― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 2 February 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 2 February 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
As well as the famous classics, I'm a big fan of some early numbers like Love Is Overdue and Loving Pauper.
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 2 February 2006 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Niall sadly otm about his current state, tho, I heard some recent tracks on Germaica compilations and it seemed unbelievable that this could even be the same performer.
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 5 February 2006 18:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomorous (eman), Sunday, 19 February 2006 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 February 2006 06:31 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 26 February 2006 07:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 February 2006 07:13 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/album_detail.php?id=BAFCD035
Bargain!
― Niall, Sunday, 26 February 2006 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― cybele (cybele), Sunday, 26 February 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 26 February 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 26 February 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 01:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― lil' flipper (eman), Monday, 27 February 2006 01:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 27 February 2006 02:17 (eighteen years ago) link
night nurse record = A+++++++
― deej, Saturday, 18 August 2007 22:57 (sixteen years ago) link
'cool down the pace' = <3
The comparison to Prince Far I above still boggles my mind.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 18 August 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
gregory isaacs is playing here in a couple weeks. can someone verify for certain that his voice sux now so i don't end up taking a gamble on it ($25)
― am0n, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JR_grqvP3s
― am0n, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 05:33 (sixteen years ago) link
sounding kinda rough here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBMIqMpL_0o
― am0n, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
btw this is one of the best things on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnw1nAVTmKY
-- Kitten, the body needs it, the body cries out for Ian Riese-Moraine!
― am0n, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link
ive got an old peel tape from the mid-90's and on it he plays a great isaacs track 'don't call me baldhead' (i might be mistaken here cos it's a while since i listened to that tape).
anyone have any idea where i might find that track on cd?
― sam500, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 07:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't dis the cool ruler. I saw him @ The Stone in Berkeley on the Night Nurse tour w/the Radics, who were (natch) astonishing. He strolled out on stage after they ran through a medley of their greatest riddims and the ladies rushed the front of the house. Simply breathtaking.
Comparisons with DJs just don't make sense. Now if you want to argue Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Freddie MacGregor, Sugar Minott, you might have a point, but I think it's a tough sell... and I've got about 5x as many Horace abums...
Slightly off point...I was in the hospital for a wrist operation (sic) overnight, a few years back, and just about ate my pillow when a large Jamaican lady came into the room @ shift change and announced that she was the night nurse...
― factcheckr, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Appearing in DC this coming weekend.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 13:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Gregory Isaacs is great, but purely in terms of "The Voice," I think I prefer Cornell Campbell and Horace Andy.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 5 March 2008 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
beach partyyyyyy
― deej, Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP
http://ht.ly/2YMRh
Gregory Isaacs dies Gregory IsaacsGregory Isaacs: 1951-2010Reggae legend Gregory Isaacs has died after a battle with cancer.
Isaacs, who was 59 years old, died on Monday morning at his home in London where he spent part of his time.
He leaves behind a wife and children.
Close friends told BBC Caribbean that he had originally been diagnosed with cancer of the liver which had then spread.
The Jamaican reggae singer, who was nicknamed the Cool Ruler, was best known for the song 'Night Nurse'.
BBC Caribbean on Twitter
Earlier this year, the reggae legend was featured in the BBC's Caribbean Masters series.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 25 October 2010 11:40 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no!
rip
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 25 October 2010 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh no.
The first reggae album I bought was Night Nurse.
cool delivery!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OzlIuq47qA
RIP Gregory
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 25 October 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Sad. One of my favorite voices.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 25 October 2010 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^
Mine too.
― sonofstan, Monday, 25 October 2010 12:59 (thirteen years ago) link
How are these guys only 59. I've been listening to him forever!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yaBa7-kwQ
― on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
So, anyway RIP man, far too soon.
― on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhmTZRGzUw0
― on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Daniel - that Loving Pauper 12" is beautiful - thanks.
― on the cusp of eligibility (Ned Trifle II), Monday, 25 October 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
aw man RIP
― the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
found out about this through an old friend's facebook feed. he was one of the best of the classic reggae singers!
― guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, RIP Gregory, what a voice
― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
shit
― am0n, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
:(
I haven't listened to him much in recent years, but I love some of his songs, including the obvious "Night Nurse."
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Bummed. RIP, Cool Ruler.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
btw
Nevertheless as far I'm concerned Prince Far-I >>>>> Dennis Brown > Gregory Isaacs
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, July 22, 2005 1:43 PM
lol @ this
― am0n, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
This
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ca61V1Z1LU0/TMWmqGWYr8I/AAAAAAAANQo/wUMqYBYz-kU/s1600/Gregory+Isaacs+-+the+best+of+(GG%27s+label).jpg
All afternoon (it was also released as 'Willow Tree' - despite the title, it's not a comp.)
Love 'No Speech' - random thought, but you realise how much Scritti Politti owed to Lovers, and lyrically, it would even suit Green...
― sonofstan, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
― am0n, Monday, October 25, 2010 4:38 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
??? they're all giants so no disrespect to the dead but that would also be my exact ranking - I mean, Far I is pretty sui generis, you can't really compare the Voice of Thunder to two of the sweetest singers ever, but brown v. isaacs you'll have to concede is a fair fight
― guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"If I Don't Have You" has been kicking my arse in lately!
― buzza, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I paid silly money back in the day for a copy of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq-jRexfXzM
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 25 October 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
damn dude RIP. was just sitting here reading his interview in WaxPoetics reggae issue, talking about how active he still was. :(
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 25 October 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-XmNm0inyM
RIP :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py5OXpCllpg
loved this dude
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Monday, 25 October 2010 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Can anyone recommend a good introduction to mid-80s digital era Isaacs? I heard a song on the radio yesterday and I want to hear it again!
― elan, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Warning is the Tubby produced album and Red Rose For Gregory is the Clarke one (not sure if the latter is all digital though.) Those are the best post-Night Nurse records I've heard.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not sure who produced this, Elan, but this is the tune I most associate with that time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1gHz-xZkg
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Gussie Clark produced that iirc
― elephant rob, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Gussie Clarke that is. This is a nice collection: http://www.discogs.com/Gussie-Clarke-Greensleeves-12-Rulers-Music-Works-1987-91/release/1498058.
― elephant rob, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks.
"telephone love" = nice memories
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Rumours is definitely the right style! I'm going to check out more Isaacs/Clarke stuff.
― elan, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't find my song among his work with Gussie Clarke. It was a very brittle digital sound - very "Casio" - like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42loOUL1RGk
― elan, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
It's probably a Tubby production.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJsOd3PWcAM
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
― elan, Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
also 'beach party' has some more subtle elements of it
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
could be this song, "Dealing", which Basic Replay reissued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cvNu9_wUFo&feature=related
― elephant rob, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 00:16 (thirteen years ago) link
rip big man. between this and paul this is a really terrible week.
― O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 00:26 (thirteen years ago) link
what a gorgeous voice.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
through a slow amassing of various Trojan boxsets and other reggae compilations, I suddenly realised the other day that I had a lot of this guy's stuff...and that I love it.
Sad that he died so young, he was such a wonderful talent.
― president of the people's republic of antarctica (Arctic Mindbath), Monday, 9 June 2014 22:41 (nine years ago) link
young? dude was 59
― Οὖτις, Monday, 9 June 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
That's young in my book
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 12 June 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
― elan, Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:01 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I always assumed that I didn't need much beyond the various tracks on Trojan comps and Mr Isaacs, but I just got two of his "later" albums for a song - Maximum Respect and Let Me Be The One - and I like them both a lot. Clearly these are 'grey market' comps and I have no idea about the origin of these tracks. Can anyone shed any light of these?
― Wimmels, Monday, 29 February 2016 21:33 (eight years ago) link
nobody wears a brimmed hat better
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 29 September 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
basking in the cool perfection of "cool down the place" rn
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
^never gets old
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
every gregory isaacs album i've heard is awesome but i feel like soon forward in particular should be way more well-known than it is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 June 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
more gregory is also *as* good as night nurse. miraculous
i'm in heaven when gregory isaacs sings
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 13 June 2020 17:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywkDBhIHXnA
one of my fave Gregory joints, he covers all the bases
― comparing me to Harold Shipman is unfair (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 June 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
night nurse record = A+++++++― deej, Saturday, August 18, 2007
― deej, Saturday, August 18, 2007
Needs a few more pluses there but yes. Def top 5 reggae album.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 19 December 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
Night Nurse making this morning much better.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 December 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
Just got back from 5 days in the Caribbean and we listened to nothing but Gregory Isaacs the entire time. Bliss.
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
good
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link