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- Artist: Pablo Augustus
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East of the River Nile Version [Version] 2:47
Augustus Pablo
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I Am Alright (Loving Pauper) 3:44
Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo
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Bass and Drums Version [Version] 3:09
Augustus Pablo, Derrick Harriott
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Fiat 125 [Cowtown Skank Version][Version] 2:50
Augustus Pablo
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Description
Jamaica's Augustus Pablo took what was essentially a child's toy, the melodica, and turned it into something else again. The exotic, eerie, slightly Far Eastern and delicately mournful sound that Pablo coaxed from the instrument soon became a staple of Jamaican reggae and dub releases in the 1970s. This wonderful set spotlights some of Pablo's early freelance efforts for a host of island producers, including Herman Chin-Loy ("East of the River Nile"), Clive Chin ("Java"), Lee "Scratch" Perry ("Vibrate On"), Keith Hudson ("Fat Baby") and Joe Gibbs ("African Queen"), making it an almost ideal introduction to Pablo and his marvelous melodica before sheer repetition and overuse combined to turn the instrument's distinctive sound into a dub cliché. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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Description
Jamaica's Augustus Pablo took what was essentially a child's toy, the melodica, and turned it into something else again. The exotic, eerie, slightly Far Eastern and delicately mournful sound that Pablo coaxed from the instrument soon became a staple of Jamaican reggae and dub releases in the 1970s. This wonderful set spotlights some of Pablo's early freelance efforts for a host of island producers, including Herman Chin-Loy ("East of the River Nile"), Clive Chin ("Java"), Lee "Scratch" Perry ("Vibrate On"), Keith Hudson ("Fat Baby") and Joe Gibbs ("African Queen"), making it an almost ideal introduction to Pablo and his marvelous melodica before sheer repetition and overuse combined to turn the instrument's distinctive sound into a dub cliché. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Features
- Genre: Reggae
- Category: Dub, Dub Poetry, Roots Reggae
- Release Date: June 25, 2002
- Artist: Pablo Augustus
- Additional Artists: Lloyd Young (Performer), Gregory Isaacs (Performer)
- Format: CD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 244-04-6666
- ASIN: B002KM1HQW
- Catalog #: 11436857
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 6.14 inches length x 5.04 inches width x 0.4 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.25 pound.
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