Revolution Dub is a studio album by Jamaican dub producer Lee Perry and his studio band The Upsetters, released in 1975 by Cactus. The album, which features nine pared down dubs, was the last in a line of releases that year in which Perry began exploring the possible studio techniques at his recently opened studio Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica. In addition to making early use of a drum machine, the album is characterised by unpredictable drops in the beat, drastic stereo panning and samples of dialogue from television series, particularly British sitcoms, while Perry sings on the album in an eccentric falsetto and portrays different personas, including television characters from Kojak and Doctor on the Go. Although it only saw limited release, Revolution Dub was later reissued several times, including as part of the remastered Trojan Records compilation Dub-Triptych (2004). Critics and authors have described Revolution Dub as one of Perry's most important and exemplary albums, although some consider it one of his more overlooked productions. The use of sampled television dialogue has been highlighted by several writers as innovative for predating the sampler and for its unusual context, while the album was later influential on artists including Stevie Wonder and Holger Czukay. Background and production In 1974, producer Lee Perry opened his recording studio, Black Ark Studio, in the backyard of his home in Kingston, Jamaica. Although Black Ark was technologically limited, with its centrepiece being a four-track recorder with effects units like the Echoplex delay device, Perry used the studio to expand the studio experimentation of his dub music. However, his first albums recorded at the studio, released between 1974 and 1975, were atmospheric, instrumental records which saw the producer, according to writer Michael Veal, "gaining his bearing in his new studio before venturing back onto his sonic limb". Of these albums, DIP Presents the Upsetter and Return of Wax (both 1975) were abstract, while Kung Fu Meets the Dragon (1975) was more melodic, and saw Perry's additive, more eccentric approach from earlier works start to reappear as he settled into the new studio. A further album, Musical Bones (1975), showcased trombonist Vin Gordon and saw release in very limited quantities. After producing Bunny Rugs' album To Love Somebody, in which Perry temporarily renamed the singer Bunny Scott, Revolution Dub was Perry's final 1975 production. Featuring Perry's backing group The Upsetters, it was the first pure dub