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Gavel Groove (Dub7 single, 2nd remaster)

by 007 a.k.a. Dub7

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Boston in the 1980s...

Dub7 was a new lineup in 1984 that rose from the ashes of Boston band 007.

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@danger.fellini produced this for us back in the winter of 1983-84. The finished mix sounded huge, sorta like the big sound on “Safe European Home” by #theclash . But we sent the tape off to some #vinyl pressing vendor and we didn’t know that they were going to #remaster the tape before pressing. We only found out when we got the boxes of thousands of copies. Instead of sounding huge, the record sounded like a tiny little sound as if played through a walkie talkie. It was such a letdown. We couldn’t afford to do it over. We were stuck with the sound they pressed. It was picked up by #WBCN and sounded okay over the air because their broadcast always sounded beefed up and compressed. Some consolation, but records in those analog days represented the artists. #Dub7 players were solid musicians and our live set would have made a great album but it never happened. It’s a long story. After we went extinct, the single became like the fossil that’s remained to this day. Nobody knows the whereabouts of the original tape. When I moved to #Japan a couple decades ago, I didn’t bring any #records and I have no player. After many years of not thinking much about Dub7, suddenly social media reconnected everyone with everyone from their past. Friends sent pics like this one by John Straub when he saw the single in a used record shop in DC. I found and downloaded two different .mp3 files from two different strangers who’d separately captured Gavel Groove from their record players. I dropped the two .mp3s into #Audacity and found the speeds were exactly aligned with different frequencies emphasized. I could start with pretty good fidelity by mixing the two compressed sources into one full sounding version of the record. I’m no #audioengineer . Just a human learning how to use pass filters to isolate frequency ranges and how to isolate left center and right from the stereo source to EQ separately and reassemble, etc. I got some support from professionals online. After hours and hours of trial and error the big sound was restored.

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released October 28, 2019
Produced and mixed by Fred Giannelli
Recorded at Downtown Recorders
Engineered by Jeff Whitehead
Vocal and guitar: Larry "Wrence Fer" Williams
Guitar: Steve Harrell
Bass: Kenny Epps
Drums: Garry Eaton Miles
Percussion: Craig "Brittney" Spears
Synth strings: Ron Marinick
Special thanks to Grace, Harvey, Erik and Jon

Song by L. Williams
Label: Core 4 Records, 1984

Remastered in 2019 by Wrence

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007 a.k.a. Dub7 Boston, Massachusetts

007 was a "mod, post-punk, dub" band active in the early 1980s, a Boston, MA (USA) group that drew on punk, r&b, 60s pop, and dub, but was promoted and perceived as something akin to, or analogous to, the 2 Tone bands. Racially mixed, opening for acts identified with the British ska revivial of the time — The Specials, The English Beat, Bad Manners — 007 (Dub7) was frequently labeled a "ska band." ... more

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