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Rising Sun (Augustus Pablo album)

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Rising Sun
Studio album by
Released1986
Recorded1985 at Channel One, Dynamic Sounds and Tuff Gong, Kingston, Jamaica and HC&F, New York City, United States
GenreReggae
LabelGreensleeves
ProducerAugustus Pablo
Augustus Pablo chronology
King David's Melody
(1983)
Rising Sun
(1986)
Rockers Come East
(1987)
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Rising Sun is a reggae studio album by Augustus Pablo, originally released in 1986 on Greensleeves.

It features Sly Dunbar on drums, Earl "Chinna" Smith on guitar and Dean Frazer on saxophone. Pablo produced the album and played melodica, piano, organ and synthesizer.

The songs were both recorded at Channel One, Dynamic Sounds and Tuff Gong in Kingston, Jamaica as well as at HC & F in New York City.

The album features Phillip Smart and Scientist as engineers.

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "Dub Wiser"
  2. "Hop I Land"
  3. "Rising Sun"
  4. "Fire Red"
  5. "Jah Wind"
Side two
  1. "Pipers of Zion"
  2. "The Day Before the Riot"
  3. "African Frontline"
  4. "Melchesedec (The High Priest)"
  5. "Sign and Wonders"
  6. "Kent Road"

Personnel

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