Gold - Augustus Pablo

Advantages: Fantastic bassline. Original sounds. Good chioce of tracks.
Disadvantages: It's music designed for sound systems. Sound quality suffers.

...This album has such a good first track - it starts with a short melody, and then ploughs straight into the relentless, unforgiving bass that is the backbone of all dub reggae. The start to this album is so heavy and mystical, you’ll be restarting it a few times- trust me. Augustus Pablo was born Horace Swaby in 1954 and was one of the biggest players in the dub game. His music reflects his unique talent. He was the first to use the melodica as a serious instrument but also played keyboard, organ, piano, strings, clavinet and produced his own music. The album, released in the year 2000 is a compilation of previous material taken from albums such as ‘East Of The River Nile’ and ‘Original Rockers’. Fans of the era will recognise riddims like Real Rock, Satta Massa Gana, Java and that Horace Andy hit ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’. All tracks... Read review

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Advantages: Sounds alot like ''The bends'' album
Disadvantages: none

...This album I think can be compared to ''The bends'' album. Some songs on this album, do sound quite similar to ''The bends.'' e.g. ''Thinking about you'', can make you feel the same way about ''Fake plastic trees'', gives the same sort of influence. You can buy this album in all HMV stores, including from the internet, or any other rock based music shop. This album was made in 1993. The band members met at Oxford university, and since then, they had an astonishing effect on me, and they have become one of the major British rock bands of our time. This band is most definately a good band, they are not some silly Britney Spears, they are about soul music. Radiohead have a mysterious approach to their music, and will always ensure good taste in what they do. ''Pablo Honey'' consists of 12 tracks: 1. Anyone can play guitar... Read review

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Advantages: A great selection of songs
Disadvantages: Some missing songs

...Sisters - Ring My Bell 5. Toots & The Maytalls - Funky Kingston 6. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown 7. The Pliers - Bam Bam 8. Dillinger - Cocaine In My Brain 9. Black Harmony - Don't Let It Go To Your Head 10. The Maytals - Pressure Drop 11. Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound Disk 7 1. Heart - Barracuda 2. Kiss - Strutter 3. Boston - Smokin' 4. Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful 5. Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman 6. Humble Pie - Get Down To It 7. America - Horse With No Name 8. The Who - Eminence Front 9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird 10. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise 11. Rod Stewart - Young Turks Disk 8 1. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage 2. Helmut - Unsung 3. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis 4. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush 5. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of 6. Living... Read review

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