Pablo, Augustus: Dubbing With The Don (Vinyl LP)
If anyone in the reggae circles could be described as having their own sound it would have to be Mr Augustus Pablo, born Horace Swaby 1954 St Andrew Jamaica. He took the humble melodica, a wind-blown mouth keyboard and made it shine.
His musical journey started one sunny day in 1969. Walking into Herman Chinloy's Aquarius Records shop and on playing his melodica so impressed its owner that he was taken off to Randy's Studio 17, the very next day to cut his first record 'Iggy Iggy'. But it was his second tune under the guidance of Clive Chin again cut at Randy's, the seminal 'Java ' that put the young Augustus Pablo on the map. Clive Chin continued his work producing Pablo's debut album This Is Augustus Pablo . An instrumental affair on which the neo-mystical ''Far East'' sound synonymous with Pablo's work emerged.
Having worked with most of the top producers of the time, Lee Perry, Keith Hudson, Bunny Lee, Augustus decided to set up his own label "Rockers", named after his brothers sound system where many of his tunes would first be heard. The label came to define a new and exciting chapter in reggae history. Even when versioning acknowledged classic Studio One rhythms there was a precious maturity and depth to Pablo's productions that kept him at the top throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s.
His King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown set which featured some of these rhythms reworked; 'Swing Easy [Skanking Easy]', 'Frozen Soul [Frozen Dub]', stands as one of the true dub classic albums of any reggae education.
This set of dubs are taken from his classic 70's period. All rare dubs straight from the masters. You may have heard the tune, but not these versions. So sit back and enjoy the Original Rocker.
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Skank On Dub
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Way Out Rockers
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Pablo’s Express
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Pablo’s Happy Feeling
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Soldier Man Dub
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Well Frozen Dub
- Sweet Cassava Dub
- Talking Dub
- Pablo’s Connection
- Skanking With Pablo
- Pablo’s Delight
- Death Trap Dub
- Rockers Downtown
- New Train Dub