Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread - The Classic Augustus Pablo Sessions (2015)

Tracklist:

01. Jacob Miller - Keep on Knocking (3:04)
02. Rockers All Stars - Knocking Version (3:03)
03. Augustus Pablo - Black Gunn (3:02)
04. Augustus Pablo - Brown Jim (3:13)
05. Jacob Miller - False Rasta (2:34)
06. Jah Butty - Commercial Rasta (2:50)
07. Rockers All Stars - Hungry Town Skank (2:45)
08. Augustus Pablo - 555 Crown Street (2:37)
09. Pablo All Stars - 1 Rutland Close (2:36)
10. Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So (1:52)
11. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (2:28)
12. Pablo All Stars - 132 Version (3:02)
13. Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread (2:36)
14. Rockers All Stars - Jah Dread (2:38)
15. Pablo All Stars - Stop Them Jah (2:47)
16. Jacob Miller - Each One Teach One (2:21)
17. Pablo All Stars - Each One Teach One Version (2:48)
18. Jacob Miller - Girl Name Pat (2:33)
19. Augustus Pablo - Girl Name Pat Version (2:30)
20. Jacob Miller - Some Of Them Say Them A Rasta (2:46)
21. Augustus Pablo - Some Dub Plate (2:20)
22. Augustus Pablo - Lightning Flash (2:23)

There are those who argue that all reggae sounds the same, and that roots reggae, in particular, consists entirely of minor variations on a very small set of musical (and, Jah knows, lyrical) themes. Reggae aficionados will agree, to a point (though they may point out that the same can be said of Baroque music, big-band jazz, and bluegrass). But push the point too far and you run the risk of having an album like this one brought out and played for you from beginning to end. Who Say Jah No Dread consists of songs Jacob Miller recorded with legendary producer Augustus Pablo, and the dub versions of those tunes, all of which were mixed by King Tubby; talk about a triple threat. This album is one of a few hard, compact gems of roots reggae, a classic so inarguable that even the most intransigent reggae skeptic might be won over by its dark, mystical charms. All of the rhythm tracks on this album have become classics, none more deservedly than the one on which "Baby I Love You So" is based, which also forms the basis of "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown," a dub version generally considered to be the finest example of dub ever created. Amazingly, every track lives up to that high standard. If your reggae collection consists of only five titles, this should be one of them.