Augustus Pablo - Jah Dread
Jah Dread (from Original Rockers)
Horace Swaby (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999), known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He popularized the use of the melodica (an instrument at that time primarily used to teach children music in the Jamaican public schools) in reggae music. He was a committed Rasta ... (read more at Wikipedia)
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Thirteen Augustus Pablo albums were found when details of the Peel's record collection were first released by TheSpace website in 2012 (see Record Collection: P).
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(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further details if known.)
- 1970s
- 16 January 1978: King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (12") Island IPR 2009
- 10 February 1978: Creation Dub (v/a album - Augustus "Gussie" Clarke - Black Foundation Dub) Burning Sounds – BS 1023. Artists not credited on this v/a LP, just the producer, but it is the same track as by Augustus Pablo released as a single as "Born To Dub You, Part 2"
- 12 May 1978: East Of The River Nile unclear if this was the specific track or LP tracks
- 09 June 1978: Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie (7") Rough Trade RT 002 / Rockers ED 0
- 28 September 1978 (as Rockers All-Stars): Mr. Bassie Special! (7" - Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie) Rough Trade RT 002
- 19 October 1978 (as (Pablo All Stars): D. Park Style (7"-Great Tribulations)' (Message)
- 19 February 1979: East Man Sound (12" - Full Up) Rockers
- 24 July 1979: Unity Dub (LP – Africa Must Be Free By 1983 (Dub)) Rockers
- 31 July 1979 (Pablo All Stars with Heptones): Love Won’t Come Easy / Rockers Dub
- 07 August 1979: (Pablo All Stars with Heptones): Love Won’t Come Easy / Rockers Dub
- 21 August 1979: Ras-Menilik Congo (12") Daddy Kool
- 08 September 1979 (BFBS): unknown
- 10 September 1979: Ras-Menilik Congo (12") Daddy Kool
- 15 September 1979 (BFBS): unknown
- 19 October 1978: 'D. Park Style (7"-Great Tribulations)' (Message)
- 02 January 1979: Unfinished Melody (LP - East Of The River Nile)
- 01 August 1979: unknown
- 04 August 1979 (BFBS): Western Kingston Style (LP – Africa Must Be Free By 1983 (Dub)) Rockers
- 22 August 1979 (with Jacob Miller): Keep On Knocking (split 12" with Heptones / Pablo All Stars - Love Won't Come Easy / Rockers Dub / Keep On Knocking / Original Rockers) Greensleeves GRED 22
- 08 September 1979 (BFBS) (with Rockers All Stars): Ras Menilik Congo (Harp) (split 12" with Paul Blackman - Earth Wind & Fire / Ras. Menilik Congo (Harp))
- 29 October 1979: Oregon Style (12” single) Dub Vendor
- 21 November 1979: Tubby's Dub Song (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 27 November 1979: Rockers Dub (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 08 December 1979 (BFBS): A P Special (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 17 December 1979: Cassava Piece (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 1980s
- 23 January 1980: Rockers Dub (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 23 January 1980 (BFBS): The Park Lane Special (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 07 February 1980: Jah Dread (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 11 February 1980: New Style (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 10 March 1980: DJ Cut (12" EP - Presents El Rockers) Greensleeves
- 13 March 1980: Clavinet Cut (12” EP – Augustus Pablo Presents El Rockers, Chapters 1-4) Greensleeves
- 20 October 1980: Rockers Meet King Tubby Inna A Fire House (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- 21 October 1980: unknown
- 28 October 1980: Dub In A Matthews Lane Arena (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- 30 October 1980 (BFBS): Rockers Meet King Tubby in A Fire House (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- 01 November 1980 (BFBS): Simeon Tradition (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- 12 November 1980: Rockers Meet King Tubby Inna A Fire House (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- 22 November 1980 (BFBS): Simeon Tradition (album - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Yard VOLUME 003
- Winter 1980: Son Of Jah Dub (LP - Rockers Meets King Tubbys In A Fire House) Shanachie
- 22 March 1981 (BFBS): Cool Melody (v/a album - Rockers International) Message
- 22 August 1981: Talking Dub (single?)
- 21 February 1982 (BFBS): Corner Stone Dub (7") Message or Rockers International
- 14 August 1982: King Tubby Meets The Rockers
- 23 September 1982: Revelation Time (7") Message
- 29 September 1982 (BFBS): (as Rockers All-Stars): Mr. Bassie Special! (7" - Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie) Rough Trade RT 002
- 06 October 1982 (BFBS): Earth Rightful Ruler (album - Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie I) Rockers Production / Message RP011 STEREO
- 06 October 1982 (BFBS): Revelation Time (7") Message
- 13 October 1982: Lightning & Thunder (album - Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie I) Rockers Production / Message RP011 STEREO
- 14 October 1982: (cut - title lost due to tape flip)
- 20 October 1982 (BFBS): Lightning & Thunder (album - Earth Rightful Ruler: Emperor Haile Selassie I) Rockers Production / Message RP011 STEREO
- 18 January 1983: King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
- 31 July 1983 (BFBS) (with Lee Perry: Vibrate Onn (7") Black Art
- 13 September 1983: Mr Bassie (LP - King David's Melody)
- 27 September 1983: West Abyssinia (album - King David's Melody) Greensleeves
- 05 January 1984: Third Eye (7") Message
- 14 January 1984 (BFBS): Third Eye (7") Message
- 19 January 1984: Third Eye (7") Message
- 02 September 1984 (BFBS): Park Lane Special (album - Original Rockers) Greensleeves GREL 8
- 08 January 1985: Struggle In Soweto (7") Message
- 22 January 1985: Struggle In Soweto (7") Message
- 24 June 1985 (& Wayne Jarret): Youth Man (version) (12") Wackie's
- 15 July 1985 (BFBS): Don D Special (7") Message
- 23 July 1985: Don D Special (12" single) Message
- 11 February 1986: Melchesedek (The High Priest) (LP - Rising Sun) Greensleeves
- 24 February 1986: Fire Red (LP - Rising Sun) Greensleeves
- 19 March 1986: Pablo In The Dance (7") Rockers
- 29 March 1986 (BFBS): Pablo In The Dance (7") Rockers
- March 1986 (Radio Bremen): Pablo In The Dance (7") Rockers
- 10 June 1986: Unity Dub (LP - Africa Must Be Free... By 1983 Dub) Greensleeves
- 25 August 1986: King David's Melody (LP - King David's Melody) Greensleeves
- 11 November 1986: Unity Dub (LP - Africa Must Be Free... By 1983) Greensleeves
- November 1986 (Radio Bremen): Africa Dub (album - Africa Must Be Free... By 1983 Dub) Greensleeves
- 02 December 1986: Africa Dub [LP - Africa Must Be Free By 1983 (Dub)] Greensleeves
- 03 March 1987: Shake Up (LP - Ital Dub) Trojan
- 10 February 1988: Eastman Dub (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 15 February 1988: Look Within Dub (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 17 February 1988: Eastman Dub (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 20 February 1988 (BFBS): Big Yard Connection (album - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 20 February 1988 (Radio Bremen): Eastman Dub (album - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 07 March 1988: African Step (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- And Err That's A Bit Of The Label Too: Original Scientist
- 12 March 1988 (BFBS): African Step (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 28 March 1988: African Step (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 02 April 1988 (BFBS): African Step (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 06 April 1988: Original Scientist (LP - Eastman Dub) Greensleeves
- 25 April 1989: Poverty Version (shared 7" with Yammie Bolo - Poverty & Brutality) Message
- Peel May 1989 Lee Tape 37 (& Chosen Few): Java Dub (v/a album - Java Java Dub) Impact! REBEL 1 prob 23 May 1989
- 14 June 1989: Babylon Wounded (shared 7" with Jr. Delgado - Youth Attack) Rockers International
- 29 June 1989: Babylon Wounded (shared 7" with Jr. Delgado - Youth Attack) Rockers International
- 1990s
- 20 August 1990: Ozone Layer (7") Rockers International
- 03 September 1990: Ozone Layer (7") Rockers International
- 14 September 1990 (BFBS): Ozone Layer (7") Rockers International
- 11 August 1991: El Rockers Chapter Three (LP - Rockers International) Greensleeves
- 23 August 1991 (BFBS): El Rockers Chapter Three (LP - Rockers International) Greensleeves
- 31 August 1991: Cool Melody
- 28 March 1992: Black Gun (7") Rockers International
- 24 April 1992: 555 Crown St. (7 inch) Rockers
- 25 April 1992: Keep On Dubbing (album - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown)
- 03 May 1992 (BFBS): Black Gun (7") Rockers International
- 05 December 1992 (Junior Delgado): Away With Your Fussing And Fighting (Vocal Cut) (Compilation LP-Augustus Pablo Presents Rockers International 2)' (Greensleeves)
- 05 December 1992: 555 Crown Street (Melodica Mix) (Compilation LP-Augustus Pablo Presents Rockers International 2)' (Greensleeves)
- 16 January 1993 (& King Tubby): King Tubby's Special Mix (Jacknot Records)
- 27 August 1993: King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (album - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown) Yard
- 04 September 1993: Exit
- 17 March 1995: King David's Melody (LP-King David's Melody) Greensleeves
- 18 March 1995 (BFBS): King David's Melody (LP-King David's Melody) Greensleeves
- 25 March 1995: Lovers Mood (CD: Santic & Friends: An Even Harder Shade Of Pale) Pressure Sounds
- 01 April 1995: West Abyssinia (LP: King David's Melody) Alligator
- 28 April 1996: Jah Dread
- 14 September 1996: Lover's Mood (split 7" with Horace Andy - Problems / Lovers Mood) Pressure Sounds PSS 001
- November 1996 (FSK): Lovers Mood
- 18 June 1997: Real Rock (CD - Presents DJs From 70s And 80s) Big Cat
- 03 July 1997 (BFBS): 'Real Rock (Compilation LP-Augustus Pablo Presents Dj's From 70s To 80s)' (Big Cat)
- 07 August 1997: Zion Dub
- 06 November 1997 (BFBS): 'Pablo Dread In A Red (4x Compilation LP-Jesus Dread 1972-1977)' (Blood & Fire) with Vivian Jackson
- 12 November 1997 & Vivian Jackson: Pablo Dread In A Red (v/a album - Yabby You – Jesus Dread 1972-1977) Blood & Fire BAFCD 021
- 03 December 1998: Vibrate On (7") Black Art
- 15 June 1999: (JP: "This is a record by Augustus Pablo, the late Augustus Pablo alas. And I should have paid some sort of tribute to him at the time. Failed to do so, as I often do on these occasions, but Andy Kershaw pointed it out to Radio One listeners in his programme last Thursday.") Cinderella In Black (LP – Keep The Pressure Down) Fe-Me-Time
- 15 August 1999 (BFBS): Unfinished Dub (10") Pablo International
- 17 August 1999: Unfinished Dub (10 inch) Pablo International
- 20 August 1999 (BBC World Service): Unfinished Dub (10") Pablo International
- 2000s
- 27 April 2000 (Radio Eins): My Guiding Red (7" split with Heptones) Impact
- 31 May 2000: Black Gunn (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 22 June 2000: 1 Ruthland Close (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 22 June 2000: Black Gunn (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 24 June 2000: Tribalist (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 27 June 2000: 555 Crown Street (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 29 June 2000: New Style (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 04 July 2000: My Guiding Red (7" split with Heptones) Impact
- 05 July 2000: Tribalist (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 23 July 2000 (BBC World Service): Tribalist (LP - El Rocker's) Pressure Sounds
- 25 July 2000 (& Lloyd Young): Our Man Flint (7") Black Ark
- 12 October 2000: Cassava Piece (Compilation LP - The Melodica King) Ocho
- 24 October 2000: Meditation Dub (Compilation LP - The Melodica King) Ocho
- 31 October 2000: 555 Dub Street (Compilation LP - The Melodica King) Ocho
- 02 November 2000 (Radio Eins): Dub Ethiopia (CD-Dub, Reggae & Roots From The Melodica King) Ocho
- 07 November 2000 (& Tetrack): Let's Get Together (Compilation LP - The Melodica King) Ocho
- 09 November 2000 (Radio Eins) (& Tetrack): Let's Get Together (Compilation LP - The Melodica King) Ocho
- 21 November 2000: Dub Ethiopia (CD-Dub, Reggae & Roots From The Melodica King) Ocho
- 29 November 2000: Thunder Clapp (CD: Dub Reggae and Roots from the Melodica King) Ocho
- 05 April 2001: Way Out Rockers (10”) Jamaican
- 13 November 2001: Wayout Rockers (LP – Dubbing With The Don) Jamaican
- 13 June 2002: Well Frozen Dub (LP - Dub Sampler Vol 1) Jamaican
- 26 June 2002: Well Frozen Dub (LP - Dub Sampler Vol. 1) Jamaican
- 19 September 2002: Well Frozen Dub (v/a album - Dub Sampler Vol 1) Jamaican
- 29 October 2003: Tubby's Dub Song (LP - Original Rockers) Greensleeves
Rockers All Stars (also known as Pablo All Stars)[3]
- 19 September 1978: Mr Bassey Special (single - Pablo Meets Mr Bassie) Rough Trade
- 13 October 1978: Tubby Special (split 12” with Tetrack) Rockers
- 31 July 1979: Rockers Dub (12" single) Greensleeves
- 31 July 1979: Music Dub (LP – In The Light Dub)[1] Hungry Town
- 07 August 1979 (Heptones & Pablo All Stars): Love Won't Come Easy / Rockers Dub (12" single) Greensleeves
- 11 August 1979 (BFBS): Rasta Dub [shared 7" with Sister Erica - One In The Spirit (Extented) / Rasta Dub] Rockers International
- 16 August 1979: Collie Dub (album - In The Light Dub) Hungry Town
- 29 August 1979: Rasta Dub [shared 7" with Sister Erica - One In The Spirit (Extented) / Rasta Dub] Rockers International
- 04 September 1979: I & I (LP – In The Light Dub) Hungry Town
- 06 September 1979: Dub Down Rome (LP - In The Light Dub) Hungry Town
- 11 September 1979: Dub There (LP - In The Light Dub) Hungry Town
- 26 August 1980: (Augustus Pablo & Rockers All-Stars): Black Ants Lane
- 29 March 1981 (BFBS): Equal Rights Dub (album - Dub With The Help Of His Majesty) Rockers International LP RP007
- 31 August 1981: unknown track
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See Also[]
- Record Collection: P
- Record Boxes: Mala
- Record Boxes: Don Letts
- October 2000 (Peel's Record Box)
- November 2000 (Peel's Record Box)
- The Collection (Peel Acres - Nubya Garcia)
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