King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown

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King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Studio album by Augustus Pablo
Released	1976
Recorded	Randy's, 1972–1975
Genre	Dub
Length	?:?
Label	Clocktower Records
Producer	Augustus Pablo
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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 K-JAH Radio West 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.

Contents 1 LP track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 References

[edit] LP track listing

[edit] Side one

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

[edit] 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"

• Track listing taken from Clocktower Records LP CT0085.
• Some pressings add as final track:

1. "Satta Dub"

[edit] 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

[edit] References