Writing a review about a compilation like 'Sound System: Dub Plate Specials 1975-1979' without disposing of any additional information, isn't easy. That being said, a lot of the information is of course already enclosed in the title, as 16 dubs dating from the period 1975 to 1979 and all the work of grandmaster King Tubby is exactly what you'll find on this disc. There's a bad rumor going around in reggae circles whispering the dub compilations appearing on the Jamaican Recordings label with the regularity of a clock, aren't really what they appear to be and certainly not the work of dub pioneers like King Tubby, Scientist or Lee Perry. In any case (and rest assured the dubs on 'Sound System' are authentic as they featured on countless other King Tubby compilations in the past), the fact remains we once again thoroughly enjoyed the versions of classic reggae tracks like Leroy Smart's 'Get Smart' (opener 'Exalted Dub'), Johnny Clarke's 'Poor Marcus' and 'Ites Green And Gold' ('Bag A Wire Dub' and 'Dub Ites Green And Gold'), Horace Andy's 'Money Money' ('Chapter Of Money') or Cornel Campbell's 'Jah Jah A Go Beat Them' ('Beat Them Dub').