This Is Augustus Pablo

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This Is....Augustus Pablo
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Studio album by
Released1974
Studio Randy's, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre Reggae
Length35:19
Label Heartbeat
Producer Clive Chin
Augustus Pablo chronology
Red Sea
(1970-1973)
This Is....Augustus Pablo
(1974)
Ital Dub
(1974)
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Alternate front cover from the 1987 CD release on Heartbeat Records
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This Is...Augustus Pablo is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Augustus Pablo, originally released in 1974 and co-written and produced by Pablo's childhood friend and reggae producer Clive Chin. The album boasts a list of session musicians including Ansel Collins on keyboards and Lloyd Parks and Aston Barrett both on bass guitar. The album was one of the first to showcase Pablo's unique use of the melodica.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dub Organizer" (Chin, Swaby) – 2:56
  2. "Please Sunrise" (Adapted) – 2:38
  3. "Point Blank" (Chin, Swaby) – 2:32
  4. "Arabian Rock" (Chin, Swaby) – 3:53
  5. "Pretty Baby" (Adapted) – 2:45
  6. "Pablo in Dub " (Swaby) – 2:30
  7. "Skateland Rock" (Chin, Swaby) – 3:13
  8. "Dread Eye" (Adapted) – 3:03
  9. "Too Late" (Chin, Swaby) – 3:16
  10. "Assignment No. 1" (Chin, Swaby) – 2:46
  11. "Jah Rock" (Chin, Swaby) – 2:52
  12. "Lover's Mood" (Chin, Swaby) – 2:55

Personnel

References

  1. This Is Augustus Pablo at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 375. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
  3. Harris, Craig (2000). "Augustus Pablo". MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. p. 589. ISBN   1-57859-039-6.
  4. Grass, Randall F. (1983). "Augustus Pablo". In Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (2nd ed.). Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 375. ISBN   0394721071.