Augustus Pablo's Earthstrong Mix - Isis Swaby x VP Records

Augustus Pablo’s Earthstrong Mix by his daughter Isis Swaby features his original tracks and his son Addis Pablo's new release, Green Lion Crew Meets Addis Pablo & Friends Uptown, which features versions of Cassava Piece.

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Tracklist:

The El Rockers - Augustus Pablo
Each one teach one - Augustus Pablo / Jacob Miller
Pipers of Zion - Augustus Pablo
AP Special - Augustus Pablo
Pretty Baby - Augustus Pablo
Lovers Mood - Augustus Pablo
Green Lion Crew Cassava Dub (Addis Pablo mix) - Addis Pablo
Cassava Piece - Augustus Pablo
Green lion Crew Cassava Piece Riddim mix - Green Lion / Addis Pablo
Brace A Boy - Augustus Pablo / Dillinger
Java - Augustus Pablo
Assignment 1 - Augustus Pablo
Peaceful Man Dub - Augustus Pablo
Guiding Red - Augustus Pablo
World Watching - Addis Pablo
Universal Dub - Addis Pablo
Melodica Rise - Addis Pablo / Augustus Pablo

VP celebrates legacy of Horace Swaby, better known as Augustus Pablo, who would have been 67 on June 21st.

Augustus Pablo’s history with Randy’s Records owes to his school friendship with Clive Chin, son of Randy’s founder Vincent Chin.

Randy’s would be the source of Augustus Pablo’s breakthrough recording, “Java” in 1973, which was included on an LP the same year, entitled Java Java Java Java.

In 1974, Randy’s released the LP, This Is Augustus Pablo.

Through the lifelong friendship with Clive Chin, VP would be a key outlet for Pablo’s work, which eventually extended to Greensleeves Records and albums including Hugh Mundell’s Africa Must Be Free By 1983, its dub companion, Africa Must Be Free By 1983 (Dub), East Of The River Nile, Original Rockers, King David’s Melody, Rising Sun, Rockers Comes East, One Step Dub, and Blowing With The Wind. VP/Greensleeves released the latter four albums together on a 2CD set in 2020 as Ancient Harmonies.