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Just been to Dub Vendor, bought a few albums and, bizarrely, inadvertantly stumbled across another "Ring of Fire" version - "Black Lash" by King Tubby!
There's synchronicity for you!

Music Is My Occupation - the Skatalites features the horns from "Ring of Fire"
A rockers version of the song was recorded in the 1970s by Vin Gordon under the title "Tribute to Don D" or something. A King Tubby's dub of it "Dub Is My Occupation" can be found on a blood&fire cd (forget the title).

It's on "Dub Like Dirt".

I am actually waiting for someone to point out that the horn "riff" is from an old Tito Puente track or similar as I assume it must be.

Does anyone out there know?

there is an exellent reggae version of ring of fire by a group called "Breakestra", I think they only perform it live though,see it on youtube and their website,best of luck Ben.

Prince Jazzbo LP kick bwoy face track called For star + track called springtime but not sure if its skatalites or Aggrovators, can do you a copy tho

Yes I-tex did a ring of fire,it can be heard on WWW.MauMauchaplains.com on thier sound fallery, I know the band personally and they still perform as the Mau Mau Chaplains in Austin Texas, come one on down to the flamingo cantina on a wed night and get jah mind set right seen

believe the skatalites did an interpretation called "music is my occupation" ?

Doesn't Triston Palmer do a version on the joker smoker album called something like king of the ghetto?

Oops no its calleed ghetto king

I'm sure there are other versions out there too.

On the cash front I love his track 'any old wind that blows'

always thought "ring of fire" would make a good name for an indian curry house or hemorrhoid cream.

j j

Upsetters version (on the Beat Down Babylon riddim) here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDDn6eyLdSo