Michael Baxter | Stranger & Gladdy - Dragon Records - 1973 @mickeypenguin | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A 7" single that flows nicely enough, produced by Lee Perry, the record being released in Jamaica on the Wizz-Dom record label in 1973.
Not exactly the 'tuffest' record in my record collection, far, far from that, but I'm not in a 'tuff' mood today so you'll have to make do!
The text below from Wiki and allmusic.
Cole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in July 26 1942 and nicknamed "Stranger" by his family, as they considered that he didn't resemble any member of his family. Cole was initially successful as a songwriter, writing "In and out the Window", which was a hit for Eric "Monty" Morris. This success gave him the chance to make his recording debut in 1962, instantly finding success with singles such as "Rough and Tough" and "When You Call My Name" (a duet with Patsy Todd) for producer Arthur "Duke" Reid. Further success followed with singles for Reid through to the mid-1960s, and he also worked with other producers at this time, including Clement "Coxsone" Dodd (a duet with Ken Boothe on "Worlds Fair"), and Prince Buster. Further duets included recordings with Gladstone Anderson on "Just Like a River", and Hortense Ellis, the tendency to record duets apparently due to his shyness when it came to singing alone. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he recorded with several producers, including Bunny Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Sonia Pottinger. These included further material with Todd as "Stranger & Patsy." In 1971 he emigrated to England, where he toured extensively, and moved on again to Canada in 1973, settling in Toronto. He worked as a machinist in the Tonka Toy factory in Toronto and later opened a record store the first Caribbean shop in Toronto's Kensington Market area His first album, "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine, was released in 1976, with a handful of further albums released over the next ten years, most on his own label.
Jamaican pianist, singer and ace session musician Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson has had a behind the scenes impact on the island's music for nearly fifty years. Born June 18, 1934, in Jones Town on the outskirts of Kingston, Anderson was taught the piano by his uncle, bandleader and session organist Aubrey Adams. It was Adams who introduced the young musician to producer Duke Reid, who immediately installed Gladdy in his stable of Treasure Isle session players. Over the years Anderson has worked with Reid, Leslie Kong and virtually all of the notable Jamaican producers, but arguably did his best recording for Harry Mudie as the leader of Gladdy's All Stars. His speedy, treble-style piano playing during the ska era helped define the genre's sound, and he is even credited with being the first to call the later slowed down ska beat "rock steady" after a Hopeton Lewis session that yielded the hit "Take It Easy." Although predominantly a piano player, Anderson is also an occasional singer, joining with Stranger Cole (as Stranger and Gladdy) for duets on "We Shall Overcome," "Seeing Is Knowing" and the magnificent "Just Like a River," all of which were popular hits. Anderson has played on countless sessions, but has also sporadically issued albums of his own, including the beautiful piano and strings masterpiece It May Sound Silly in 1972, Gladdy Unlimited in 1977, Sings Songs for Today & Tomorrow in 1982, Get Closer in 1989, and the sublime Peace Pipe Dub, recorded at Channel One and released in 1993. He has also produced roots material for the Rite Sound label.
A 7" single that flows nicely enough, produced by Lee Perry, the record being released in Jamaica on the Wizz-Dom record label in 1973.
Not exactly the 'tuffest' record in my record collection, far, far from that, but I'm not in a 'tuff' mood today so you'll have to make do!
The text below from Wiki and allmusic.
Cole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in July 26 1942 and nicknamed "Stranger" by his family, as they considered that he didn't resemble any member of his family. Cole was initially successful as a songwriter, writing "In and out the Window", which was a hit for Eric "Monty" Morris. This success gave him the chance to make his recording debut in 1962, instantly finding success with singles such as "Rough and Tough" and "When You Call My Name" (a duet with Patsy Todd) for producer Arthur "Duke" Reid. Further success followed with singles for Reid through to the mid-1960s, and he also worked with other producers at this time, including Clement "Coxsone" Dodd (a duet with Ken Boothe on "Worlds Fair"), and Prince Buster. Further duets included recordings with Gladstone Anderson on "Just Like a River", and Hortense Ellis, the tendency to record duets apparently due to his shyness when it came to singing alone. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he recorded with several producers, including Bunny Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Sonia Pottinger. These included further material with Todd as "Stranger & Patsy." In 1971 he emigrated to England, where he toured extensively, and moved on again to Canada in 1973, settling in Toronto. He worked as a machinist in the Tonka Toy factory in Toronto and later opened a record store the first Caribbean shop in Toronto's Kensington Market area His first album, "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine, was released in 1976, with a handful of further albums released over the next ten years, most on his own label.
Jamaican pianist, singer and ace session musician Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson has had a behind the scenes impact on the island's music for nearly fifty years. Born June 18, 1934, in Jones Town on the outskirts of Kingston, Anderson was taught the piano by his uncle, bandleader and session organist Aubrey Adams. It was Adams who introduced the young musician to producer Duke Reid, who immediately installed Gladdy in his stable of Treasure Isle session players. Over the years Anderson has worked with Reid, Leslie Kong and virtually all of the notable Jamaican producers, but arguably did his best recording for Harry Mudie as the leader of Gladdy's All Stars. His speedy, treble-style piano playing during the ska era helped define the genre's sound, and he is even credited with being the first to call the later slowed down ska beat "rock steady" after a Hopeton Lewis session that yielded the hit "Take It Easy." Although predominantly a piano player, Anderson is also an occasional singer, joining with Stranger Cole (as Stranger and Gladdy) for duets on "We Shall Overcome," "Seeing Is Knowing" and the magnificent "Just Like a River," all of which were popular hits. Anderson has played on countless sessions, but has also sporadically issued albums of his own, including the beautiful piano and strings masterpiece It May Sound Silly in 1972, Gladdy Unlimited in 1977, Sings Songs for Today & Tomorrow in 1982, Get Closer in 1989, and the sublime Peace Pipe Dub, recorded at Channel One and released in 1993. He has also produced roots material for the Rite Sound label.
