King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

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|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r103916|last=Anderson|first=Rick|title=King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown}}.

|rev2 = All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book |last=Bush |first=John |title=All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music |chapter=King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown |year=2001 |edition=4th |pages=979 |publisher=Backbeat Books |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidedef00bogd/page/979/mode/1up |isbn=0-87930-627-0}}

|rev3 = All Music Guide: The Experts' Guide (3rd ed., 1997)

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book |last=Boisen |first=Myles |title=All Music Guide: The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music |chapter=King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown |year=1997 |edition=3rd |pages=927 |publisher=Miller Freeman Books |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguideexp0000unse_3rded/page/927/mode/1up |isbn=0-87930-423-5}}

|rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |year=2006 |edition=4th |volume=6 |page=375 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/375/mode/1up |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}

| rev5 = MusicHound World, Craig Harris

| rev5score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Craig |title=MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |chapter=Augustus Pablo |publisher=Visible Ink Press |year=2000 |isbn=1-57859-039-6 |page=589 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/musichoundworlde00mcgo/page/589/mode/1up}}

| rev6 = MusicHound World, David Poole

| rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite book |last=Poole |first=David |title=MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |chapter=King Tubby |publisher=Visible Ink Press |year=2000 |isbn=1-57859-039-6 |pages=392–394 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/musichoundworlde00mcgo/page/392/mode/1up}}

| rev7 = The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |last=Grass |first=Randall F. |chapter=Augustus Pablo |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstoner00mars/page/375/mode/1up |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |editor1-last=Marsh |editor1-first=Dave |editor2-last=Swenson |editor2-first=John |publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone Press |edition=2nd |year=1983 |isbn=0394721071 |page=375 |editor1-link=Dave Marsh}}

|rev8 = Rolling Stone

|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |title=Augustus Pablo |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 February 2004 |number=942 |page=72 |id={{ProQuest|220167057}} |author-link=Jon Caramanica}}

| rev9 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev9score = 9/10{{cite book |chapter=Augustus Pablo |last=Miles |first=Milo |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/spinalternativer0000unse/page/285/mode/1up?view=theater |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=285}}

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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown was ranked number 96 by New Musical Express on their 1985 critics' list of the greatest albums ever made.{{Cite magazine |title=NME's Top 100 LPs |magazine=New Musical Express |date=30 November 1985 |url=https://muzieklijstjes.nl/NMEWriters100alltime1985.htm |via=muzieklijstjes.nl}} It was ranked 5th best reggae album and 470th overall in the 1994 book All Time Top 1000 Albums, for which Colin Larkin collected votes from professional musicians and critics, as well as from the record buying public.{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |year=1994 |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |edition=1st |pages=317, 374 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-85112-786-X |url=https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_e9k1/page/317/mode/1up |author-link=Colin Larkin}} The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.{{Cite book |last1=Barrow |first1=Steve |last2=Dalton |first2=Peter |title=Reggae: 100 Essential CDs |pages=121–122 |year=1999 |publisher=Rough Guides |url=https://archive.org/details/reggae100essenti00barr/page/121/mode/1up |isbn=1-85828-567-4 |author1-link=Steve Barrow}} In 2007, The Guardian included it in their list of "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die".{{Cite news |date=21 November 2007 |title=1000 albums to hear before you die: Augustus Pablo – King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) |last=Cameron |first=Keith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/21/1000tohearbeforeyoudie.pulp |access-date=13 October 2024 |work=The Guardian}} In 2022, Treble magazine named King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown one of the ten essential remix albums.{{Cite magazine |date=19 May 2022 |title=10 Essential Remix Albums |magazine=Treble |url=https://www.treblezine.com/10-essential-remix-albums/}} 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".{{Cite magazine |date=3 June 2024 |title=The 50 Best Reggae Albums Ever! |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/the-mojo-list/the-50-greatest-reggae-albums/ |access-date=13 October 2024 |magazine=Mojo}}

Colin Larkin wrote that the album "features the mixing talents of King Tubby let loose on some of Pablo's finest rhythming". Music journalist Lloyd Bradley remarked: "Most of the tunes are either the most spectacular remixes of [Pablo's] previous hits or recuts of old Studio One rhythms, as Pablo always liked the natural swing found on so much rock steady".{{Cite book |last=Bradley |first=Lloyd |title=Reggae on CD: The Essential Guide |year=1996 |pages=271–272 |publisher=Kyle Cathie Limited |url=https://archive.org/details/reggaeoncdessent00brad/page/271/mode/1up |isbn=1-85626-177-8 |author-link=Lloyd Bradley}} Steve Barrow claimed that King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown "demonstrated conclusively that a studio engineer could be considered as creative as the singers, musicians and visionary producer who made the music", and that "it is the first of all dub CDs to acquire for any collection".

MusicHound World said: "There were dub albums before King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown, [...] but none had the impact of this recording". Music critic Will Hermes wrote in Spin: "This dub masterpiece is rawer than Pablo's bucolic East of the River Nile, [...] If you're going uptown with this one, please, let someone else drive."{{Cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |title=Classic reggae |magazine=Spin |date=April 2003 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/classic-reggae |via=Rock's Backpages |url-access=subscription}} The Guardian opined that it "represents a pivotal moment in modern music". The title track, "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown", was ranked number 266 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".{{Cite magazine |date=16 February 2024 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/augustus-pablo-king-tubbys-meets-rockers-uptown-1225072/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

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

13. "Black Gunn"
14. "1 Ruthland Close"
15. "1-2-3 Version"
16. "Silent Satta"

• Augustus Pablo – melodica, piano, clavinet, organ, producer
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass guitar
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass guitar
• Carlton "Carlie" Barrett – drums
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
• Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall – tenor saxophone
• Bobby Ellis – trumpet
• Vincent "Don D Junior" Gordon – trombone

;Technical

• King Tubby and Errol Thompson - mixing engineer
• Glen Osborne - executive producer, design
• Michael Scudder - photography

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