Augustus "Gussie" Clarke

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Augustus "Gussie" Clarke (born 1953) is a reggae producer who worked with some of the top Jamaican reggae artists in the 1970s and later set up his own Music Works studio. Clarke started working in the music industry by cutting dub plates. He made his debut as a producer in 1972, with U-Roy's "The Higher The Mountain". He established himself as the top producer of deejays in the early 1970s with albums such as Big Youth's Screaming Target, and I-Roy's Presenting I Roy, both regarded as among the best deejay albums ever produced. Through the 1970s and early 1980s he worked with artists such as Dennis Brown , Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo , Leroy Smart , and The Mighty Diamonds, including the latter's influential "Pass the Kouchie" in 1981. Much of his output was released on his own Gussy and Puppy labels. In the late 1980s, Clarke adapted to the new dancehall style of reggae, but stood out from other producers by attempting to produce glossier recordings with greater potential to cross over internationally. In 1987 while still recording at Music Mountain and Dynamic Sounds studio, the first record to bare hints of this newly embraced digital sound came from the release of The Mighty Diamonds "The Real Enemy". "Gang War", the first single off the album released on his Music Works label showcased this new digi-roots style, incorporating keyboard and computer programming driven riddims, compared to the known traditional roots reggae sound with players of live instruments re

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Black Foundation Dub

Dread at the Controls Dub

Gussie Presenting The Right Tracks

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Heavy Heavy DUB Serial Killers

Dub Anthology

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the best dub album in the world

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Black Foundation Dub - NUNES

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Heavy Heavy DUB Serial Killers #2

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Dub Sessions Disc 1

The Right Tracks

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Gussie Presenting: The Right Tracks

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Black Foundation dub - Augustus "Gussie" Clarke at King Tubby's

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