Augustus Pablo
Jah Light!
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Album Title : Augustus Pablo Classic Rockers Volume 2
Artist(s) : Various Artists
Label : ROCKERS RLP 002
Format : CD , LP
Matrix , Catalog : RLP 002
Year : 1989


Album Track Listing :

Side 1 :

01- Paul Whiteman - Say So
02- Jacob Miller - Keep On Knocking
03- Bongo Pat - Young Generation
04- Tetrack - I'm Not Satisfied
05- Horace Andy - Rock To Sleep

Side 2 :

01- Jacob Miller - Each One Teach One
02- The Heptones - Love Won't Come Easy
03- Hugh Mundell - Dont Stay Away Too Long
04- Augustus Pablo - Rockers Mood/Tubby's Mood

Additional Comments And Notes :

- Strong link between Augustus Pablo and Jacob Miller, Augustus played with Inner Circle in the 70's.

Album Review by Ian McCann, June 1989 :

Volume two, and still it comes fresh from the first bar. Like the everlasting light bulb and the unpuncturable tyre,
Pablo's music doesn't wear out and economics has done its best to keep all three things a secret. But unlike those desirable items,
pablo's music has slipped out into the world, going about its spiritual business, catching people by word of mouth where necessary.

You won't find pablo's name written in any chart - not even the reggae charts nowadays - and the advertising for his works
is minimal to the point of non-existence as with all third world music.

But he has got something that only third world musicians have now: the ability to get their emotions, their feelings, down on tape.
I'm not saying that white acts don't have spirit, but the music business contrives to separate them from it.
By the time you've heard them, they're processed. They might as well be peas.

This collection of 70's material stands on its own ridiculously high merits.
From first to last the feeling is right. Whether you're buying it because rock to sleep has evaded you for years or because you know that
pablo hits the spot every time he enters the studio, you won't be disappointed.

Even though jacob miller, hugh mundell and king tubby have since passed on here live in a setting that was never surpassed in their careers.

How could it be? This is the music of augustus pablo, created for its moment, and somehow, eternally right for each moment since.

- Ian MC Cann, June 1989

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