The Dead 60s (Dinked Archive Edition #26)

The Dead 60s seminal self-titled album gets a timely Deluxe edition reissue on Vinyl for its 20th Anniversary, on Deltasonic Records

“Back in the day, punk and dub weren’t just sharing space—they were smashing into each other headfirst.

Late '70s Britain was a pressure cooker, and for kids like me, growing up between Brixton’s bass bins and the chaos of King’s Road, that collision

was everything. Jamaican sound system culture met punk’s raw spirit in a haze of smoke, sweat, and feedback. It wasn’t about genre—it was

about energy. Identity. Defiance. So when The Dead 60s came along, post-Britpop and post-bullshit, it felt like someone had dusted off the

blueprint and run it through a battered old tape echo. These weren’t just lads with good taste—they understood the assignment. They took the DNA of two rebel cultures and mutated it into something that could stand tall in the 21st century. Dub-soaked, punk-fuelled, dripping with that Liverpool attitude. I remember first hearing them and thinking—yeah, here we go again. Not in a retro way, but in a real way. Guitars that cut like sirens in the night. Basslines fat and warm, straight out the Channel One playbook. Lyrics that painted the grey corners of Britain like CCTV poetry. It was the sound of youth under pressure. The sound of not fitting in—and not wanting to. Their debut album dropped in 2005, and it hit like a flare in the dark. “Riot Radio” was a pirate broadcast from the concrete frontlines. “Control This” swaggered with menace and reverb. It was like someone opened a time capsule from the punky-reggae party and rewired it for a new generation.

Now, with this 20th anniversary vinyl reissue—complete with the full dub companion produced by Central Nervous System—we get to hear

the bones and blood of it all. The dub versions pull the tracks apart and let the ghosts speak. Reverb, delay, space—it’s not just production, it’s

meditation. Revolution slowed down to a heartbeat. It’s music that makes you move and think. What they’ve done here is more than remix

a record—they’ve revealed its soul. That’s what dub does when it’s done right. And The Dead 60s, they got that. They weren’t tourists in

the culture—they were students of it, shaped by it, and ultimately, contributors to the legacy.

Liverpool’s long had a love affair with Jamaican music—you can hear it in the streets if you’re really listening. The Dead 60s tapped into that

lineage, but brought their own thing to the table. Punk's fire. Dub’s depth. Ska’s bounce. All filtered through a Northern lens and blasted

out like protest graffiti. This 20th anniversary reissue ain’t about nostalgia. It’s a reminder. A celebration. A call to arms. Music like this

doesn’t belong in a museum—it belongs on a system, shaking walls and waking minds. Crate diggers, completists, young punks, old

heads—this one's for all of you.

So put it on and turn it up. Let the punk edge sharpen your thoughts, and the dub shake your bones ‘cause this isn’t just a reissue - it’s resistance on wax.....”

Don Letts The Rebel Dread 2025

Side A – THE DEAD 60S

A1                           Riot Radio             

A2                           A Different Age     

A3                           Train to Nowhere               

A4                           Red Light               

A5                           We Get Low          

A6                           Ghostfaced Killer

Side B – THE DEAD 60S

B1                           Loaded Gun          

B2                           Control This          

B3                           Soul Survivor        

B4                           Nationwide           

B5                           Horizontal             

B6                           The Last Resort   

B7                           You're Not the Law

Side C – SPACE INVADER DUB

C1                           Too Much TV Dub

C2                           Invader Dub 

C3                           D-60 Fights the Evil Force 

C4                           No Control Dub 

C5                           Tower Block Dub

Side D – SPACE INVADER DUB

D1                           CNS Lazer Attack D-60 

D2                           Police Radio Dub 

D3                           Flight Mission Dub  

D4                           No Good Town Dub

D5                           Game Over

BONUS 7” 

A. Train To Nowhere

B. Riot Radio (Live In New York City)