Ancient Harmonies

A new take on a classic reggae sound. The change in music production technology in the 1980s opened doors to new sounds and experiments from producers around the world. In Jamaica, producers who built their name on the live studio sound with a drum and bass foundation either adopted to syndrums or full digital drums by the mid-80s, or they dropped out of the game.

Producer and melodica player Augustus Pablo was a prolific survivor from the classic reggae era, and he released four new studio albums through Greensleeves between 1986 and 1990, the critical years when the new sound of reggae was finding its feet.

Collected together here as Ancient Harmonies on a 2CD, 6-panel digipack with 12-page book are the four LPs, Rising Sun, Rockers Comes East, One Step Dub, and Blowing With The Wind. Recorded at Channel One, Tuff Gong, Dynamic, HC&F & Creative Sound with engineers including Scientist, Soldgie, Phillip Smart & Steven Stanley, the hardcore steppers and nyabinghi meditations were keenly embraced by the new age sound system culture in Europe, and Pablo backed the releases with hugely successful tours of Europe and Japan showcasing many of the tunes a selection of his original rockers.

Disc 1
1. Blowing With The Wind
2. Twinkling Star
3. Ancient Harmonies
4. Creation Blues
5. Zion UFO
6. Eastern Code
7. Twenty-One Years After
8. First World Call
9. This Song
10. Drums To The King
11. Pablo Meets P Smart In L.I.
12. Progression Dub
13. Revelino Dub
14. Babylon Losing Dub
15. Sun Ray Dub
16. Jah D Special
17. Rockers Comes East
18. Dubbing The Oppresors
19. Zion Seals Dub

Disc 2
1. In The Red Dub
2. Hanging Dub
3. Riot Dub
4. One Step Dub
5. Zion Way Dub
6. Sunshine Dub
7. Dubbing King James
8. Rastaman Dub
9. Good Looking Dub
10. Night Patrol Dub
11. Dub Wiser
12. Hop I Land
13. Rising Sun
14. Fire Red
15. Jah Wind
16. Pipers Of Zion
17. The Day Before The Riot
18. African Frontline
19. Melchesedec (The High Priest)
20. Signs And Wonders

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