{{Short description|New Zealand-born Australian record producer}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} '''Howard Gable''' is a New Zealand-born Australian record producer who is best known for his work as an A&R manager and house producer for EMI's Columbia pop label in Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970. He was also for some years married to New Zealand born pop/country singer and former Australian 'Queen of Pop' Allison Durbin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/fears-for-durbins-well-being-20070603-ge51jo.html|title=Fears for Durbin's well-being|first=John|last=Elder|date=3 June 2007|newspaper=The Age|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref>
Gable began his career with EMI's His Master's Voice label in New Zealand before relocating to Australia ca. 1968. He worked with Durbin from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s and produced most of her successful recordings of the early 1970s. He is best known for his work with John Farnham, producing five studio albums with the Australian singer as well as the ''Charlie Girl'' soundtrack of which Farnham was the lead.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jane Gazzo|date=2015|title=John Farnham: The Untold Story"|publisher=Penguin Random House, Australia|page=114|isbn=978-0-85798-657-3}}</ref> 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 number one hit in Australia in 1970.
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