''Red Rose for Gregory'' is an 11-track album by reggae artist,
Gregory Isaacs released in 1988 by
RAS Records. The album combines the style and sound of
lovers rock
Lovers' rock is a style of reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content. While love songs had been an important part of reggae since the late 1960s, the style was given a greater focus and a name in London in the mid-1970s.Larkin, Col ...
with
roots reggae and it features the hit, "Rumours".
Track listing
# "Red Rose for Gregory" (Hopeton Lindo) - 4:09
# "Teacher's Plight" (12" Promo Mix) - 6:05
# "Break the Date" - 3:31
# "Rumours" (12" Hit Mix) (Carlton Hines) - 6:12
# "Slow Down" (Hopeton Lindo) - 4:19
# "All I Need Is You" - 3:58
# "Rough Neck" (Featuring The Mighty Diamonds)(12" Street Mix)- 6:53
# "Intimate Potential" (Allan Clarke, Lloyd Ferguson) - 4:19
# "Me No In A Dat" - 3:45
# "Closer Than a Brother" - 3:58
# "Mind Yu Dis" (12" Manners Mix) (Hopeton Lindo) - 5:22
Personnel
*Gregory Isaacs - vocals
*
The Mighty Diamonds - harmony vocals on "Rough Neck"
*
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne - drums
*Dalton Brownie - guitar
*
Dean Fraser - saxophone
*
Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson Wycliffe (and other similar spellings) may refer to:
People
*John Wycliffe (and other spellings) (c.1320s – 1384), English theologian and Bible translator
* Wycliffe (name), includes a list of other people with the name
Places
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- bass, piano
*
J.C. Lodge - harmony vocals
*Mikey Bennett - backing vocals
*
Robert Lyn - synthesizer, piano, synth horns, programming
*
Dwight Pinkney
Dwight Pinkney OD (born 1945), also known as Brother Dee, is a Jamaican guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of Zap Pow and the Roots Radics, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist.
Biography
Dwight Pi ...
- guitar
*Danny Browne - bass
;Technical
*Courtney Small - assistant producer, engineer
*
Steven Stanley - mixing, engineer
References
*
1988 albums
Gregory Isaacs albums
Greensleeves Records albums
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