King David's Melody

Released

1983

Recorded

Rockers

Earth's Rightful Ruler
(1982)

King David's Melody
(1983)

Rising Sun
(1986)

King David's Melody is a reggae album by Augustus Pablo, originally released in 1983 on his Rockers record label.

It is a collection of singles recorded between 1975 and 1982 for both the Rockers and Message record labels.

It features Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar, Earl "Chinna" Smith on guitar and Horsemouth Wallace on drums. Pablo produced the album and played melodica, piano, organ, xylophone and string synthesizer.

The songs were both recorded and mixed at Harry J and King Tubby's Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

Much like the previous album, Earth's Rightful Ruler, the title of this album is in reference to Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia and a figure who many Rastafarians believe was a descendent of King David, the ancient King of Israel.

A 2006 release by Shanachie featured three added bonus tracks.

Track listing

Augustus Pablo – keyboards, melodica, piano, organ, xylophone and string synthesizer.
Albert Malawi, Anthony "Benbow" Creary, Horsemouth Wallace – drums
Leroy Sibbles, Robbie Shakespeare, Junior Dan, Michael Taylor, Bunny Jeffery, Fazal Prendergast – bass guitar
Fazal Prendergast, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Clive Jeffery – guitar
Teo Benjamin – percussion
Sylvan Morris and the Professor – Mixing Engineer

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/7/2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.