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4 unusual facts about Howard Gable


Allison Durbin

In the late 1960s Durbin began a relationship with expatriate New Zealand record producer Howard Gable, then a senior A&R manager/house producer for EMI Australia, and they subsequently married and started a family.

Blackfeather

This lineup recorded the second Blackfeather LP, the Howard Gable-produced live album Boppin' The Blues, recorded from shows at Melbourne Town Hall and the Q Club in September, and released in December 1972.

Howard Gable

Other notable productions for EMI Australia in this period include the hit singles "5:10 Man" and "Turn Up Your Radio" by The Masters Apprentices and "I'll Be Gone", the debut single by progressive rock group Spectrum, which was a national #1 hit in Australia in 1970.

He was also for some years married to New Zealand born pop/country singer and former Australian 'Queen of Pop' Allison Durbin.



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