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Biography

St. Andrew, Jamaica (June 21, 1954 – May 18, 1999)

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.

Top Tracks

1	King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown	180
2	Keep on Dubbing	174
3	King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown	157
4	East Of The River Nile	124
5	Frozen Dub	118
6	Stop Them Jah	110
7	Each One Dub	87
8	Corner Crew Dub	82
9	Young Generation Dub	81
10	Skanking Dub	78
11	King Tubby Meets Rocker Uptown	74
12	Chant to King Selassie I	71
13	Jah Light	68
14	Brace's Tower Dub	67
15	Natural Way	66