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Althea And Donna - Uptown Top Ranking album

Althea And Donna - Uptown Top Ranking album

  • Performer: Althea And Donna
  • Genre: Reggae
  • Title: Uptown Top Ranking
  • Released: 1978
  • Style: Reggae, Roots Reggae
  • Country: UK
  • MP3 version size: 1306 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1746 mb
  • Other: AUD AIFF ASF VOX AA MIDI FLAC
  • Rating: 4.3
  • Votes: 510

Description

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Album · 1977 · 10 Songs.

Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. The song was initially recorded as a joke. The record was played by accident by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, resulting in numerous requests for additional plays.

Artist: Althea and Donna. Album: Uptown Top Ranking. See me in mi heels an' ting. Them check so we hip an' ting. True them no know an' ting. We have them going an' ting.

Uptown Top Ranking ‎(LP, Album). Front Line (2). FL 1012. Uptown Top Ranking ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE). Universal Music. 2933 749. Althea & Donna. Uptown Top Ranking ‎(LP, Album, RE).

Albums by Althea & Donna. Album by Althea & Donna. If You Don't Love Jah. Sorry. Althea & Donna: Althea Forrest - vocals.

UpTown Top Ranking is a classic song by Althea & Donna which was a BIG hit in 1977. Althea Forrest and Donna Reid were 17 and 18 respectively when the song was bubbling on the charts. This cd is full of the style from the Golden Age of reggae. Althea & Donna helped blaze the trail for other female artists. Produced and engineered with Karl Pitterson at the controls. Musicians like Sly & Robbie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Bernard "Touter" Harvey, Scully, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon and Herman Marquis provide the crucial instrumental journey. Even though I already had the. This is a great roots album, sounding like much of the roots music from the mid to late 70's. Published on August 2, 2004.

Bass tablature for Uptown Top Ranking by Althea and Donna. Rated . out of 5 by 1 user. Submitted by lbassy on March 11, 2016. Want to make Uptown Top Ranking sound awesome on your bass? Master proper technique on bass with step-by-step beginner's lessons. submitted by lbassy). SONG: Uptown Top Ranking ARTIST: Althea and Donna ALBUM: Uptown Top Ranking YEAR: 1977 LENGTH: 3:56 TUNING: Standard (E A D G) TABBED: by Seanmo for BigBassTabs.

Uptown Top Ranking, 2003. No More Fighting, 03:37. Jah Rastafari, 03:46.

Album style: roots reggae First released: 1978. Playlist: No More Fighting. Producer: Karl Pitterson.

Tracklist

A1 No More Fighting
A2 Jah Rastafari
A3 Make A Truce
A4 Oh Dread
A5 Uptown Top Ranking
B1 The West
B2 Jah Music
B3 If You Don't Love Jah
B4 Sorry
B5 They Wanna Just

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Virgin Music (Publishing) Ltd.
  • Manufactured By – Ariola Benelux B.V.
  • Distributed By – Ariola Benelux B.V.
  • Recorded At – Dynamic Sounds Studios
  • Recorded At – Compass Point Studios
  • Mixed At – Compass Point Studios

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Herman Marquis
  • Bass – Robbie Shakespeare
  • Drums – Sly Dunbar
  • Engineer – Karl Pitterson
  • Guitar – Earl "Chinna" Smith
  • Keyboards – Bernard "Touter" Harvey
  • Percussion – Scully*
  • Photography – Dennis Morris
  • Producer – Karl Pitterson
  • Sleeve – Cooke Key
  • Tape Op – Benjamin Armbrister
  • Tenor Saxophone – Tommy McCook
  • Trombone – Vin Gordon
  • Vocals – Althea Forrest, Donna Reid

Notes

Made in Holland.

Special Thanks to Earl 'Wire' Lindo and Tyrone Downie.

Spiritual Vibration from Gaymen Alberga, Tommy Cowan, Joslyn P. Cockings and Ranking Number three, Sara Lou

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): 26151-A1136129-1-4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): 26151-B1136130-1-4
  • Rights Society: STEMRA

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
FL 1012 Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking ‎(LP, Album) Front Line FL 1012 UK 1978
CDFL 2023 Althea & Donna Up Town Top Ranking ‎(CD, Album, RE) Front Line CDFL 2023 UK 2001
CDFL 14, 7243 8 10325 2 7 Althea And Donna* Uptown Top Ranking ‎(CD, Album, RE) Virgin, Virgin CDFL 14, 7243 8 10325 2 7 Europe 2001
UICY-77382 Althea And Donna* Uptown Top Ranking ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE) Front Line UICY-77382 Japan 2015
2933 749 Althea & Donna Uptown Top Ranking ‎(LP, Album, RE) Virgin 2933 749 France Unknown

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