Vinyl records

Augustus Pablo vinyl records

14 albums with 281 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Horace Michael Swaby. Jamaican reggae melodica and keyboard player, producer and label owner. Born June 21, 1954 in St. Andrew, Jamaica, he learnt to play piano, organ, clarinet and xylophone, and popularised the melodica in reggae music. For his first recordings he began working with , who regularly used the pseudonym "Augustus Pablo" to credit his B-sides (e.g. 10524431 or 408640), so Horace decided to keep the name for himself. His collaboration 131443 was crucial in the development of dub. He ran the "Rockers Hi-Fi" sound system with his brother Garth Swaby, and the labels Rockers, , , , , and Pablo Records.