Gregory isaacs rules emotionally and he rules tenderness with a capital e for real. To update, i heard a version on yt that has better audio but was playing in only 1 channel. By the late 1970s, isaacs was one of the biggest reggae performers, regularly touring the us and the uk. Gregory isaacs the prime of gregory isaacs 1998, cd discogs. My only tiny complaint about gregory isaacs is i find limited musical variety between his tracks.
Love is an awful title for the best package of gregory isaacs sublime work with sly and robbie at their taxi studio from 1978 until 1982. This album contains some wicked tracks that will appeal to all age groups, showing that the cool ruler still rules, and has not lost his vocal touch. Soon forward is a revelation because the album is just about the only gregory isaacs album that provides a perfect balance between gregory s plantive and bitersweet lover s rock, and his steadfast, roots conscious, rastafarian militate musical persona. In the late 1970s and early 80s, gregory isaacs, the jamaican singer with the. Gregory isaacs the lonely lover deluxe edition extended. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. It was era when the roots conscious reggae was at the summit of its international popularity.
Gregory isaacs permanent lover lyrics genius lyrics. The sound quality is great as far as i can tell and there are no issues with pitch, as i had on a copy of tads records reissue of his night nurse album. Check out slave driver 12 mix by gregory isaacs on amazon music. Soon forward is a revelation because the album is just about the only gregory isaacs album that provides a perfect balance between gregorys plantive and bitersweet lovers rock, and his steadfast, roots conscious, rastafarian militate musical persona. The best of gregory isaacs by gregory isaacs on amazon music. Besides african museums offerings, isaacs helped keep the label solvent by recording with virtually every producer on the island for a stream of hits that showed. Get your dancing shoes on and grab yourself a drink, junglexpeditions have brought some classic reggae and dancehall bang up to dancefloor standards thanks to blistering remixes from the likes of jamie bostron, dj inspecta.
Gregory isaacs will always be my favorite reggae artist. Provided to youtube by the state51 conspiracy slave driver gregory isaacs rock on. Gregory isaacs covered the house of the rising sun, sugaree, im still waiting, my generationmagic bus and other songs. This collection scoops up his most listenable, polished efforts. Gregory isaacs began as part of the concords who recorded a. He became an international star 1978 after signed to virgin records front line, and appeared in the movie rockers with the song slave read more. Wippit subscription service offers legal download of mp3 music albums and tracks from gregory isaacs and other 60,000 tracks from featured artists. Oct 25, 2010 gregory isaacs covered the house of the rising sun, sugaree, im still waiting, my generationmagic bus and other songs. People say that youre too young, too young too young to be my lover, oh, yeah but never judge a book, oh, no by only looking at the cover cause youre my one and only lover who means the world to me and its plain enough to see people say im not the type of man to really be your lover, oh, yeah but every day i pray, oh, yeah youll never leave me for another cause youre my one and only. Roots and culture is not over with only this track, cause the next song is slave driver. Gregory isaacs originally did sugaree, im still waiting, my generationmagic bus and under the sea.
Download gregory isaacs songs, singles and albums on mp3. The cool ruler, as the nickname of the master of the lovers rock genre is called, as he rides over riddims created by sly and robbies own taxi gang. One of jamaicas most prolific and revered singers, gregory isaacs cemented his reputation by the early 80s with this fine record. Apparently some of dunkleys own magic wore off and one of the labels first releases, isaacs own selfproduced my only lover, was an immediate hit and the floodgates opened wide. This is the lonely lover of days gone by, complete with his famous sexy moans and mannerisms.
No competition im making my decision, yeah every time i hear the music and i make a dip, a dip slave master comes around and spank i with his whip, the whip but if i. Slave driver 12 mix by gregory isaacs on amazon music. By only looking at the cover cause youre my one and only lover who means the world to me and its plain enough to see people say im not the type of man to really be your lover, oh, yeah but every day i pray, oh, yeah youll never leave me for another cause youre my one and only lover who means the world to me. People say that youre too young, too young too young to be my lover, oh, yeah but never judge a book, oh, no by only looking at the cover. Every time i hear the crack of a whip my blood runs cold i remember on the slave ship how they brutalize the very souls today they say that we are free only to be chained in poverty good god, i think its illiteracy its only a machine that makes money slave driver, the table is turn, youll oohoohooooh slave driver, uh. Gregory isaacs slave master live at the bbc youtube. Lyrics to 71 songs by gregory isaacs including night nurse, cool down the pace and more. Gregory isaacs number one sound jamie bostron 140 remix 4. Super tight roots and culture tracks as well as some slick lovers tunes. Featuring his favored backing band of the time, the roots radics, more gregory finds the singer working his smooth dancehall magic on ten solid tracks. Gregory isaacs ringtones, download gregory isaacs mp3 and.
Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. I need your love not just for an hour i need a permanent lover and there is something so fantastic about you and this wat i discovered now getting to know you more. As the title already indicates, we are talking here about an album recorded during the times in which gregory isaacs was a rising star. The only songs missing to complete your satisfaction is top ten always included the intro medley but often not performed, dont know why, the storm you know, hang on, slave driver low mi meck me gawn, red rose for gregory, and hard drugs. Brown real name dennis emanuel brown born february 1, 1957 died july 1, 1999 country jamaica ipi 00068580349 00176892811 comments reggae singer and songwriter. For fans of the very clean, highproduction value reggae, there is almost nothing better. Isaacs had a big late80s hit with rumours, which then turned up on red rose for gregory. If you are a fan of bob marley, jimmy cliff, or steel pulse, you will love gregory isaacs. Jul, 2016 provided to youtube by the state51 conspiracy slave driver gregory isaacs rock on. This is a decent reissue of gregory isaacs excellent album cool ruler. Wellknown songs are night nurse, mr cop, my only lover, tune in, and love is overdue. You can listen to more music from gregory isaacs on our album, gregory.
1293 339 95 1020 97 904 778 581 126 1434 1240 209 954 1180 1446 191 942 1571 685 1522 1175 1140 923 1347 1057 702 708 1041 550 1299 31 265