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Welcome to the Dub Vendor Archive

This page will be updated over the coming months so stay tuned for more history and memories from our 40 year past!
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CHECK OUT THIS WICKED VIDEO FROM 1984 OF  DUB VENDOR AND THE FASHION CREW

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 DAWN OF A NEW ERA! WE’VE MOVED! 

August 2012. 

We are now operating our online mail order business as normal from a new office, located within Wimbledon Film Studios. Our mission remains the same to bring you the best in reggae music, in all styles and from all eras. Our site is updated daily, so keep the link!     



The Dub Vendor team in our new office. L-R Louise, John, Papa Face and Lol. 

Catch us in the September 2012 edition of Record Collector which features the following interview... 
 
Who are you, where are you and how long have been there?
We are Dub Vendor, the reggae specialist. We have been in business since 1976, both as mail order and as high street retail outlets in Ladbroke grove and Clapham junction. Our shops are now both gone, but the Dub Vendor vibe continues through our website www.dubvendor.co.uk, which was established in 2007 and ships reggae music worldwide, and with our concession at BM Music in Soho run by Papa Face and Oxman.
 
What do you stock and what do you specialise in?
We stock strictly reggae music and its various offshoots- Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Digital Roots, Revive Dancehall… mostly currently released or reissued stuff.
 
How do you source / track down rare / collectable stock items?
We usually source the harder to find reissued stuff ourselves, direct from the guys putting it out. We have good arrangements with the major guys in the business and are often involved in advising product to be released. We have plans to introduce second hand stock to our website later this year.
 
Its tough out there, what’s your key to survival
We work hard to get the hottest tunes up on our website and all orders turned around as soon as possible. We pride ourselves on our quick turnaround and our customer service, and our extensive knowledge and enthusiasm for the genre.  
 
What’s the most collectable item you currently have available?
We are currently stocking five new 7” vinyl reissued titles from France’s only roots label, they are previously frighteningly rare 70’s roots gems including The IQ’s The Love We All Need Today and Generation Gap’s Music From My Mind, all on beautiful repro label’s. We are also stocking a superb King Tubby 10” dubplate called Let Go Jah Jah Children by Barry Brown, which is housed in a superb facsimile of an original King Tubby’s dubplate sleeve.

Who Has Been Your Most Famous Customer?
Quite A few, including legendary sound system operators Jah Shaka, Lloyd Coxsone, Saxon and David Rodigan. The late John Peel, Dr Alex Patterson of the Orb, Jerry Dammers of The Specials, Daddy G of Massive Attack…
 
What are your current favourites on the shop sound system?
We’re loving the records mentioned above, also Dub Store’s excellent Derrick Harriott’s Rocksteady reissues including Harriot’s own The Loser, one of the best Jamaican records ever made, and Digikiller’s recent reissues including Trevor Byfield’s Tell Me That You Love Me and its astonishing dub. Plus great new releases from Maximum Sounds and Necessary Mayhem. 
 
Plans for the future?
To keep improving our service by redesigning our website and broadening the titles available. We also intend to get involved with pressing records ourselves, starting with reviving our Fashion label and then with repressing classic titles from other sources. 
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September 2011
THE END OF AN ERA!  DUB VENDOR RECORD STORE IS NOW CLOSED & DUB VENDOR CONTINUES AS ONLINE & MAIL ORDER SERVICE ONLY.



More pictures to be found on Dub Vendor All Stars facebook fan page,click here The final trading day for our store, on Saturday 7th September, was an absolute roadblock. Respect goes out to all who passed through and contributed to a fantastic finale. We left on a real high and rekindled that original record shop vibe which we will all miss so much. Looking forward though, we hope to give you as good a service online.
 
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R.I.P Robert Allen 03/01/62 - 08/07/14


We are deeply saddened at the news that our dear friend and former colleague Robert Allen has passed. He fell gravely ill on July 3rd, but his passing was confirmed on the 8th. Our sincere condolences to his family and many friends. Robert was a well loved and respected man who made a massive contribution to the reggae business, starting with Neville King in the seventies and working at Dub Vendor and Fashion Records throughout the eighties. He simultaneously became a hugely popular DJ on radio, latterly as a cornerstone of Vibes FM, and a massively popular club DJ and promoter. His high esteem within the community and the myriad people he touched was more than confirmed at his Nine Night (Wake) held on the 16th and attended by several thousand people. He will be greatly missed. R.I.P.

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