Black Board Jungle, often called Blackboard Jungle Dub, is a studio album by the Upsetters. The album, originally released in 1973 under artist name "Upsetters 14 Dub",original pressing label 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. Nevertheless, this was the first stereo dub album, as well as the first to include reverb. Later pressings released as Blackboard Jungle Dub have a different track listing. The album was re-issued as a 3x 10-inch 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
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