ISAACS,GREGORY
DANCEHALL DAYS - LP
UPC: 5060767440780
Label: CHARLY
Format: LP
Release Date: July 12, 2024
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GREGORY ANTHONY ISAACS was born in Jamaica
in 1951 and made his first recording as a teenager. He
formed the African Museum record label and shop with
his friend and fellow artist Errol Dunkley at the turn of
the Seventies. He cut his first hit, ‘My Only Lover’, for
the label, which is now regarded as the first lovers’ rock
record ever made.
Our compilation focusses on Isaacs’ most prolific and
successful years working with Jamaica’s top producers
including Alvin Ranglin, Winston Holness, Gussie Clarke,
Lloyd Campbell and Lee “Scratch” Perry. He scored
a string of hits including ‘All I Have Is Love’, Black A Kill
Black’, ‘Sinner Man’ and ‘Slave Master’, all featured here.
Isaacs would emerge from the Seventies as one of
reggae music’s international superstars alongside Bob
Marley.
His mid-late Seventies output laid the foundations for
what was to become Dancehall and he continued to
pioneer reggae music well into the Eighties and beyond.
In 1982 he released ‘Night Nurse’ which struck a chord
with the wider public and was used in TV commercials
for the cold & flu remedy. Simply Red covered the song
in 1997 to huge acclaim. Isaacs last big splash came in
2008 when he received a Grammy nomination for his
album Brand New Me.
“The most exquisite vocalist in reggae.” New York Times
TRACK LIST:
- Bad Da
- Coming Home
- Way Of Life
- All I Have Is Love
- Help Us Get Over
- Lonely Lover
- Sinner Man
- Rock On
- Promise Land
- Black A Kill Black
- Mr. Knows It All
- Slave Master
