Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers (Deluxe Edition Vinyl)

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  • Label Vp Records
  • Format Vinyl, 2 LP, Album
  • Format details Deluxe Edition Expanded Edition Reissue
  • Media 2 x Vinyl
  • Release date Apr 15, 2016
  • Originally released 1979
  • Region US
  • Genres Reggae
  • Catalog number VPGSRL7039
  • UPC 054645703918
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Deluxe Edition Double LP

Greensleeves issued Original Rockers in 1979 as a compilation, gathering singles Augustus Pablo had produced for himself between 1972 and 1975 — mostly instrumentals and versions of older Studio One rhythms. The journalist and photographer Dave Hendley assembled it. This edition spreads the record across two LPs; Greensleeves describes the second disc as further cuts of the album's rhythms, put together with the approval of the original compilers, and announced the reissue with remastered sound.

The sessions were recorded at Channel One and Dynamic Sounds in Kingston and mixed at King Tubby's studio. Earl "Chinna" Smith plays guitar, Robbie Shakespeare and Aston Barrett play bass, Dillinger takes the vocal on "Brace A Boy," and Hugh Mundell appears as well. Pablo plays melodica throughout, and two of the tracks here, "Rockers Dub" and "Tubby's Dub Song," are the ones Greensleeves singles out from the set.

Pablo was born Horace Swaby in St. Andrew, Jamaica, in 1954 and died in 1999. He popularized the melodica in reggae and produced for Dillinger, Hugh Mundell, Jacob Miller, The Heptones and Junior Delgado, among others; his breakthrough, "Java," was made with Clive Chin. Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton included Original Rockers in their 1999 book Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.

Tracklist

  1. Rockers Dub
  2. Up Warieka Hill
  3. Cassava Piece ('79 Style)
  4. Pablo's Theme Song
  5. Jah Dread
  6. Brace A Boy
  7. Thunder Clap
  8. Park Lane Special
  9. New Style
  10. AP Special
  11. Love Won't Come Easy
  12. Mountain View Dub
  13. Cassava Rock
  14. Tubby's Dub Song
  15. Tubby's Dub Song (Dub Version 2)
  16. Jah Dread (Version 2)
  17. Brace A Boy (Dub Version 2)
  18. Tribalist
  19. Lightning Flash
  20. Africa Dub
  21. Young Generation
  22. AP Special (Version 2)

Complete the Collection

Three Augustus Pablo titles at Evergreen Vinyl, this one included: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, King David's Melody.

UPC: 054645703918
Label: Vp Records
Release Date: 4.15.16
Format: Vinyl