Horace Michael Swaby (21 June 1953 – 18 May 1999),[2] known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist, active from the 1970s until his death.
He popularised the use of the melodica (an instrument at that time primarily used in Jamaica to teach music to schoolchildren) in reggae music. His album King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) is often regarded as one of the most important examples of dub.[3]
^"A JAVA INSTRUMENTAL". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, p. 200-202
^" If you had to pick one album that best represents the pinnacle of the art of dub […] Few would fault you for ending up with [King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown]." Rick Anderson, review of King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown for Allmusic.com, accessed 20 September 2013
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"Scratch" Perry, Errol Thompson and others beginning in the late 1960s. AugustusPablo, who collaborated with many of these producers, is credited with bringing...
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its first reggae album, King Tubbys Meets Rockers in a Firehouse by AugustusPablo, and soon after released albums from many reggae artists including Rita...
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career, having already cut a solo version of "Love Won't Come Easy" for AugustusPablo, and having cut his own solo singles for Lee Perry ("Rasta Fari" and...
label was founded in 1977, with early releases including albums by AugustusPablo and Barrington Levy. They have released records by Red Rat, Anthony...
productions from the late 1960s and early 1970s of artists such as AugustusPablo, Dennis Brown, Alton Ellis and Bruce Ruffin, and for the Aquarius and...
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