''Earth Rightful Ruler'' (sometimes also sold as ''Earth's Rightful Ruler'' or ''Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie I'') is a reggae studio album by

Augustus Pablo Horace Swaby (21 June 1953 – 18 May 1999),Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 200-202 known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist, active f ...

, originally released in 1982 on Message Records. It features vocals from

Hugh Mundell Hugh Mundell (14 June 1962 – 14 October 1983) was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. Biography Mundell was born the fourth child and only boy to Theresa and Alvin Mundell. Alvin Mundell was a successful lawyer.Campbell, Howard (2012)Hug ...

Robbie Shakespeare Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as ...

on bass guitar, and

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

on guitar. Pablo produced the album and played melodica, piano, organ and steel strings. It was recorded at both Harry J and Channel One Studios in Kingston, Jamaica and mixed at Harry J's. The title of the album is in reference to

Haile Selassie I Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia ('' ...

, the former

Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia ( gez, ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse ( am, ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century ...

and a messianic figure to

Rastafarians Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of ...

Track listing

# "Earth Rightful Ruler" (H. Swaby) # "King Alpha and Queen Omega" (H. Swaby) # "Jah Love Endureth" (H. Swaby) # "Rastafari Tradition" (H. Swaby) # "Zion Hill" (H. Swaby) # "Java" (H. Swaby) # "Lightning and Thunder" (H. Swaby) # "Israel Schoolyard" (H Swaby) # "City of David" (H Swaby) # "Musical Changes" (Adapted)

Personnel

– keyboards,

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...

, piano, steel strings *

– vocals * Delroy Williams,

, Norris Reid, Maxie Lynch – backing vocals * Albert Malawi, Lincoln "Style" Scott, Santa Davis, Horsemouth Wallace – drums * Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson,

, Junior Dan,

Flabba Holt Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player and a singer who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums. Biography ...

– bass guitar * Fazal Prendergast,

, Bingy Bunny – guitar * Sidney Wolf, Ras Menilik Dacosta, Teo Benjamin, Garth Swaby – percussion * Steele – piano * Sylvan Morris and Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan – Mixing Engineer

References

External links

{{Authority control Augustus Pablo albums 1982 albums Cultural depictions of Haile Selassie