Ain’t No Sunshine Riddim – Various Labels

Ain’t No Sunshine produced by Coxsone Dodd, Pat Francis, Lloyd Charmers, Dr. Alimantado, Lee Scratch Perry, Bunny Striker Lee, Jah Lloyd, Augustus Pablo, Linval Thompson for Studio One, Teem, Camel, Pablo, Thompson Sound in 1970

Originally built by Coxsone Dodd and linked to Studio One, this Ain’t No Sunshine Riddim gathers a deep set of early-70s cuts that later moved through labels like Teem, Camel, Pablo, and Thompson Sound. Horace Andy’s Ain’t No Sunshine and Ken Boothe’s version are the most familiar anchors here, with Augustus Pablo’s Thunder Clapp and Dr. Alimantado’s Best Dressed Chicken in Town and Oil Crisis adding extra weight. The rhythm has long been treated as one of those roots-era foundations that kept resurfacing in different hands, and that makes the compilation feel like a small history lesson as much as a showcase.

Ain’t No Sunshine Riddim Tracklist:

1. Augustus Pablo – Thunder Clapp (1975)
2. Dr. Alimantado – Best Dressed Chicken In Town (1974)
3. Dr. Alimantado – Oil Crisis (1973)
4. Dr. Alimantado – Plead I Cause (1973)
5. Dr. Alimantado – She Wreng Ep (1974)
6. Horace Andy – Ain’t No Sunshine (1970)
7. Horace Andy – Ain’t No Sunshine (1973)
8. Jacob Miller – False Rasta (1977)
9. Jah Lloyd – Black Snowfall (1974)
10. Jah Lloyd & Douglas Boothe – Sunshine Girl (1972)
11. Johnny Clarke – Can’t Stop Me Now (1977)
12. Ken Boothe – Ain’t No Sunshine (1972)
13. Yami Bolo – Mystery Babylon (1977)
14. Yasushi Ide – Ain’t No Sunshine (Lonesome Echo Strings Mix) (2014)

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