AUGUSTUS PABLO – East Of The River Nile – LP – Black Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl Repress.

Augustus Pablo is a reggae legend, one of the greatest purveyors of dub music and instrumental reggae; East Of The River Nile‘ is a reggae classic named by Mojo magazine as one of the 50 greatest reggae albums of all time. The best of the pure instrumental albums in Pablo’s catalogue, East of the River Nile finds the melodica master stretching out on various keyboards and strings as well on earthy, meditative tracks like “Chant to King Selassie I,” “Jah Light,” and “Natural Way.” Though this is explicitly a non-dub occasion, “Natural Way” does get its own version with “Nature Dub.”

Tracklist:

A1. Chant To King Selassie I
A2. Natural Way
A3. Nature Dub
A4. Upfull Living
A5. Unfinished Melody
A6. Jah Light

B1. Memories Of The Ghetto
B2. Africa (1983)
B3. East Of The River Nile
B4. Sounds From Levi
B5. Chapter 2
B6. Addis A Baba