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Augustus Pablo

Reggae

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Listen to King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo, see lyrics, music video & more!
King Tubby's Meets Rockers UptownAugustus Pablo
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Barbwire DisasterAugustus Pablo
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Up Wareika HillAugustus Pablo
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Chant To King Selassie IAugustus Pablo
Listen to Cassava Piece ('79 Style) by Augustus Pablo, see lyrics, music video & more!
Cassava Piece ('79 Style)Augustus Pablo
Listen to Blowing With The Wind by Augustus Pablo, see lyrics, music video & more!
Blowing With The WindAugustus Pablo
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Joyful LocksAugustus Pablo
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Far EastAugustus Pablo
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AP SpecialAugustus Pablo
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East of the River NileAugustus Pablo

More albums from Augustus Pablo

Listen to Lightning and Thunder: Previously Unrelased Recordings and Dubplates by Augustus Pablo & Rockers All Stars
ALBUMLightning and Thunder: Previously Unrelased Recordings and DubplatesAugustus Pablo & Rockers All Stars
Listen to Augustus Pablo Meets Aggrovators and King Tubby by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMAugustus Pablo Meets Aggrovators and King TubbyAugustus Pablo
Listen to Greek Theater - Berkeley 1984 by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMGreek Theater - Berkeley 1984Augustus Pablo
Listen to The Late Great Augustus Pablo - the Legacy by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMThe Late Great Augustus Pablo - the LegacyAugustus Pablo
Listen to Augustus Pablo Meets King Tubby & The Aggrovators by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMAugustus Pablo Meets King Tubby & The AggrovatorsAugustus Pablo
Listen to Dubbing On Bond Street by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMDubbing On Bond StreetAugustus Pablo
Listen to Exodus Dub by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMExodus DubAugustus Pablo
Listen to Dubbing with the Don Platinum Edition by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMDubbing with the Don Platinum EditionAugustus Pablo
Listen to King Tubby's Tribute to Augustus Pablo by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMKing Tubby's Tribute to Augustus PabloAugustus Pablo
Listen to Augustus Pablo Meets Lee Perry & the Wailers Band (Rare Dubs 1970-1971) by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMAugustus Pablo Meets Lee Perry & the Wailers Band (Rare Dubs 1970-1971)Augustus Pablo
Listen to Dubbing with the Don by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMDubbing with the DonAugustus Pablo
Listen to The Original Thriller by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMThe Original ThrillerAugustus Pablo
Listen to Eastman Dub by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMEastman DubAugustus Pablo
Listen to King David's Melody - Classic Instrumentals & Dubs by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMKing David's Melody - Classic Instrumentals & DubsAugustus Pablo
Listen to Rockers Meets King Tubby's In a Fire House by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMRockers Meets King Tubby's In a Fire HouseAugustus Pablo
Listen to Africa Must Be Free By 1983 Dub by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMAfrica Must Be Free By 1983 DubAugustus Pablo
Listen to East of the River Nile by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMEast of the River NileAugustus Pablo
Listen to King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMKing Tubbys Meets Rockers UptownAugustus Pablo
Listen to Dubbing In a Africa by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMDubbing In a AfricaAugustus Pablo
Listen to Ital Dub by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMItal DubAugustus Pablo
Listen to Rebel Rock Reggae - This Is Augustus Pablo by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMRebel Rock Reggae - This Is Augustus PabloAugustus Pablo
Listen to This Is Augustus Pablo by Augustus Pablo
ALBUMThis Is Augustus PabloAugustus Pablo

Artist Playlists

Augustus Pablo Essentials
Augustus Pablo Essentials
Dub reggae's master of the melodica takes you on an evocative journey.
Augustus Pablo Essentials
Augustus Pablo: Deep Cuts
Augustus Pablo: Deep Cuts
Hear how his distinct melodica sound informed a new generation.
Augustus Pablo: Deep Cuts

About Augustus Pablo

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Hometown
St. Andrews, Jamaica
Born
June 21, 1954
Genre
Reggae
Augustus Pablo was a major pioneer of dub reggae in the ’70s, using his skills on the melodica—a toylike keyboard harmonica—to conjure plaintive, minor-key melodies that floated like nimbus clouds over the bulbous bass and cavernous echoes of definitive albums like 1976’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. Pablo was born Horace Swaby in June 1954 in St. Andrew, Jamaica. As a teenager, he taught himself to play the piano, organ, and other instruments, and he took on his stage name when he recorded his first singles with producer Herman Chin Loy of Kingston-based Aquarius Records—who had previously used the “Augustus Pablo” moniker for instrumentals featuring organist Glen Adams. Pablo landed his first major hit with 1972’s “Java,” and he further refined what he called his “Far East sound” on albums like 1977’s East of the River Nile—an opus of heady grooves rich with melancholic mystique, made with the help of formidable contributors such as Aston “Family Man” Barrett and Robbie Shakespeare. Pablo launched several labels starting in the ’70s, including Rockers, Hot Stuff, and Message, and he worked as a session keyboardist and producer for countless artists throughout the ensuing decades, staying busy as a studio wizard and reggae innovator until his death in 1999.

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Augustus Pablo has also released music as a member of Now Generation, Augustus Pablo And The Simplicity People, The Upsetters, Rockers All Stars Impact Allstars.