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1. #AUGUSTUS PABLO KING TUBBY MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN RAR UPDATE#
2. #AUGUSTUS PABLO KING TUBBY MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN RAR PROFESSIONAL#

#AUGUSTUS PABLO KING TUBBY MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN RAR UPDATE#

(so named because the records were promoted on his brother Garth’s fledging Rockers Sound-system).įollowing the release of “Skanking Easy” – an update of the Studio One Soul Vendors’ classic “Swing Easy” – Augustus Pablo was soon a leading light in the upcoming band of “rebel” artists and independent producers such as Lee “Scratch” Perry, Winston “Niney” Holness and Glen Brown who were to radically and irreversibly re-define the parameters of reggae music.Īugustus Pablo was constantly setting new standards, searching for new ideas. At the age of eighteen Augustus Pablo had his first hit at Randy’s for Clive Chin’s ‘Impact’ imprint with “Java” and he soon established himself through his releases on his own “Hot Stuff” and legendary ‘ROCKERS’ label The follow-up was another instrumental – the first cut of “East Of River Nile” – with Pablo alternating rudimentary but spooky solos on melodica and organ over a jagged riddim. The seeds of what was to become the minor-key dominated “Far East” sound of the future Augustus Pablo/Rockers team were sown. These recordings actually feature Lloyd Charmers or the Upsetters’ organist Glen Adams. Herman Chin-Loy had coined the name to add a measure of mystic to the identity of keyboard players. With a tune entitled “Iggy Iggy” Herman Chin-Loy gave the youth his recording debut and more significantly, a new name – AUGUSTUS PABLO – which was not strictly new itself as for the past few months Aquarius record labels had sporadically appeared bearing the credit Augustus Pablo. Herman Chin-Loy, who had a much-deserved reputation for experimenting with new sounds, asked the slightly-built teenager if he could play it and was so taken with the musical response that he booked recording time that same week at Randy’s Studio 17 on North Parade in the heart of downtown Kingston.

#AUGUSTUS PABLO KING TUBBY MEETS ROCKERS UPTOWN RAR PROFESSIONAL#

The instrument was used in Jamaica in school music lessons but had never before been taken seriously by professional musicians. The legend began in 1969 when a youthful Horace Swaby was standing in Herman Chin-Loy’s ‘Aquarius’ record shop at 9 Constant Spring Road in Kingston, holding a melodica that had been lent to him by a young girl. In his role as musician and producer he has helped to shape reggae so much that his music can easily be described as ‘the sound of the Seventies’. Born Horace Swaby, not only was responsible for putting the melodica on the musical map, but he also played a key role in the musical history of Jamaica.