Night Nurse Riddim – African Museum

African Museum’s Night Nurse cut sits in the label’s early-’80s reggae catalogue, and it leans on one of Gregory Isaacs’ most enduring melodies without overcomplicating the formula. The title track’s afterlife matters here, because the riddim was strong enough to keep resurfacing well beyond 1984, and Isaacs’ name on the list tells you exactly where the emotional center of this version lies. Carlton Livingston’s “Fret Them A Fret” adds a tougher edge, while the sequence keeps circling back to Isaacs with “Private Secretary” before closing on the later “Night Nurse ’96” remix. That ordering feels deliberate: a compact showcase of how one groove could carry different voices, then return to its signature song.