Boris Gardiner - Next To You '1987/2022
| Artist | Boris Gardiner Related artists |
| Album name | Next To You |
| Country | |
| Date | 1987/2022 |
| Genre | Ska |
| Play time | 00:37:30 |
| Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
| Media | CD |
| Size | 242 MB |
| Price | Download $1.95 |
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b. 13 January 1946, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Boris Gardiner, bass
player, vocalist and musical director, has never been one of reggae’s
most celebrated names, but he has remained a permanent fixture in the music and
has three major UK chart hits to his credit. His bass-playing skills first
emerged in the late 60s, and the bands he graced included Byron Lee’s
Dragonaires, the Aggrovators, Crystalites and many more. His first brush with
chart success was ‘Elizabethan Reggae’, recorded for Lee, which hit
number 14 in January 1970. Gardiner toured the UK in support of his hit, which,
at first, was incorrectly credited to its producer. His debut album, again
produced by Lee, was released the same year. In its wake, Gardiner immersed
himself in session work, regularly playing as part of the Now Generation band,
and he later became a member of Lee Perry’s Upsetters, following Carlton
and Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett’s defection to the Wailers.
His solid, incisive basslines were seldom prominent, yet always effective. In
the 80s, as reggae was on the cusp of the digital era, an age likely to put paid
to the careers of bass players, Gardiner’s mellow, soulful voice came to
the fore on a MOR reggae ballad, ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’,
which hit number 1 in the UK charts. Gardiner, who had been intermittently
dogged by illness throughout the 80s, was finally receiving his due. His
follow-up, ‘You’re Everything To Me’, went to number 11, and
the seasonal ‘The Meaning Of Christmas’ also scraped the charts.
Tracklist:
1 01. Boris Gardiner - Next To You (03:57)
1 02. Boris Gardiner - Wrong End Of The Rainbow (03:56)
1 03. Boris Gardiner - Falling In Love Again (03:26)
1 04. Boris Gardiner - Lovers Remember (03:30)
1 05. Boris Gardiner - I Wanna Wake Up With You (03:51)
1 06. Boris Gardiner - Jean (03:32)
1 07. Boris Gardiner - Make It Tonight (03:43)
1 08. Boris Gardiner - Cara Mia (03:53)
1 09. Boris Gardiner - All In My Dreams (04:05)
1 10. Boris Gardiner - You're Good (03:32)