****BLACK UHURU - GUESS WHO´S COMING TO DINNER****

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****BLACK UHURU - GUESS WHO´S COMING TO DINNER****


TRACKLIST


1. Shine Eye Gal
2. Leaving To Zion
3. General Penitentiary
4. Guess Who's Coming For Dinner
5. Abortion
6. Natural Reggae Beat
7. Plastic Smile


Label Heartbeat
Orig Year 1981
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 25, 1990


Producers: Delroy Witter, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare.
Personnel: Radcliffe Bryan, Robbie Shakespeare (guitar); Keith Sterling, Winston Wright (organ); Sly Dunbar (drums).
Audio Mixers: Robbie Shakespeare; Sly Dunbar.
Photographer: Deborah Feingold.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Duckie Simpson; Puma Jones; Michael Rose.
Black Uhuru: Michael Rose, Puma Jones, Duckie Simpson.
Additional personnel: Radcliff "Dougie" Bryan (guitar); Keith Sterling, Winston Wright (organ).

This collection of mid-to-late-'70s singles has been issued under a couple of other names (SHOWCASE and BLACK UHURU), but under any title, it's simply essential. This early material is prime '70s reggae. Unlike a lot of Jamaican reggae artists, Black Uhuru were able to integrate an upfront American R&B element--thanks largely due to the Al Green-style lead vocals of Michael Rose, supported by South Carolina-born backing vocalist Sheila "Puma" Jones--into their music, which makes the group more accessible to rock and pop fans new to reggae.


Tracks like "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" and the wide-eyed "Shine Eye Gal" are immediately appealing to the reggae novice, which makes tougher-sounding and more challenging material like the plainspoken "Abortion" and "General Penitentiary" easier to get a handle on. This seven-track set is brief, but it's a perfect introduction to one of reggae's best bands.


GUESS WHO´S COMING TO DINNER LYRICS


Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Oh I can see you brought some herb for me, Natty Dreadlocks
And Rasta near land Nyah Binghi Cudjoe are coming over the hills
Say in time like this we must live as one
So the Book of Rule shall stand, Dreadlocks, Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
So let's give thanks and praise, Natty Dreadlocks
I appreciate the herb you brought for me, Natty Dreadlocks
Now that things and time have changed
Something make me realize what it takes
And how to be a Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
I'm just coming in from the woods, Natty Dreadlocks
So let's give thanks and praise, Natty Dreadlocks
I appreciate the herb you brought for me, Natty Dreadlocks
Now that things and time have changed
Something make me realize what it takes
And how to be a Natty Dreadlocks, oh yeah
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Huuumm yeah
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Na...
So the Book of Rule shall stand
Guess who's... Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming... Dreadlocks