El Rocker's

by Augustus Pablo

El Rocker's cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Pressure Sounds
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Length: 49:45
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A Pressure Sounds collection of Augustus Pablo's melodica-led dub and rocksteady productions, drawn from his Rockers label recordings. Pablo's melodica lines over Kingston rhythms defined his Far East sound, and this set surveys that production work.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, repetitive, percussive, bassy, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Black Gunn (3:04)
  2. Brown Jim (3:15)
  3. New Style (2:36)
  4. 555 Crown Street (2:35)
  5. 1 Ruthland Close (2:31)
  6. Tribalist (2:56)
  7. Cassava Piece (2:57)
  8. 132 Version (3:03)
  9. El Rockers (2:53)
  10. Rockers Rock (2:49)
  11. Say So Version (2:54)
  12. Skanking Easy (2:40)
  13. Havendale Rock (2:39)
  14. Frozen Dub (2:42)
  15. Hot Dub (2:41)
  16. Silent Satta (3:56)
  17. Pablo Satta (3:34)

Credits

  • Chris Lane - transferred by
  • Gordon Robertson - artwork, design
  • Jeb Loy Nichols - artwork, design
  • Harry Hawke - liner notes, photography by
  • David Blackman - mastered by
  • Errol Thompson - mixed by
  • King Tubby - mixed by
  • Lee Perry - mixed by
  • Prince Jammy - mixed by
  • Paul Coote - photography by

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