Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubby In A Firehouse

Rockers Meets King Tubby In a Firehouse, is a dub album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, released in 1980. "Rockers" was a commonly used nickname given to Pablo. It features Mickey "Boo" Richards, Leroy Wallace and Albert Malawi on drums, Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar, and Earl "Chinna" Smith on guitar. The backing band is credited as the "Rocking All Stars".

Pablo produced the album and played piano, organ and melodica. The album was recorded at King Tubby's Studio. "Fire House" is a reference to the Waterhouse section of Kingston, where King Tubby's studio was located. Prince Jammy also made contributions to this album but goes uncredited.

On this collection, Pablo's sound predominates: his eerie melodica lines snake in and out of the mix, and the gentle-but-firm grooves that always typify a Rockers production are in full force. King Tubby contributes the special element of dubwise alchemy that was his own trademark, administering echo and delay at judicious intervals and keeping the general atmosphere mysterious and seductive. Because of the nature of the music and its consistently high quality, highlights are a bit difficult to pick out, but they include the very dread "Zion Is a Home" and the equally fine "Dub in a Matthews Lane Area," which could be used as a master class in dub technique.

Originally released in 1980, this edition includes 4 bonus tracks (tracks 10 to 13) not included on the original album release but come from rare contemporaneous singles.           

Tracklist:

1	Rockers Meet King Tubbys In A Fire House
2	Short Man Dub
3	Zion Is A Home
4	Dub In A Matthews Lane Arena
5	Jah Say Dub
6	Son Of Jah Dub
7	Simeon Tradition
8	Selassie I Dub
9	Jah Mouly Ital Sip
10	Son Of Man Dub
11	Rasta To The Hills
12	Twin Seal Dub
13	House Of Dub Version

Augustus Pablo - Rockers Meets King Tubby In A Firehouse
(256 kbps, cover art included)