Advantages: Excellent chill out music, what a voice! Disadvantages: You can't sing along to some songs cos you can't suss the words out!
Just sitting here tonight chilling I read an opinion earlier that gave GregoryIsaacs a mention. Now, he's been one of my favourites for years so I thought I'd share one of his many albums with you. Red Rose For Gregory was released way back in 1988 but has been re-released many times due to it's unerring popularity, hopefully this review will convince you to give him a try. So who is GregoryIsaacs? He's only THE reggae dancehall master - Sean Paul wasn't even born when Gregory started releasing his reggae classics and now Sean Paul is not only born but also out of nappies and into condoms, Gregory is still doing the business. He's well over 50 now and commonly referred to as the 'Grandaddy of Reggae', not bad for a guy who was at one time being busted for gun charges on a regular basis in 70's Jamaica!
Red Rose For Gregory was ...
Advantages: Great Voice and Persona Disadvantages: Rarely heard now in Mainstream
It's rather unfortunate that Bob Marley was taken on by Island Records as I'm sure that history would have consigned Bob and the Wailers to the voluminous dustbin of Jamaican music had it been otherwise. As it is, many great reggae singers have missed their chance and drifted into obscurity, overshadowed by Chris Blackwell's creation, Bob Marley.
One Jamaican artist that has all but 'disappeared' is GregoryIsaacs, 'The Cool Ruler', a man who refused to bow to the major labels and started his own studio at The African Museum Shop in Kingston. Isaacs cut his first record at a Kingston studio in the late1960s aged around 18.
This singer, with his rich, crooning voice was to make a big name for himself in Jamaica, the UK and even the US when the heavy Rockers Reggae gave way to the more sensual Lovers Rock towards the end of the 1970 ...
tel1 05.03.2005
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Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov
A few facts before this review starts,
This is the Seventh and final book in the foundation series. Understandable really as Isaac Asimov died just 2 weeks after completing the book in April 1992.
It is widely accepted that Asimov regarded Hari Seldon as his alter ego and in this book Hari..... Well you'll have to read it.
The book follows the decline of the Empire and the coming to fruition of Hari Seldons great plans and works. Mixed in are flash back to Haris? earlier days, which are used to fill in many missing parts of Haris? earlier life and some of the crisis moments of the Seldon plan.
You are shown the clash between Hari and Cleon II, Emperor of the known Universe. But more importantly the manoeuvres between Hari and Cleons adviser, Eto Demerzel ...
