"Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown - (Shanachie/Message, 1987) A seminal '70's dub album, now on CD; Pablo's spicy melodicas from another planet anticipate everything from house mix to techno." Dub version of "Baby I Love You So" by Jacob Miller.
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"Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown - (Shanachie/Message, 1987) A seminal '70's dub album, now on CD; Pablo's s… read more
"Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown - (Shanachie/Message, 1987) A seminal '70's dub album, now on CD; Pablo's spicy melodicas from another planet an… read more
Horace Swaby (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999), better known as Augustus Pablo, the melodica king, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He was perhaps the first person to use the melodica as a viable musical instrument. He was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and learned to play the organ in Kingston College School. It was at that point an unnamed girl lent him the melodica. Fascinated by the instrument, Pablo rarely put it down. He also met Herman Chin Loy; the Chin family owned an influential record store in Kingston. Swaby re… read more
Horace Swaby (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999), better known as Augustus Pablo, the melodica king, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and keyboardist, active from the 1970s on… read more
Horace Swaby (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999), better known as Augustus Pablo, the melodica king, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and keyboardist, active from the 1970s onwards. He was perhaps the first person to use … read more