Augustus Pablo

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.

Biography via Last.fm.

1. 01 Changing World From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 3:15
2. 02 Earth Wind & Fire From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 5:51
3. 03 Great Tribulation From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 3:20
4. 04 555 Crown Dub From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 2:41
5. 05 Rockers Meet King Tubby Ina Firehouse From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 4:02
6. 06 Keep On Dubbing From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 3:07
7. 07 East of the River Nile From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 2:51
8. 08 Think Twice From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 3:01
9. 09 Silent Satta From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 4:06
10. 10 King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown From The Mystical World Of Augustus Pablo: Crucial Cuts 2:33