Freddie McGregor – Anthology (Best Of) – Vinyl, LP, VP Records, 1999
Brand new, sealed vinyl record.
Jamaican singer born in Clarendon, Jamaica on June 27, 1956. At age seven, he started singing backup for a local ska harmony duo called the Clarendonians and do his first recording at 10 on the name “Little Freddie or “young Freddie” and as a duo with Ernest Wilson aka “Freddie & Fitsy”.
McGregor stayed at Studio One for much of the ’70s. He sang lead for groups like Generation Gap and Soul Syndicate, and also recorded off and on as a solo act during the ’70s.
In 1975, McGregor converted to Rastafarianism. Still with Studio One and working with Earl “Chinna” Smith, he recorded several classic songs.
In 1980, he recorded the great “Bobby Babylon” LP for Studio One that becomes a classic Roots Reggae album.
In 1981, McGregor scored a huge hit single with “Big Ship,” which catapulted him to the front rank of reggae stars in the immediate post-Marley era, along with Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs.
A1 Big Ship
A2 Stop Loving You
A3 Push Comes To Shove
A4 Africa Here I Come
A5 I Was Born A Winner
A6 Prophecy
A7 And So I Will Wait For You
B1 Loving Pauper
B2 Bobby Babylon
B3 Just Don’t Wanna Be Lonely
B4 Seek & You Will Find
B5 Bandulu
B6 Let Him Try
B7 Guantanamera
