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    Ruddy Thomas First Time Around, Expanded Edition

    Doctor Bird
      • 1. That’s What Friends Are For
      • 2. Ticket To Ride
      • 3. Poorer Side Of Town
      • 4. Loving Pauper
      • 5. Shake Your Body Down To The Ground
      • 6. Little Jeannie
      • 7. Go On
      • 8. Let Me Know It
      • 9. Sad Eyes
      • 10. Someone To Love
      • 11. Memories (By The Score)
      • 12. Mama Say
      • 13. Feeling Soul
      • 14. (Every Day Is) Just A Holiday
      • 15. Time To Leave Daddy
      • 16. Close To Me
      • 17. Let’s Make A Baby
      • 18. I Can’t Stop Now
      • 19. When I Think Of You (7” mix)
      • 20. Don’t Go Changing aka Just The Way You Are
      • 21. Emotion (7” mix)
      • 22. Since I Fell For You – George Nooks
      • 23. (Riding On A High And) Windy Day – Ruddy Thomas
      • 24. Why Girl (7” mix) – Earth & Stone
      • 25. After You (What Am I Gonna Do) – Wayne Wade
      • 26. Gypsy Woman – The Mighty Diamonds
      • 27. Working My Way Back To You (7” mix) – George Nooks
      • 28. Nice First Sight Loving (7” mix) – Freddie McGregor
      • 29. Everyday Is Just A Holiday – Hugh Griffiths
      • 30. Just When I Needed You Most – Tyrone Taylor
      • 31. Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough (7″ mix) – Derrick Lara
      • 32. Gonna Get You AKA I’m Gonna Make Me Love You – David Isaacs
      • 33. Hey You – Jimmy Riley
      • 34. Something Precious – Shirley McLean
      • 35. You Body’s Here With Me – Nehemiah Heild
      • 36. Sadie (7” mix) – George Nooks
      • 37. (This Is) Party Time – The Mighty Diamonds
      • 38. It’s So Nice To Be With You – Hugh Griffiths
      • 39. Got To Get Your Love – Delroy Wilson
      • 40. Being With You (7” mix) – Ruddy Thomas
      • 41. Left With A Broken Heart (12” mix) – George Nooks

      • Seminal 1981 debut album by one of Jamaica’s greatest hit-makers.

      • Features numerous major reggae hits from the late 70s.

      • Includes a dozen tracks new to CD.

      One of the most accomplished Jamaican singers to first make their mark in the mid-70s, Ruddy Thomas found considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic with a succession of reggae chart hits throughout the tail end of the decade and beyond.

      His most successful early works were recorded for arguably Kingston’s leading producer of the period, Joe Gibbs, with hits including his hugely popular interpretations of ‘Every Day Is Just A Holiday’, ‘Let’s Make A Baby’ and ‘Loving Pauper’, which was Jamaica’s best- selling single of 1978.

      Now, at long last, his debut album finally sees its official re-issue on CD, with its original tracklisting expanded to include the best of his remaining work with Gibbs, plus the very best of the producer’s romantically-themed productions from the period.

      Including a dozen tracks new to CD, the collection is an essential acquisition for all fans of both the sound of lovers rock and late 70s reggae.

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