Gregory Isaacs- Dancehall Days
rstar most successful years
Includes the Jamaican hits 'All I Have Is You' and 'Slave Master' - 140-gram black vinyl - Comes in a inner printed sleeve featuring sleeve notes by Dean Rudland. 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
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Release Date: 6.28.24
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rstar most successful years
Includes the Jamaican hits 'All I Have Is You' and 'Slave Master' - 140-gram black vinyl - Comes in a inner printed sleeve featuring sleeve notes by Dean Rudland. 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
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> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to ONE copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.