Augustus Pablo ~ East Of The River Nile [Message, 1978]

A1. Chant To King Selassie I
A2. Natural Way
A3. Nature Dub
A4. Upfull Living
A5. Unfinished Melody
A6. Jah Light

B1. Memories Of The Ghetto
B2. Africa [1983]
B3. East Of The River Nile
B4. Sounds From Levi
B5. Chapter 2
B6. Addis A Baba



Producer, Melodica, Clavinet, Piano, Organ, Other [String Assemble] - Augustus Pablo
Guitar [Lead] - Earl 'Chinna' Smith
Bass - Aston 'Family Man' Barrett , Bagga , Clayton Downie , Robbie Shakespeare
Drums - Carlton Barrett , Max Edwards , Noel 'Alfonso' Benbow
Engineer - Ernest Hookim , Errol Thompson , Lee Perry , Prince Jammy , Sylvan Morris
Recorded at Harry J, A & R, Channel One, King Tubbys & Black Ark Studios

never thought eyed drop an album this common, but it's dub week [remember?] & this classique set of intrumentals has not been done justice on the bloggies. augustus pablo hopefully needs no introduction & on these heady stabs the mang masterfully plays just about every toy that has some form of piano keys on it, including an Arp String Ensemble [just like Bowie/Eno on 'Low', & a million other bands!] & has his signal psyched out by some pretty heavy producers of the day. it's very likely you have this one in some form or another owlready, maybe even with bonus cuts :) but hear goes my 320 rip of this stellar slab in its original intended sequence. if you can find a better sounding one on the interwebs, we'd love to know about it :) enjoy

Augustus Pablo ~ El Rocker's [Pressure Sounds, 2000]

01.Black Gunn — Augustus Pablo
02.Brown Jim — Augustus Pablo
03.New Style — Augustus Pablo
04.555 Crown Street — Augustus Pablo
05.1 Ruthland Close — Rockers All Stars
06.Tribalist — Augustus Pablo
07.Cassava Piece — Augustus Pablo
08.132 Version — Pablo All Stars
09.El Rocker's — Augustus Pablo
10.Rockers Rock — Augustus Pablo
11.Say So (Version) — Pablo All Stars
12.Skanking Easy — Augustus Pablo
13.Havendale Rock — Augustus Pablo
14.Frozen Dub — Augustus Pablo
15.Hot Dub — Augustus Pablo
16.*Silent Satta — Augustus Pablo
17.Pablo Satta — Augustus Pablo



fun hyperbole:
'This is the finest Augustus Pablo collection that has ever been on the market, bar none. It gets no more deep, dank, and skanky than Pressure Sounds' 'El Rocker's.' This is actually such a su-pearl-ative compilation of deadly instrumentals & dubs, that it even eclipses most other original Pablo LPs that he released himself. Truly, no other Pablo compilation even approaches the majestic roots power of the formerly rare masterpieces collected herein; The very heart, soul and vision of Augustus Pablo is contained perfectly within these grooves. Dreadly, earthy, spiritual, and totally uncompromising, this is Pablo creating thick, dense, master-class head musique at his 1970s peak.

If, like me, your favorite thing about Pablo is his melodica playing, you will be thrilled to discover that this album features beautiful full instrumental versions of most of the riddims dubbed on 'King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown.' Tunes featured here that bear the same titles as tracks on the Original Rockers and King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown LPs are actually totally different cuts on those riddims. In addition to the tracks that feature Pablo's mesmerizing melodica, we are spoiled beyond comprehension by gorgeous xylophone cuts & full-on dubs. The rich evidence of King Tubby's hand in much of the dub & instrumental mixing raises the level of greatness that much higher. This set will confound & delight you with the fullness of Augustus Pablo's stunning vision. These are not scraps, by the way, but rare 7" records which were pressed on the island in small batches and never issued on polycarbonate coaster until 'El Rocker's' was unleashed. This is the absolute cream of the crop & you can put that in your chalice & smoke it ~ Jasper

purchase

yeppers :)