Rebel Rock Reggae: This is Augustus Pablo

Augustus Pablo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Heartbeat Records
• ASIN: B0000003YO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,171 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars too many praises to print, December 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rebel Rock Reggae: This is Augustus Pablo (Audio CD)

One of the best records I've ever owned. Hands down Augustus' best. Different than King Tubby meets the Rockers, this is not a dub album. These are beautiful instrumentals. The rythms are solid, some of the best reggae rythms I've ever heard. The bass is thick and heavy, pulsing through the tracks like a gorilla through the jungle. The drumming is tight, with the snare hitting the offbeats of the offbeats of the offbeats. The guitars chicka with that sound only found in jamaica 1972. But thats not even the beginning of the album. Augustus Pablo's playing is incredible. These simple lines just float over the rhythms, sometimes copied or played off of on the piano or organ. The arranging is great too, these are perfectly crafted songs, simple, yet never boring. This music is cheerful, moody, spiritual, and down to earth, all at once. How does he do it? I have no idea.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dub Organizer, January 5, 2000

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jay (J'ville North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rebel Rock Reggae: This is Augustus Pablo (Audio CD)

Dub organizer is one of the attention getter's on the Rebel rock disc. For the beginning intro to instumental reggae music, this is one the most important cd's for the beginner to have. The rebel rock Cd will bring plenty of enjoyable listening hours, to the collector,and also those that are looking for an alternative to the ninety mile an hour music of today. To find where todays music got it's start we must find it's roots. Augustus Pablo will be missed dearly, unlike the more commercialized artist that we hear about in the headlines, his music will live on . Live the life you love, and love the life you live.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lo-Fi reggae soundscape heaven, July 31, 2001

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happydogpotatohead "happydogpotatohead" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rebel Rock Reggae: This is Augustus Pablo (Audio CD)

This is a fantastic CD for the student of reggae. Augustus Pablo creates low-key but intense reggae instrumentals. He combines the tough street sound of early reggae with his own mystically-oriented jams and the weird sonorities of the melodica to create something that is distinctly his. Not many people in any field of music can say that.

The recording does suffer from the circumstances in which it was recorded. They didn't have the best recording equipment, and occasionally Pablo's melodica is a hair out of tune. There is also something of a sameness to this CD, with too many songs in the same key following one after another. It could have benefited from more careful remastering and perhaps a resequencing of the songs.

But this shouldn't stop you from buying the CD. Pablo's music still has the power to lure you into listening to it over and over again, because as sparse as the music seems sometimes, there are actually many subtle things going on here that deserve a careful listening. And the arrangements and performances are top-notch in spite of the slightly dodgy recordings, with the best reggae musicians of the era featured to great effect.

Overall, I would recommend this for both serious students of reggae and for those who want to mellow out with something that's musically respectable yet easy on the ear.