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

Augustus Pablo

Horace Swaby , known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica in reggae music...

, originally released in 1982 on Message Records.

It features vocals from Hugh Mundell

Hugh Mundell

Hugh Mundell was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.-Biography:Mundell was introduced to reggae by reggae performer and producer Boris Gardiner who was a friend of the family...

, Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar, and Earl "Chinna" Smith 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

Kingston, Jamaica

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, Jamaica

Jamaica

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 and mixed at Harry J's.

The title of the album is in reference to Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia

Emperor of Ethiopia

The Emperor of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. The Emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country...

 and a messianic figure to Rastafarians.

Track listing

1. "Earth Rightful Ruler" (H. Swaby)
2. "King Alpha and Queen Omega" (H. Swaby)
3. "Jah Love Endureth" (H. Swaby)
4. "Rastafari Tradition" (H. Swaby)
5. "Zion Hill" (H. Swaby)
6. "Java" (H. Swaby)
7. "Lightning and Thunder" (H. Swaby)
8. "Israel Schoolyard" (H Swaby)
9. "City of David" (H Swaby)
10. "Musical Changes" (Adapted)

Personnel

• Augustus Pablo
  Augustus Pablo
  Horace Swaby , known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica in reggae music...
  
   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , melodica
  Melodica
  The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has 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. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
  
  , piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , steel strings
• Hugh Mundell
  Hugh Mundell
  Hugh Mundell was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.-Biography:Mundell was introduced to reggae by reggae performer and producer Boris Gardiner who was a friend of the family...
  
   - vocals
• Delroy Williams, Hugh Mundell
  Hugh Mundell
  Hugh Mundell was a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.-Biography:Mundell was introduced to reggae by reggae performer and producer Boris Gardiner who was a friend of the family...
  
  , Norris Reid, Maxie Lynch - backing vocals
• Albert Malawi, Lincoln "Style" Scott, Santa Davis, Horsemouth Wallace
  Leroy Wallace
  Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle, Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Ijahman Levi and Pierpoljak. He starred as himself in the...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson, Robbie Shakespeare, Junior Dan, Flabba Holt
  Errol Holt
  Errol Holt , also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums.-Biography:...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Fazal Prendergast, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Bingy Bunny - guitar
  Guitar
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• Sidney Wolf, Ras Menilik Dacosta, Teo Benjamin, Garth Swaby - percussion
• Steele - piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  

• Sylvan Morris and Stanley "Barnabas" Bryan - Mixing Engineer