''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' is a

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album and single by

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. The album was first released under the title ''Showcase'' in 1979, then as a re-edition entitled ''Black Uhuru'' in 1980, with the addition of "Shine Eye Gal" (featuring a guest performance by

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on guitar), and with different mixes of the original LP tracks (some shorter, some longer.) The ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' release, from 1983, is identical to the 1980 edition. The album was listed in the 1999 book ''The

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: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs''.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) ''Reggae: 100 Essential CDs'', Rough Guides,

Track listing

Personnel

;Black Uhuru * Michael Rose - vocals *

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- harmony vocals *Derrick "Duckie" Simpson - harmony vocals ;The Revolutionaries *Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan - guitar *

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- bass *

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- drums *

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- organ *

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- organ with: *

- guitar on "Shine Eye Gal" ;Technical *Delroy Witter - producer on "Shine Eye Gal" *Sisan March - design *Deborah Feingold - photography

References

{{Authority control 1980 albums Black Uhuru albums Albums produced by Sly and Robbie Virgin Records albums