The Toasters
Dub 56
Moon Ska MR043 CD/MR043C Cassette, released 1994 (U.S.)
Pork Pie Records EFA 04608-02 CD, released 1994 (Germany)
Dojo Records DOJO CD 214, released 1995 (UK)
Jimco Records JICK-89601, released 1995 (Japan)
Pork Pie Records EFA 05638-02 CD, released 2000 (Germany)
Rock'n'Roller RNR 094 Cassette, released 2001 (Poland)
Jamback JBR 26167 043, released 2001 (Malaysia)
Megalith Europe ME002 2xCD, released 2005
Megalith MEGA 020 2xCD, released 2006
Jump Up! JUMP098LP/Megalith MEV009 LP, released 2011/2017
Jump Up! JUMP098TAPE Cassette, released 2017
Dub 56 is one of the most famous Toasters albums. It has a long, winding, screwy story behind it. The first, 14-track version that was released contained some tracks that were written/sung by Coolie Ranx, later of Pilfers fame. However, he left the band shortly after the album came out, and Moon decided to repackage the album minus Coolie's contributions, but with some bonus tracks (from the Live in L.A. CD...which we will get to later). The resulting 19-track CD ended up being the most commonly available version (but the 14-track one is cheaper). The disc has now been re-released many times over, in many different forms, with all kinds of bonus tracks along the way. The Megalith versions contained the tracks from the Recrimintations EP and the Live! In L.A. EP, among other things.
In 2011, Jump Up! and Megalith got together to press this one on vinyl for the first time. They did 300 on white marble vinyl and 200 on clear vinyl and it came in a poster sleeve. The artwork was different for this one as well. The sleeve goes into great detail about which tracks were on which version - very useful. They also did a grey marble follow-up pressing in 2017. At that point, Jump Up! did a limited cassette release as well.
| Version | Value ($) | Scarcity | Price Trending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon MR043 CD (14-track) | 1-3 | 3 | Stable |
| Moon MR043 CD (19-track) | 4-6 | 3 | Stable |
| Moon MR043C Cassette | 15-20 | 6 | Stable |
| Pork Pie EFA 04608-02 CD (Germany) | 3-5 | 5 | Stable |
| DOJO CD 214 (UK) | 3-5 | 5 | Stable |
| Jimco JICK-89601 CD (Japan) | 15-20 | 3 | Stable |
| Pork Pie EFA 05638-02 CD (Germany) | 6-10 | 5 | Stable |
| Megalith Europe ME002 2xCD | 5-8 | 4 | Stable |
| Megalith MEGA 020 2xCD | 6-10 | 3 | Stable |
| Jump Up! JUMP098LP/Megalith MEV009 LP White Marble | 15-20 | 7 | Stable |
| Jump Up! JUMP098LP/Megalith MEV009 LP Clear | 15-20 | 7 | Stable |
| Jump Up! JUMP098LP/Megalith MEV009 LP Grey Marble | 12-15 | 5 | Stable |
| Jump Up! JUMP098TAPE Cassette | 6-10 | 3 | Stable |
 White Marble LP |
 Clear LP |
| Credits | Three of the CD sleeve images: Discogs |
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This page was last updated on March 28, 2020.
