Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby - The MessengerBoth are legends because both innovate and activate and motivate. King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) arrived on earth in 1941. As a teenager he repaired radios before moving onto repair sound system speakers. Since the mid 50s, sound systems had conquered Jamaica, replacing live bands as the peoples favoured choice of access to their music. Tubby (a very slim man) found himself much in demand. In 1968, Tubby opened his own shop, Tubbys Home Town Hi Fi.

This collection is now on vinyl for the first time

is the band’s masterpiece - a dark

with elements of both the earlier Kinks styles (heavily blues-influenced songs such as ‰Û÷Milk Cow Blues‰۪ and variations on the band‰۪s hits from 1964 - 65) and early indications of the future direction of Ray Davies‰۪ songwriting styles (‰Û÷The World Keeps Going Round‰۪ and ‰Û÷I‰۪m On An Island‰۪)

emitted – on his sixth album and second for RVNG Intl

Sidelong Om Namah Sivaya beams with probing organ improvisations accompanied by the drumming of her 13-year-old son Aruna John Coltrane

The rhythmic backdrop and the style of the delivery makes it more than a spoken word album

and aesthetically moving

caustic social commentary and witty observations

It marked Mobb Deep's transition from a relatively unknown Rap duo to an influential and commercially successful one

Most of the tracks were written and recorded there

This record is an unrelenting psychedelic experience

However the simple life of a gardener would not last long