East of the River Nile explained

East of the River Nile
Type:	studio
Artist:	Augustus Pablo
Cover:	AugustusPabloEastoftheRiverNile.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	1977
Studio:	Harry J's, Channel One, King Tubby's and Black Ark
Genre:	Dub
Length:	41:09
Label:	Message Records, Shanachie
Producer:	Horace Swaby
Prev Title:	King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Original Rockers
Next Year:	1979

East of the River Nile is a 1977 reggae studio album by Jamaican musician Augustus Pablo.^[1] An instrumental album, East of the River Nile showcases Pablo's skill on the melodica, and various other keyboards. Also featured are studio musicians famous as members of the Wailers, Bob Marley's backing band.

A reissue of East of the River Nile, with six bonus tracks, charted on Billboard's Reggae Albums chart in 2002, peaking at No 13.^[2]

Track listing

All track composed by Horace Swaby
All tracks mixed by King Tubby, except "Upful Living" mixed by Lee Perry

Side one

1. "Chant to King Selassie I" (with Ja-Malla Band)
2. "Natural Way" (with Ja-Malla Band)
3. "Nature Dub"
4. "Upfull Living" (with The Upsetters)
5. "Unfinished Melody" (with The Upsetters)
6. "Jah Light"

Side two

1. "Memories of the Ghetto" (with The Upsetters)
2. "Africa (1983)"
3. "East of the River Nile"
4. "Sounds from Levi"
5. "Chapter 2"
6. "Addis Ababa"

2002 CD reissue extra tracks

13. "East Africa"
14. "East of the River Nile" (Original)
15. "Memories of the Ghetto Dub"
16. "Jah Light Version"
17. "Islington Rock"
18. "Meditation Dub"

Personnel

• Augustus Pablo – organ, piano, strings, keyboards, clavinet, melodica
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett – bass
• Clayton Downie – bass
• Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare – bass
• Earl "Bagga" Walker – bass
• Carlton "Carlie" Barrett – drums
• Noel "Alphonso" Benbow – drums
• Max Edwards – drums
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – lead guitar
• Everton Da Silva – percussions
• Ja-Malla Band – played on "Chant to King Selassie I" and "Natural Way"
• The Upsetters played on "Upfull Living", "Unfinished Melody" and "Memories of the Ghetto"

Technical

• Ernest Hookim, Errol Thompson, Lee Perry, Prince Jammy, Sylvan Morris – engineer
• King Tubby – mixing
• Lee Perry – mixing
• Orville "Bagga" Case – artwork
• Walsh's Photo Studio - cover photography

External links

• Roots Archives

Notes and References

1. Book: Grass . Randall . Great Spirits: Portraits of Life-Changing World Music Artists . 2009 . University Press of Mississippi . 123.
2. Web site: Augustus Pablo . Billboard . 19 March 2024.