its first new edition in 30 years.

With 2nd hand prices understandably climbing into triple figures, this overdue first vinyl reissue will be mana to the fiends. It takes pride of place in an ongoing programme of resurrected Sherman aces to portray him at his most elusive and atmospheric, or as the hype sticker calls it, “a journey in echo and space”.

His legendarily tone is threaded thru the desk by a team of JA/UK titans with the man himself in the producer role, sifting cuts from his Century Records: a label set up in the Uk in 1984, after his move from Kingston, JA, to London, where he became a crucial figure in the On-U Sound crew after joining their 1979 tour, and would lend to classic Dub Syndicate cuts among others. 

The record’s renown has grown over the years since Sherman’s passing in 2000 and the effective dissolution of his label. Week-End Records now do a sterling job of preserving his legacy with this edition, richly representing the warmth and pressure of the OG in its entirety, from the clean-spurred, buoyant step of its title tune to moon-booted ‘Untitled Dub’, via the soul-tugging ace ’Station Dub’ with its unanswered doorbells, and best showcase of his voice in ‘Moving Dub’, another alright stepper in ‘World Dub’, the bloozy wooze of ‘Danger Dub’ and wickedly skewed Afro-lilt of ‘Tribulation Dub.’

All killer.