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LAPINLAHDENKATU 27

00180 HELSINKI

FINLAND

ISBN 951-99841-4-3

AUGUSTUS PABLO

TALES OF PABLO (PAGE 1)

WHERE WERE YOU BORN PABLO?
I WAS BORN IN KINGSTON JAMAICA, ST.ANDREW.

AND YOU GREW UP IN KINGSTON?

YEAH.

WE KNOW YOU ATTENDED KINGSTON COLLEGE WITH CLIVE CHIN AND TYRONE DOWNIE, AND THAT YOU LEARNED TO PLAY THE ORGAN IN CHURCH (AFTER HOURS). WHEN DID ALL THIS OCCUR?

IN THE SIXTIES, LATE SIXTIES.

HOW DID YOU COME TO WORK WITH HERMAN CHIN LOY?

I WENT TO HERMAN CHIN LOY, I USED TO PLAY THE MELODICA BEFORE. SO HE WAS THE ONE WHO REALLY CARRY ME INTO THE STUDIO FIRST, YOU KNOW.

WERE YOU GIVEN A MELODICA BY A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SHOP?

NO, NOT IN THE SHOP. SHE WAS MY FRIEND AND SHE JUST LENT ME THE MELODICA, SHE WAS AT SHOOL, AND SHE USED TO PLAY IT AT SCHOOL, CAUSE THEY USED TO USE THE MELODICA TO TEACH MUSIC LESSON.

DID YOU TAKE THE MELODICA TO HERMAN'S SHOP, OR DID HE JUST FIND OUT YOU WERE PLAYING THE MELODICA?

NO, HE ASKED ME IF I COULD PLAY IT, I HAD IT IN MY HAND. HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW SOUND. SO HE ASKED ME IF I COULD PLAY, AND I SAID YES. SO HE INVITE ME TO THE RANDY'S STUDIO THE NEXT DAY.

FOR AN AUDITION?

NO, NOT AN AUDITION, WE WENT INTO THE STUDIO JUST TO PLAY, CAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DO IT. WE JUST MAKE MUSIC.

THAT WAS YOUR FIRST SESSION THEN?

YEAH.

WHO WAS WITH YOU ON THAT FIRST SESSION? OR WERE YOU JUST PLAYING OVER RHYTHMS?

IT WAS JUST RHYTHM, MADE ALREADY WITH FAMILYMAN AND CARLY. I JUST BLOW ON THEM. I JUST CREATE SOME MELODIES AND JUST BLOW ON THEM.

THE RECORDS FROM THESE SESSIONS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IN THIS COUNTRY ARE "EAST OF THE RIVER NILE", "INVASION" AND "DUCK IT UP" OR IS IT "BUCK IT UP", DO YOU KNOW THAT ONE? IT WAS RECORDED, '71?

ARE YOU SURE IT IS ME?

I DON'T KNOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD IT. I JUST KNOW OF IT, ALONG WITH "IGGY", ALONG WITH THE OTHERS I'VE MENTIONED. BUT I DON'T WE GOT "IGGY" IN THE UK. WHEN WERE THESE RECORDS RECORDED, '71?

BETWEEN '71 & '72. COMING FROM THE EARLY SEVENTIES. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME.

DID THEY SELL WELL FOR YOU AND HERMAN?
WELL I DON'T REALLY KNOW, IF THEY SELL OR NOT, CAUSE I DIDN'T PRODUCE THEM. SO I COULDN'T KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. AT THE TIME I WAS JUST PLAYING MUSIC. I WASN'T FOLLOWING UP THOSE THINGS. SOME OF THEM SOLD, SOME OF THEM JUST MEDIOCRE.