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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
Studio album by
Augustus Pablo
Released1976
StudioKing Tubby's Studio, Kingston 11, Jamaica
GenreDub
Length31:26
LabelYard International/Clocktower Records
ProducerHorace Swaby
Augustus Pablo chronology
Ital Dub
(1974) 		King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
(1976) 		East of the River Nile
(1977)

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown is a dub studio album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, released in 1976.[1] It features Carlton Barrett on drums, Robbie Shakespeare and Aston Barrett on bass guitar, and Earl "Chinna" Smith on guitar. Pablo produced the album and played melodica, piano, organ and clavinet. The album was recorded at Randy's in Kingston, Jamaica, and has been released on several different labels, often with slightly different artworks and track lists.[2]

The title song is a dub version of the Jacob Miller song "Baby I Love You So", also produced by Pablo.[3][4] It was released as a 45 rpm single in 1974 on the Mango label (MS-2001), with "Baby I Love You So" as the B-side.[5] A distinctly different mix of the song with vocals and dub can be found on the Jacob Miller and Augustus Pablo album, Who Say Jah No Dread, released in 1992.[6][7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[12]

The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.[2] In 2007, The Guardian included it in their list of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die".[13] In 2022, Treble magazine named King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown one of the ten essential remix albums.[14] It was chosen as the second best reggae album of all time by Mojo magazine in their 2024 list of "The 50 Best Reggae Albums Ever".[15]

Track listing

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Track listing taken from Clocktower Records LP CT0085
All tracks composed by Augustus Pablo

Side one

  1. "Keep On Dubbing"
  2. "Stop Them Jah"
  3. "Young Generation Dub"
  4. "Each One Dub"
  5. "555 Dub Street"

Side two

  1. "Braces Tower Dub"
  2. "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown"
  3. "Corner Crew Dub"
  4. "Say So"
  5. "Skanking Dub"
  6. "Frozen Dub"
  7. "Satta Dub" (Unlisted)

2003 Deluxe edition bonus tracks

  1. "Black Gunn"
  2. "1 Ruthland Close"
  3. "1-2-3 Version"
  4. "Silent Satta"

Personnel

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Technical

References

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  1. ^ Clasper, Oliver (4 August 2013). "King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown - an appreciation". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Barrow, Steve; Dalton, Peter (1999). Reggae: 100 Essential CDs. Rough Guides. pp. 121–122. ISBN 1-85828-567-4.
  3. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. ^ Embley, Jochan (28 April 2020). "WFH album of the week: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown". The Standard. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ^ Watson, Michael (21 November 2014). "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Jacob Miller". Midnight Raver. Archived from the original on 22 November 2014.
  6. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Who Say Jah No Dread - Jacob Miller | Review". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 764–765. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  8. ^ Anderson, Rick. King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown at AllMusic.
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  10. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2nd ed.). Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 375. ISBN 0394721071.
  11. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6591045/a/King+Tubby+Meets+Rockers+Uptown.htm[dead link‍] King Tubby product notes at CDuniverse.com
  12. ^ Miles, Milo (1995). "Augustus Pablo". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. p. 285. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  13. ^ "1000 albums to hear before you die: Artists beginning with P". The Guardian. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  14. ^ "10 Essential Remix Albums". Treble. 19 May 2022.
  15. ^ "The 50 Best Reggae Albums Ever!". Mojo. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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