Various Artists / If Deejay Was Your Trade - The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977

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Various Artists · If Deejay Was Your Trade - The Dreads At King Tubby's 1974-1977 (1994)

Performed by Little Joe

-11.5 LUFS
-0.1 True peak
3.7 Loudness range
13.5 Dynamic range
-8.6 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Dub · 1990s louder than 97% of 136 tracks (median -15.7 LUFS)

Reggae · 1990s (secondary) louder than 83% of 131 tracks (median -15.2 LUFS)

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 1 track-23 to -22 LUFS: 4 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 2 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 8 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 11 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 12 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 16 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 23 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 26 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 13 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 9 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 7 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 1 track -11.5 -25 LUFS -18 LUFS -10 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Kevin Metcalfe (all tracks) louder than 67% of 48 tracks (median -12 LUFS)

Kevin Metcalfe × Dub louder than 81% of 16 tracks (median -12.6 LUFS)

-16 to -15 LUFS: 1 track-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 6 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 12 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 14 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 4 tracks -11.5 -16 LUFS -13 LUFS -9 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Townhouse (all tracks) louder than 75% of 28 tracks (median -12.2 LUFS)

3rd loudest of 16 on this release

Metadata

Year
1994
Label
Blood & Fire
Genres
Dub, Reggae
Measured
2026-09-14
Engine
mastering-to@06c3922
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