Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle
| Black Board Jungle | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Dub | |||
| Length | 44:17 | |||
| Label | Upsetter | |||
| Producer | Lee Perry | |||
| Upsetters 14 Dub chronology | ||||
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Black Board Jungle, often called Blackboard Jungle Dub,[1] is a studio album by The Upsetters. The album, originally released in 1973 under artist name "Upsetters 14 Dub",[2] was pressed in only 300 copies and issued only in Jamaica.
According to Pauline Morrison, this was the first ever dub album that came out, although there is a lot of speculation on the subject.[3] Nevertheless, this was the first stereo dub album, as well as the first to include reverb.[4] Later pressings released as Blackboard Jungle Dub have a different track listing. The album was re-issued as a 3x 10" colored vinyl box set as part of Record Store Day in April, 2012.
Track listing
Side one
- "Black Panta"
- "V/S Panta Rock"
- "Khasha Macka"
- "Elephant Rock"
- "African Skank"
- "Dreamland Skank" – The Wailers
- "Jungle Jim"
Side two
- "Drum Rock"
- "Dub Organizer" – Dillinger
- "Lovers Skank"
- "Mooving Skank" – The Wailers
- "Apeman Skank"
- "Jungle Fever"
- "Kaya Skank" – The Wailers
Personnel
- Drums – Lloyd "Tin Legs" Adams, Carly Barrett, Anthony "Benbow" Creary, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
- Bass – Family Man, Lloyd Parks, Errol "Bagga" Walker
- Guitar – Alva Lewis, Valentine "Tony" Chin, Anthony "Sangie" Davis, Barrington Daley
- Organ – Glen Adams, Winston Wright, Bernard "Touter" Harvey
- Piano – Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson, Tommy McCook
- Melodica – Augustus Pablo
- Trombone – Ronald Wilson
- Trumpet – Bobby Ellis
- Percussion – Noel "Skully" Simms, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Lee Perry
- Engineers – Lee Perry, King Tubby
References
- ^ "An Essential Guide to Lee "Scratch" Perry". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ original pressing label
- ^ Katz, David (2009-11-17). People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120342.
- ^ Partridge, Christopher (December 2007). "King Tubby meets the Upsetter at the grass roots of dub: Some thoughts on the early history and influence of dub reggae". Popular Music History. 2 (3): 309–331. doi:10.1558/pomh.v2i3.309.
