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

War and Friction

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

Performed by I-Roy

-13.7 LUFS
0.0 True peak
4.0 Loudness range
16.4 Dynamic range
-9.3 Short-term max

Genre cohort

Dub · 1990s louder than 81% of 136 tracks (median -15.7 LUFS)

Reggae · 1990s (secondary) louder than 70% 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 -13.7 -25 LUFS -18 LUFS -10 LUFS

Engineer cohort

Kevin Metcalfe (all tracks) louder than 14% of 48 tracks (median -12 LUFS)

Kevin Metcalfe × Dub louder than 22% 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 -13.7 -16 LUFS -13 LUFS -9 LUFS

Studio cohort

The Townhouse (all tracks) louder than 16% of 28 tracks (median -12.2 LUFS)

13th 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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