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Black Board Jungle
Studio album by
Upsetters 14 Dub
Released1973
GenreDub
Length44:17
LabelUpsetter
ProducerLee Perry
Upsetters 14 Dub chronology
Rhythm Shower
(1973) 		Black Board Jungle
(1973) 		Double Seven
(1974)

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

  1. "Black Panta"
  2. "V/S Panta Rock"
  3. "Khasha Macka"
  4. "Elephant Rock"
  5. "African Skank"
  6. "Dreamland Skank" – The Wailers
  7. "Jungle Jim"

Side two

  1. "Drum Rock"
  2. "Dub Organizer" – Dillinger
  3. "Lovers Skank"
  4. "Mooving Skank" – The Wailers
  5. "Apeman Skank"
  6. "Jungle Fever"
  7. "Kaya Skank" – The Wailers

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "An Essential Guide to Lee "Scratch" Perry". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. ^ original pressing label
  3. ^ Katz, David (2009-11-17). People Funny Boy: The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857120342.
  4. ^ 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.
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