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The Definitive Augustus Pablo

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date July 19, 2004
I used to collect reggae on vinyl over twenty years ago and would quite happily pay £14.99 for just one tune back then. I can now pay that for a three disc collection with some of the most classic and hard roots music I have ever heard. New or old to roots music, this must be in your collection. This is some of Pablo greatest works and represents a piece of history for me which brings back very fond memories.

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El Rockers [VINYL]

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date June 05, 2000
I used to collect reggae on vinyl over twenty years ago and would quite happily pay £14.99 for just one tune back then. I can now pay that for a three disc collection with some of the most classic and hard roots music I have ever heard. New or old to roots music, this must be in your collection. This is some of Pablo greatest works and represents a piece of history for me which brings back very fond memories.

CD-Charts Position 3
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El Rockers

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date August 06, 2007
This is a marvellous companion to King Tubbys meets rockers uptown. It contains full instrumental and alternative dub cuts to all but two of the originally released tracks, previously only to be found on obscure 45s. So we are treated to xylophone (Black Gunn) and melodica (Brown Jim) cuts to Keep on Dubbing/Keep on Knocking; alternative versions of the Cassava Piece/Rockers Uptown rhythm; a marvellous instrumental cut of the Braces a Boy/Braces Tower Dub rhythm with Pablo overblowing on his melodica; and a wonderful melodica charge through Frozen Dub with a drum and bass cut, Hot Dub; and on it goes......
Sound quality incidentally is excellent.
This ranks along side Rockers Uptown, Original Rockers and his debut This is Augustus ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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The Mystic World of Augustus Pablo: the Rockers Story/+DVD

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date July 07, 2008
This is a marvellous companion to King Tubbys meets rockers uptown. It contains full instrumental and alternative dub cuts to all but two of the originally released tracks, previously only to be found on obscure 45s. So we are treated to xylophone (Black Gunn) and melodica (Brown Jim) cuts to Keep on Dubbing/Keep on Knocking; alternative versions of the Cassava Piece/Rockers Uptown rhythm; a marvellous instrumental cut of the Braces a Boy/Braces Tower Dub rhythm with Pablo overblowing on his melodica; and a wonderful melodica charge through Frozen Dub with a drum and bass cut, Hot Dub; and on it goes......
Sound quality incidentally is excellent.
This ranks along side Rockers Uptown, Original Rockers and his debut This is Augustus ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 5
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Original Rockers Vol.2

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date May 01, 1995
This is a marvellous companion to King Tubbys meets rockers uptown. It contains full instrumental and alternative dub cuts to all but two of the originally released tracks, previously only to be found on obscure 45s. So we are treated to xylophone (Black Gunn) and melodica (Brown Jim) cuts to Keep on Dubbing/Keep on Knocking; alternative versions of the Cassava Piece/Rockers Uptown rhythm; a marvellous instrumental cut of the Braces a Boy/Braces Tower Dub rhythm with Pablo overblowing on his melodica; and a wonderful melodica charge through Frozen Dub with a drum and bass cut, Hot Dub; and on it goes......
Sound quality incidentally is excellent.
This ranks along side Rockers Uptown, Original Rockers and his debut This is Augustus ... Read More:

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Original Rockers Vol.2

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date January 02, 2007
Definitely.

But this edition?? The sound quality is unacceptable - a lot of surface noise where it's been transferred from vinyl and not cleaned up. What were Jet Star thinking? I have not heard the Shanachie CD release of this but hopefully it's more listenable.

5 stars for the music

CD-Charts Position 7
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Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie: Original Rockers, Vol. 2 [CASSETTE]

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date September 30, 1991
Definitely.

But this edition?? The sound quality is unacceptable - a lot of surface noise where it's been transferred from vinyl and not cleaned up. What were Jet Star thinking? I have not heard the Shanachie CD release of this but hopefully it's more listenable.

5 stars for the music

CD-Charts Position 8
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Pablo Meets Mr. Basie

Search: Havendale Rock
by: Augustus Pablo

Release Date April 22, 2002
Definitely.

But this edition?? The sound quality is unacceptable - a lot of surface noise where it's been transferred from vinyl and not cleaned up. What were Jet Star thinking? I have not heard the Shanachie CD release of this but hopefully it's more listenable.

5 stars for the music