Keith Hudson / PICK A DUB

Keith Hudson’s “Pick A Dub” is a classic album by many standards. Released in 1974, the session features performances from reggae legends Augustus Pablo, Big Youth and Carlton and Aston Barrett, the record showcased the enduring strength and pivotal importance of the rhythm to the development of reggae music. Keith Hudson’s complete mastery of the genre and the unqualified praise that followed its release was fully justified. The album’s ‘austere sonic qualities’ are awe inspiring, the superb rhythms are given full rein, unencumbered by extra effects and studio trickery. The overall effect is as mesmerising now as it was over forty years ago.