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Night Nurse

His first album for Island, eight tracks with the Roots Radics.
Gregory Isaacs, 1982

The Roots Radics are Errol Holt on bass, Lincoln Scott on drums, Dwight Pinkney on lead guitar, Eric Lamont on rhythm guitar and Wycliffe Johnson on keyboards, with Wally Badarou on Prophet synthesizer, Errol Brown engineering and Godwin Logie mixing at Compass Point in Nassau, per Wikipedia. Jamaica Observer reports the recording at Tuff Gong. All tracks are credited to Isaacs and Sylvester Weise. A CD in 1990 and a 2002 reissue added four bonus tracks, "Cool Down the Dub", "Night Nurse Dub 2", "Cool Down the Pace" in a 10-inch mix and "Unhappy Departure Dub". AllMusic's Stephen Cook gave it 5 stars and Rolling Stone's J. D. Considine 4; it went Silver in the UK in September 2021.

Track listing

  1. Night Nurse4:04
  2. Stranger in Town3:32
  3. Objection Overruled3:56
  4. Hot Stepper4:29
  5. Cool Down the Pace5:16
  6. Material Man3:34
  7. Not the Way3:49
  8. Sad to Know (You're Leaving)4:12

More from Gregory Isaacs

In Person (1974), Cool Ruler (1978), Soon Forward (1979), The Lonely Lover (1980), Showcase (1980), More Gregory (1981), Out Deh! (1983), Private Beach Party (1985), Easy (1985), All I Have Is Love, Love, Love (1986), Watchman Of The City (1987), Victim (1987), Talk Don't Bother Me (1987), Encore (1987), Red Rose For Gregory (1988), Come Along (1988), Gregory In Red (1988), I.O.U. (1989), Let's Go Dancing (1989), Feature Attraction (1989), Consequence (1989), No Intention (1990), Call Me Collect (1990), Past & Future (1990), Cooyah! (1990), Dancing Floor (1990), Heartbreaker (1990), State Of Shock (1991), Set Me Free (1991), Over The Bridge (1991), Come Again Dub (1991), Boom Shot (1991), Hard-Core (1992), Rudie Boo (1992), Can't Stay Away (1992), Gregory Isaacs And The Dance Hall D.J.s (1992), No Surrender (1992), Pardon Me! (1992), No Luck (1992), Pardon Me In Dub (1992), Absent (1993), Unlocked (1993), Holding Me Captive (1993), Midnight Confidential (1994), Work Up A Sweat (1994), Come Closer (1994), Heartache Avenue (1994), Mr Cool (1995), Not A One Man Thing (1995), Private Lesson (1995), Memories (1995), Dreaming (1995), In Dub (1996), Hold Tight (1997), So Much Love (1997), Yesterday (1997), Dapper Slapper (1998), The New Millennium (1999), Turn Down The Lights (1999), The Mighty Morwells Presents Gregory Isaacs (2000), Rat Patrol (2001), I Found Love (2002), Masterclass (2004), Open The Door (2004), The Table Is Going To Turn (2004), Brand New Me (2008)

Sources

  1. Night Nurse (album), Wikipedia
  2. Night Nurse goes silver, Jamaica Observer (2021-09-29)