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Uptown Top Ranking - 180 Gram - RSD 2023 - Sealed

ALTHEA & DONNA Uptown Top Ranking (Record Store Day 2023 UK/EU exclusive limited edition 12-track LP, the original 1978 album pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and remastered at Abbey Road Studios. Featuringtwo bonus tracks – It Mek, an album out-take unreleased at the time, and Going To Negril, a 12” single, also from 1978. Single pocket picture sleeve, hype sticker & factory sealed. A reggae classic!)

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Release Year 2023 - 1 years ago
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Virgin
Complete Stock List Go to Althea & Donna
Product Catalogue No 487142-5
Music Genre Reggae, 70s Artists, Roots
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

The ultimate ‘one-hit-wonders’, Uptown Top Ranking was a surprise International No. 1 smash hit single for the teenage due Althea and Donna. Entranced by Trinity’s hit ‘Three Piece Suit’, they wrote a ‘reply’ song - Uptown Top Ranking, which they cut for Joe Gibbs. The success of the single, both in Jamaica and globally, secured them a deal with Virgin Record’s Front Line imprint, releasing this, their only album, in 1978. The album features the cream of Jamaica’s reggae musicians – ‘The Riddim Twins' (Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare) gives the music the fat rhythms, while the legendary group of players, The Revolutionaries - the sublime horn section of Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon, and Herman Marquis; guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith and keyboard player Bernard Harvey, provide the icing on the cake. Despite the teenage girls’ lack of experience, this is a fabulous collection of roots reggae that swings from intense moody appeals to Jah, to brightly upbeat pop songs, and the Revolutionaries' outstanding contribution deserves the recognition it never received at the time.The title track has been covered many times, notably by Bristol trip-hoppers Portishead, in the late-'90s.This reissue includes two bonus tracks – It Mek, an album out-take unreleased at the time, and Going To Negril, a 12” single, also from 1978. Remastered at Abbey road on heavyweight black vinyl. Out of print for many years. A Bona fide reggae classic.

Side A
1. No More Fighting 3:40
2. Jah Rastafari 3:42
3. Make A Truce 4:16
4. Oh Dread 2:37
5. Uptown Top Ranking 3:45
6. It Mek 3:50 (Bonus track)
Side B
1. The West 3:48
2. Jah Music 3:54
3. If You Don't Love Yah 2:55
4. Sorry 3:57
5. They Wanna Just 2:51
6. Going To Negril 7:08 (Bonus track)

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Recording Artist Althea & Donna
Product Title Uptown Top Ranking - 180 Gram - RSD 2023 - Sealed
Product Information Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking - 180 Gram - RSD 2023 - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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