This Is Augustus Pablo

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

This Is Augustus Pablo · Augustus Pablo released this album in 1974. His childhood friend and reggae producer Clive Chin co-wrote and co-produced it. A whole series of session musicians worked on it, including Ansel Collins on keyboards and Lloyd Parks and Aston Barrett on bass guitar. Carlton Santa Davis, George Fullwood and Earl Chinna Smith are also on the list of musicians.

The album has twelve short instrumental tracks of about three minutes, with titles such as Dub Organizer, Point Blank and Jah Rock. It is one of the first albums on which Pablo's own use of the melodica can be heard, the small keyed wind instrument that would become his trademark. The band plays a rhythmic, spacious reggae sound around it, in which the keyboard work is given plenty of room.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Dub Organizer2:58Apple Music ↗
2. 2Please Sunrise2:38Apple Music ↗
3. 3Point Blank2:33Apple Music ↗
4. 4Arabian Rock3:53Apple Music ↗
5. 5Pretty Baby2:44Apple Music ↗
6. 6Pablo in Dub2:48Apple Music ↗
7. 7Skateland Rock3:11Apple Music ↗
8. 8Dread Eye3:03Apple Music ↗
9. 9Too Late3:14Apple Music ↗
10. 10Assignment No 12:45Apple Music ↗
11. 11Jah Rock2:52Apple Music ↗
12. 12Lovers Mood2:46Apple Music ↗
13. 13Java2:45Apple Music ↗
14. 14Guiding Red3:10Apple Music ↗
15. 15Marabi3:27Apple Music ↗

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