Mad Professor - Cuts & Dubs Volume One (VINYL 2xLP Test Pressing) | NEW

Artist: Mad Professor
Title: Cuts & Dubs – Volume One LP 2x12"
Label: Test Pressing Records
Catalog Number: TPRLP001
Format: 2x12inch Vinyl
Release Date: 10/16/26

Styles: Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Reggae-Dub

Tracklist:
A1: Mad Professor - Ariwa The Dub Sampler

A2: Earl Lawrence - Dancing On A Bassline Dancing On The Bass Line

A3: Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - Only One God

B1: Mad Professor - H2so4

B2: Starky Banton - Dub De Heart

B3: Ragga Doll - Hippamuffin

C1: Professor Doppler - Cook Up Rice

C2: Mad Professor - Disco Dude

C3: Mad Professor - Kathmandu Dub

D1: The Robotics! - Hong Kong Flew!

D2: Robotiks - Miss Mood

D3: Aisha - Can You Feel It

Ariwa Sounds started in a front room in Thornton Heath, South London. Four tracks, some homemade equipment, and Neil Fraser, better known as Mad Professor, at the controls. That was 1980. Over four decades later, the label has more than 300 albums to its name and a legacy that stretches well beyond the reggae scene.

This compilation pulls twelve tracks from across the catalogue. Dub, lovers rock, heavy roots music, digital dancehall — it's all here. What ties it together is the Ariwa studio sound all going through Mad Professor’s desk.

Mad Professor is the backbone of it. Dub Me Crazy got him known and his production credits run from Jah Shaka and Horace Andy to Massive Attack, Sade and The Orb. The tracks here — the Dub Sampler, H2SO4, Disco Dude, Kathmandu Dub — show why.

The Jah Shaka collaboration Only One God is a landmark. Two of the UK's most important dub figures on one track. Dark and heavy roots music.

The Robotics appear twice — Hong Kong Flew! and Miss Mood. They are Ariwa's house band and have backed U-Roy, Lee Perry, Big Youth and more over the years.

Aisha closes things out with Can You Feel It. A track that crosses reggae, soul and boogie funk. Collectors have been after original pressings for years.

Starky Banton, Ragga Doll, Professor Doppler and Earl Lawrence complete the compilation. Exactly the kind of thing that reminds you how wide the Ariwa net was cast.

Sleeve design is by Trevor Jackson. One of the UK's most respected graphic designers. His work has defined the visual language of British music for thirty years. His involvement here signals exactly the kind of release this is. A serious serious catalogue and compilation of music, treated with the respect it deserves.

Ariwa sits alongside Greensleeves as the most important reggae imprint this country has produced. This compilation shows why.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 5061099141871
• Genre: REGGAE/DUB
• Label: Test Pressing Records
• Catalog Number: TPRLP001
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 10/16/2026