Gerald Masters born Gerald Watkiss (February 17, 1955 - February 5, 2007) was a musician, solo artist and songwriter, achieving fame during the late seventies and early eighties.

After releasing four albums as a solo artist between 1977 and 1983, he continued in the music business working as a producer/writer with Island, working with artists including Andy Gibb

Andy Gibb

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, Neville Staples

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 and The Equators. Following this work, he struck up writing partnerships with Aziz Ibrahim

Aziz Ibrahim

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 (Ex-Simply Red, Stone Roses) and Paul Beard (James Blunt, Robbie Williams, Leona Lewis). In 2006, Masters decided to write and release his own material again, under the name Rescue Party, a collaboration with fellow co-writer and producer Gareth Rhys Jones.

Albums

Artist	Title	Release Date	Label
Flashman	Flashman	1977	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man... / Vanguard Vanguard Records Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
Gerald Watkiss	Purgatory and Paradise	1978	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
Gerald Masters	Past Masters	1980	Precision
Gerald Masters	Gerald Masters	1981	Handshake
Gerald Masters	Music For A Living Room	1983	Metronome
Rescue Party	Imaginary America	2006	AWAL AWAL AWAL is a UK based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists, comedians, and labels. The company was started in 1997 by Denzyl Feigelson....
Gerald Masters	Dreamtime	2010	AWAL AWAL AWAL is a UK based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists, comedians, and labels. The company was started in 1997 by Denzyl Feigelson....
Gerald Masters	Strike A Light	2011	AWAL AWAL AWAL is a UK based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists, comedians, and labels. The company was started in 1997 by Denzyl Feigelson....

Singles

Artist	Title	Release Date	Label
Flashman	Tears	1977	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
Gerald Watkiss	Hold On / If The Line Broke On My World	1978	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
Gerald Masters	E.S.P. / Johnny Can't Work Any Faster	1979	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
Gerald Masters	Falling / Purgatory and Paradise	1979	Pye Pye Records Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
Gerald Masters	Poor Little Rich Boy / Is It Me?	1980	Handshake
Gerald Masters	I Love You So Badly / Too Many Dreams Were Broken	1981	Handshake
Gerald Masters	In The Movies / Every Step That I Take	1983	Metronome
Bobby Perfect and the Good Guys	Only Love Charlie Boy / Palace Stomp	1983	Crown Records
Mata	On Your Bikes / Don't Look Now	1983	Savoir Faire

External links

• Gerald Masters website
• Review of "Purgatory & Paradise" album
• Flashman Myspace