Original Rockers

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |title=Original Rockers – Augustus Pablo – Review |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/original-rockers-mw0000651186#review}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |year=2006 |edition=4th |volume=6 |page=376 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/376/mode/1up |isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}

| rev3 = MusicHound World

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Craig |title=MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |chapter=Augustus Pablo |publisher=Visible Ink Press |year=2000 |isbn=1-57859-039-6 |page=589 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/musichoundworlde00mcgo/page/589/mode/1up}}

| rev4 = The New Rolling Stone Record Guide

| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |last=Grass |first=Randall F. |chapter=Augustus Pablo |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstoner00mars/page/375/mode/1up |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |editor1-last=Marsh |editor1-first=Dave |editor2-last=Swenson |editor2-first=John |publisher=Random House/Rolling Stone Press |edition=2nd |year=1983 |isbn=0-394-72107-1 |page=375 |editor1-link=Dave Marsh}}

| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite book |chapter=Augustus Pablo |last=Miles |first=Milo |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/spinalternativer0000unse/page/285/mode/1up?view=theater |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=285}}

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Original Rockers was included in Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton's 1999 book The Rough Guide to Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.{{Cite book |last1=Barrow |first1=Steve |last2=Dalton |first2=Peter |title=Reggae: 100 Essential CDs |pages=123–124 |year=1999 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=1-85828-567-4 |author1-link=Steve Barrow |url=https://archive.org/details/reggae100essenti00barr/page/123/mode/1up}} Musician and journalist Randall Grass hightlighted the "impresive variety" of the compilation. Trouser Press recommended the album as "a perfect starting point" for "the uninitiated" and called the compilation "diverse" and the songs' production "bright and snappy".{{Cite book |editor-last=Robbins |editor-first=Ira A. |title=The New Trouser Press Record Guide |year=1989 |edition=3rd |page=414 |isbn=978-0-02-036370-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780020363705/page/414/mode/1up |chapter=Augustus Pablo |chapter-url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/augustus-pablo/ |publisher=Collier Books |last1=Kliment |first1=Bud}}

1. "Rockers Dub"
2. "Up Warrika Hill"
3. "Cassava Piece"
4. "Tubbys Dub Song"
5. "Jah Dread"
6. "Brace a Boy"
7. "Thunder Clap"
8. "Park Lane Special"
9. "New Style"
10. "AP Special" (Adapted)

;Bonus tracks featured on #GREWCD 8 release

1. "Tubby's Dub Song (Dub Version 2)"
2. "Brace a Boy (Dub Version 2)"

• Augustus Pablo – keyboards, melodica, piano, organ, clavinet
• Dillinger – vocals
• Carlton Barrett – drums
• Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett – bass guitar
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
• Don D. Junior – trombone
• Bobby Ellis – trumpet
• Dirty Harry – tenor saxophone
• King Tubby, Philip Smart, Prince Jammy – mixing engineers

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