King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown

Infobox Album |
Name = King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Type = Album
Artist = Augustus Pablo


Released = 1976
Recorded = Randy's, 1972–1975
Genre = Dub
Length = ?:?
Label = Clocktower Records
Producer = Augustus Pablo
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:q2jx7i48g7xr link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6591045/a/King+Tubby+Meets+Rockers+Uptown.htm "King Tubby" product notes at CDuniverse.com] |
Last album = ???
This album = "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown"
(1976)
Next album = ???

"King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown", a/k/a "King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown", is a dub album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, released in 1976. 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 piano, organ, and clavinet. The album was recorded at Randy's in Kingston, Jamaica. Most of the tracks originally featured vocals by Jacob Miller.

The song "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" is featured on the Reggae radio station in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, released in October 2004.

The album has been released on several different labels, often with slightly different track lists.

LP track listing

ide one

#"Keep On Dubbing"
#"Stop Them Jah"
#"Young Generation Dub"
#"Each One Dub"
#"555 Dub Street"

ide two

#"Braces Tower Dub"
#"King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown"
#"Corner Crew Dub"
#"Say So"
#"Skanking Dub"
#"Frozen Dub"
*Track listing taken from Clocktower Records LP CT0085.
*Some pressings add as final track:
#"Satta Dub"

Personnel

*Augustus Pablo – Melodica, piano, clavinet, organ, producer
*Robbie Shakespeare – Bass
*Aston Barrett – Bass
*Leroy Sibbles – Bass
*Carlton Barrett – Drums
*Earl "Chinna" Smith – Guitar
*Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall – Saxophone
*Bobby Ellis – Trumpet
*Vincent "Don D Junior" Gordon – Trombone

*Mixed by King Tubby and Errol Thompson at King Tubby's Studio

References

External links

* [http://www.roots-archives.com/release/322 Roots Archives]