Album: King David's Melody by Augustus Pablo (1983)
Genre: Reggae
Record Label: Shanachie
Format: Album

Artist Background: As any business person will tell you, the way to success is through the discovery of a niche or a previously unexploited market. Still, few business people, and even fewer musicians, would have believed that there was a market for the sound of the melodica. What next, they would have sniggered, a kazoo? Yet Augustus Pablo would take this child's toy and launch a revolution in Jamaican music. Not only was Pablo's melodica unique, it would sweep the entire island's scene and become an integral ... Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Reggae movement.

Related Artists: Keith Hudson, The Upsetters, Scientist, King Tubby

Music Scene: Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Reggae movement.

Tags: Reggae, 1980s, Album, Shanachie

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


King David's Melody

Augustus Pablo

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