Baby Why Riddim – Various Labels

Baby Why produced by Coxsone Dodd, Hugh Madden, Harry J, Tero Kaski, Lloyd Campbell, Dean Fraser, Jason Sterling, Michelle Campbell, Triston Palmer, Nigel Burrell for Studio One, Bongo Man, Electro, Channel One, Cancer, Mummy, Well Charge, Black Star, Joe Frasier, Star Creation in 1968

Baby Why Riddim brings together a wide spread of later vocal cuts and classic foundation versions over the 1968 Studio One rock steady pattern cut by Coxsone Dodd, with labels across the lineage including Studio One, Bongo Man, Channel One, Joe Frasier, and more. Jackie Mittoo and Sound Dimension’s Baby Why Version anchors the set, while Dennis Alcapone’s Baby Why Version and the presence of names like Freddie McGregor, George Nooks, Bunny Rugs, Da’Ville, and Don Campbell show how widely the riddim traveled across generations. The release also circles back to the original Baby Why era through a compact but varied selection that mixes roots-era instrumental history with modern reinterpretations, making the arrangement feel like a broad snapshot of how one classic Studio One pattern kept resurfacing in different voices and styles.

Baby Why Riddim Tracklist:

1. Banana Man – Have Mercy (1990)
2. Bunny Rugs – I’ll Be There (2002)
3. CP Inc & Nina – Lonely (2005)
4. Da’Ville – My Heart (2002)
5. Dennis Alcapone – Baby Why Version (1971)
6. Don Campbell – Run Them (2002)
7. Donna – What A Joy (2005)
8. Earthworm – Speak The Truth (2005)
9. Fiona – Love (2002)
10. Freddie McGregor – Hold Me (2002)
11. George Nooks – My Children (2002)
12. Jackie Mittoo & Sound Dimension – Baby Why Version (1968)
13. Keble Drummond – Baby Why (2002)
14. M.S. & Anthony B – You Are The One (2005)
15. Lenn Hammond – The Door (2002)
16. Lloyd Brown – Bless Me (2002)
17. Luciano – No Matter The Weather (2005)
18. Lutan Fyah – Suffering (2005)
19. Marcia Griffiths – Piece By Piece (2002)
20. Mikey General – Even The Blind (2005)
21. Mikey Spice – Showers Of Blessing (1996)
22. Nadine Sutherland – So Real (2002)
23. Nina – Only You Know (2002)
24. Nitty Kutchie – With Jah (2005)
25. Pam Hall – Don’t Hurt Me (2002)
26. Prince Jazzbo – Playboy Version
27. Prince Jazzbo & The Cables – Baby Why (1976)
28. Prince Jazzbo & The New Experience – Night Owl (1972)
29. Ras Goudie – No More War (2005)
30. Roundhead – Not That Type (2005)
31. Shalom – Without You (2002)
32. Shinehead – You Got It Bad (2002)
33. Sir Harry – Apollo 17 (1973)
34. Sound Dimension – Jah Berry (1970)
35. The Cables – Baby Why (1968)
36. The Gladiators – Re-Arrange (1976)
37. The Mighty Diamonds – Have Mercy (1975)
38. The Mighty Diamonds & Beenie Man – Have Mercy (2005)
39. The Revolutionaries – Roof Top Dub (1975)
40. The Roots Revealers – Babylon Crumbling (2005)
41. Tinga Stewart – Not This Time (2002)
42. Trinity – All Gone (1976)
43. Trinity – Three Meals A Day (1976)