Bide Up Riddim – Solomonic

Bide Up Riddim – Solomonic is a compact 1972 release produced by Bunny Wailer for his Solomonic label, pairing just two cuts: Big Youth’s Black On Black and Bunny Wailer’s own Bide Up. It keeps the focus tight on the song version style, with Big Youth’s deejay toast answering Bunny’s vocal cut over the same rooted framework. The title track also turns up as an early Bunny Wailer solo piece that later linked into his wider Solomonic-era catalog, which makes this a small but important snapshot of his early production work. The whole set has that raw, early-’70s Kingston feel, built for listeners who like their riddims lean, vocal, and historically grounded.