1. Black Uhuru Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Album
2. Black Uhuru Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Album Dinner Album

What is considered perhaps Black Uhuru's greatest contribution to roots, 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,' was almost lost in the shuffle. By 1980, the trio had garnered enough attention to sign an international deal with the Island label. Their debut album for the label was Sinsemilla, and the title track was duly spun off as a single. Amazingly, Island decided to virtually bury 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' on the B-side of the 12' version. Back home in Jamaica, it was another story. There, people were already familiar with the song from its original incarnation as a 1972 Michael Rose solo single. Produced by Niney Holness, that version was an almost entirely different entity, even if the melody and lyrics remained the same. The re-recording was a Sly & Robbie masterpiece powered by a rhythm heavier than an elephant and a blur of percussive beats. The song has an awesome dread atmosphere featuring the Revolutionaries mired so deep in roots, it's a wonder they ever pulled themselves free, while its companion dub spun an even thicker mood around the grooves. Just why Natty's appearance for dinner should be met with such overwhelming foreboding is a moot point; his arrival virtually defined the dread sound -- dark, moody, with a pulsing beat that flattened all in its path. Released as a single in 1978, the following year it was included on the Showcase album which compiled a clutch of the group's singles, with their dubs appended. The album, retitled Black Uhuru, was licensed by the tiny U.K. independent label Butt in 1980, and then by Virgin the following year. At that point, 'Dinner,' having languished as a B-side, swiftly gained classic status.

Black Uhuru ‎– Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Label: JHO Music ‎– JHO RO 1022 Format: CD, Album, Reissue Country: Brazil Released: 1995. Black Uhuru: Black Uhuru ‎ (LP, Album, Mono) Virgin, Virgin: 202 513, 202 513-320: Netherlands: 1980: Sell This Version. Black Uhuru - Guess whos coming to dinner. Before joining Black Uhuru, Michael Rose had been played by Peel in March 1976, when the DJ aired the solo single 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner', produced by Dennis Brown and Niney The Observer, and released in the UK on the Oval label of Charlie Gillett. The song would later be re-recorded by Black Uhuru, this time produced by the Taxi label duo of Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare, and first be played by Peel in 1980. 1979 - Guess Who Coming To Dinner; 1980 - Sinsemilla; 1981 - Red; 1982 - Chill Out; 1984 - Anthem; 1984 - Dub Factor; 1986 - Brutal + Dub; 1987 - Positive + Dub; 1990 - Now + Dub; 1991 - Iron Storm + Dub; 1993 - Mystical Truth + Dub; 1994 - Strongg + Dub; 1998 - Unification; 2001 - Dynasty; Live Album: 1981. Version with yellow CD artwork and 1998 date on disc. Other artworks appear to be the same as Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, from 1987 and it has been made by different matrix to Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. Original release 1979 ℗© 1987 Poli-Rhythm Ltd. (on back) ℗ 1998 Poli-Rhythm Ltd. (on disc) Manufactured in USA. Lyrics to 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' by Black Uhuru. 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.

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Black Uhuru Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Album

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 that I'm 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 made me realize what it takes
And that I'm to be a Natty Dreadlocks, oh yeah

Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Hmmm yeah
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks

Black Uhuru Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Album Dinner Album

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 made me realize what it takes
And that I'm to be a Natty Dreadlocks, oh yeah

Guess who's coming to dinner, Natty Dreadlocks
Guess, Natty Dreadlocks
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