Rockers Meets King Tubby in a Firehouse

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Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Firehouse
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedKing Tubby's, 1980
Genre Dub
Label Yard 43100, Walboomer's Music
Producer King Tubby, Augustus Pablo
Augustus Pablo chronology
Original Rockers
(1979)
Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Firehouse
(1980)
Earth's Rightful Ruler
(1983)

Rockers Meets King Tubbys in a Firehouse is a dub studio album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, released in 1980. [1] It features Mickey "Boo" Richards, Leroy Wallace and Albert Malawi on drums, Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar, and Earl "Chinna" Smith on guitar. The backing band is credited as the Rocking All Stars. Pablo produced the album and played piano, organ and melodica. The album was recorded at King Tubby's Studio. "Fire House" is a reference to the Waterhouse section of Kingston, where King Tubby's studio was located. Prince Jammy also made contributions to this album but goes uncredited.

Contents

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [4]

Ken Tucker, in Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, called the album "every bit as inventive and lively as [Pablo's] early, acclaimed albums." [5]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Rockers Meet King Tubbys in a Firehouse" – 4:02
  2. "Short Man Dub" – 3:17
  3. "Zion Is a Home" – 4:35
  4. "Dub in a Matthews Lane Arena" – 3:32
Side two
  1. "Jah Says Dub" – 3:53
  2. "Son of Jah Dub" – 3:38
  3. "Simeon Tradition" – 3:20
  4. "Selassie I Dub" – 3:49
  5. "Jah Moulty Ital Sip" – 2:48
2003 CD reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Son of Man Dub" – 4:02
  2. "Rasta to the Hills" – 4:04
  3. "Twin Seal Dub" – 2:35
  4. "House of Dub Version" – 4:23

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 51. Gale Research, Inc. 2005. pp. 63–64.
  2. "Rockers Meet King Tubby in a Fire House Review by Rick Anderson". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 375.
  4. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 285.
  5. Ward, Ed; Stokes, Geoffrey; Tucker, Ken (1986). Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll. Rolling Stone Press. p. 544.