Category Archives: 1974

Prince of Dub Augustus Pablo Tribute with Lance Linares on 5/5/80 Midnight Dread #18

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It’s Sunday Midnight & time to become dreader than dread with a crucial overview of The Dub Organizer Horace Swaby aka Augustus Pablo. Joining Doug Wendt this week is Lance Linares, Pablo devotee & reggae radio pioneer who hosted his Friday night very popular prime time “Roots Rock Reggae” Pataphysical Broadcasting program on KUSP in Santa Cruz, California from the 1970s to the 2000s, the earliest longest continually running regular reggae radio show heard anywhere in the United States. Linares pulls gem after gem from his extensive Augustus vinyl collection to flood the airwaves with pulsing Prince of Dub masterworks while passing along vital background info on one of the deepest Sound Generals ever to come from Jamaica. Listen to the mystic & be transfixed via music unto Jah Jah. Burning Spear & Mikey Dread debut new material while Hugh Mundell, Tetrack & Israel Vibration join the Pablo posse just beyond this side of east of the river Nile where melodica & other keyboard devices open the doors of perception. X-Ray Music never sounded so good, so massive, and so wonderful. All aboard this version excursion!

This detail just in straight from Lance’s head: “I started in 1974 on KUSP but first iteration was Satta High which morphed into Roots Rock Reggae at some point in ’76 or ’77. Last show was Aug 29, 2008 I think. So 34 years or so….” Quite a run. Well you can’t run away from yourself seen. Would be nice to see Lance back on the beam soon, the master of the non-style style announcement school. In those early days of KUSP the Santa Crucial boss public radio station was right on the beach so the live sound of the surf could be heard whenever one opened the mic. His bitchin’ vintage tapes, reggae library, & comprehensive Augustus Pablo archive must be heard. Word.

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“Jah DJs DJ Jah” – DAT Master DW Archive XCI – Give Praises

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The first DAT compendium from the Doug Wendt archive to be posted anywhere arrives exclusively through Midnight Raver. Curated, mastered, and sequenced onto Digital Audio Tape in the mid-1990s from original long playing & fairly clean album vinyl sources. Rise and meet Jah. So Jah Jah say. I and I know. The DJs say Amen. Walk with Jah Love. Love Jah with all my heart. Jah me right. Live-icated to Jah.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers Rare Demos (Natty Dread Album) 1974

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Included here is a very rare and interesting recording, as it contains demo versions of several popular tracks from the Natty Dread album.  The quality of the audio is nearly flawless.  You won’t be hearing this anywhere else.
1. Rebel Music #1 (6,45)
2. Rebel Music #2 (7,47)
3. So Jah Seh Dub (4,30)
4. Bend Down Low Dub (6,39)
5. Talking Blues Instrumental (4,05)
6. Revolution #1 (4,35)
7. Revolution #2 (4,43)
8. Revolution #3 (4,15)

 

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Augustus Pablo “Hap Kido” / “Version” (Iron Fist) 7-inch

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So today I’m sharing with you my most recent vinyl rip.  I received just yesterday the Augustus Pablo “Hap Kido” / “Version” (Iron Fist) 7-inch direct from yaad.  Big thanks to my man Delroy Wilson at Big Yard Chunes for packing it proper!
“Hap Kido” / “Version” (Iron Fist) 7-inch was laid down in 1974 by Pablo and Prehay.  You may recognize this as the instrumental from Santic/Freddie McKay’s ‘I’m A Free Man.’  “Hap  Kido” is a blistering clavinet workout by Pablo and one of the rawest of Pablo’s early selections.
I’m sharing because this record sounds outstanding considering it was pressed nearly 40 years ago (it’s an original press).

 

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Midnight Raver’s “So Jah Seh” Mix Up

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“So Jah Seh,” a tune written by Bob Marley in 1974, was originally recorded at Harry J studio in Jamaica and overdubbed at Island Studios in London, UK.  Though written by Marley, the tune is credited to Willy San Francisco, a pseudonym of percussionist Alvin “Seeco” Patterson (Wailers Definitive Discography by Steffens and Pierson).  Lesser known than many of the other tracks off the Natty Dread album, “So Jah Seh” is a favorite of native Jamaicans and hardcore fans.
The “So Jah Seh” sessions included the following musicians:
Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths – backing vocals
Carlton Barrett – drums
Aston Barrett – bass
Al Anderson – guitar
Bernard “Touter” Harvey – keys, harmony
Tommy McCook – tenor sax
Glen DaCosta – tenor sax
David Madden – trumpet
Vin Gordon – trombone
Alvin “Seeco” Patterson – percussion
Sylvan Morris – engineer (Harry Js)
Phil Ault – engineer (Island)
Sydney Bucknor – mixing engineer (Island)
Producer: Wailers
Notable live performances of “So Jah Seh” include Manhattan Center 1975 and Smile Jamaica 1976.
Midnight Raver’s “So Jah Seh Mix Up”
1. Wailers – So Jah Say (Speakers Corner Mix)
2. Wailers – So Jah Say (Version)
3. Wailers – So Jah Say (Vinyl, German Box Set)
4. Wailers – So Jah Say Dub
5. Wailers - So Jah Seh (Natty Dread Acetate – Tuff Gong Studio Original Mix)
6. Bim Sherman – So Jah Say (Bim Sherman)
7. Wailers – So Jah Say (7″ vinyl edit, Island Records)
8. Wailers - So Jah Seh (Live at Manhattan Center, NYC, 1975)
9. Wailers - So Jah Seh (Alternate, Natty Dread Demos)
10. Wailers - So Jah Seh (Rehearsal, Criteria Studios, Miami, September 1980)

“So Jah Seh” Smile Jamaica 1976
The following are photos of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ performance at Manhattan Center, NYC, June 1975.