Scientist – Scientific Dub (Staff Pick!)
$27.98
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- 4.6 on Google — real shop reviews
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- Family-run in San Clemente for over 10 years
The record
Title: Scientist – Scientific Dub
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Reggae, Dub, Kingston, Jamaica
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Studio Lore: Hopeton “Scientist” Brown came up as a teen tech at King Tubby’s—winding transformer coils and learning electronics before he was trusted at the desk.
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Legal Trouble: After Tubby’s death, Scientist publicly complained about mixes being pirated/misattributed under Tubby’s name—credits and money getting rewritten.
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Scene Ecology: 1981 was his peak-output year—dub LPs sold with the mixer’s name on the cover, treating the engineer like the star.
What collectors say
4.6 stars on Google (about 60 reviews, as listed publicly in October 2026) · Read Google reviews
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★★★★★
This place is a little tucked away but easy to find. Though it’s not a big shop, it has a great selection of records at great prices! The guy who helped me out at the counter was friendly and really helpful! If I were in the area again, I would definitely go back.
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★★★★★
Power plant records is the best! Great selection of vinyl, the owner and staff are super cool and one of the best things about them are the local shows they put on at Stuft Pizza to support local punk bands like Repeater and Simulator (aka Current Location).
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