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The Revolutionaries - 10 Albums (Dub)

The Revolutionaries (sometimes known as Revolutionaires) is a Jamaican reggae band.
Set up in 1975 as the house band of the Channel One Studios owned by Joseph Hoo Kim, The Revolutionaries with Sly Dunbar on drums and Robbie Shakespeare on Bass, created the new rockers style that would change the whole Jamaican sound (from roots reggae to rockers, and be imitated in all other productions. Beside Sly, many musicians played in the band: Bertram "Ranchie" McLean on bass, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan on guitar, Ossie Hibbert, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson, Robert Lyn or Ansel Collins on keyboards, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Noel "Scully" Simms on percussion, Tommy McCook, Herman Marquis on saxophone, Bobby Ellis on trumpet and Vin Gordon on trombone.
The band played on numerous dub albums and recorded as a backing band for artists like B.B. Seaton, Black Uhuru, Culture, Prince Alla, Leroy Smart, Gregory Isaacs, John Holt, The Heptones, Mighty Diamonds, I-Roy, Tapper Zukie, Trinity, U Brown, Errol Scorcher, Serge Gainsbourg among others.

1976 - Earthquake Dub
1976 - Revolutionaries
1978 - Jonkanoo Dub
1978 - Reaction In Dub
1979 - Goldmine Dub
1979 - Outlaw Dub
1979 - Revolutionaries Sounds Vol. 2
1994 - Macca Rootsman Dub
2002 - Dub Plate Specials
2007 - Drum Sound