Conqueror Riddim – Various Labels

Conqueror produced by Henry Lawes, Bunny Striker Lee, Niney The Observer, Ruff Cutt, Mad Professor, Jah Screw, Robert Ffrench, Donville Davis for Volcano, Attack, Hot Shot, Hot Stuff, Ruff Cutt Music, Ariwa, Ffrench originally in 1967

Conqueror Riddim – Various Labels draws on a rootsy foundation that originally dates back to 1967, with Derrick Morgan’s The Conqueror at the centre and later versions tied to producers and labels including Henry Lawes, Bunny Striker Lee, Niney the Observer, Ruff Cutt, Mad Professor, Jah Screw, Robert Ffrench and Donville Davis. The selection mixes heavyweight voices and different eras of the same pattern, moving from Cocoa Tea’s I’m Wanted and Dennis Brown’s Conqueror to Cornell Campbell’s I Am The General and The Gorgon, with Horace Andy and King Tubby also in the line-up. It has that classic reggae feel where the same riddim carries both soulful singing and tougher deejay cuts, which gives the collection a broad, archive-style sweep rather than a single-session sound.

Conqueror Riddim Tracklist:

1. Cocoa Tea – I’m Wanted
2. Cornell Campbell – I Am The General
3. Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon (1975)
4. Dennis Brown – Conqueror (1972)
5. Dennis Brown – Give I The Love (1999)
6. Derrick Morgan – The Conqueror (1967)
7. Derrick Morgan – The Conqueror
8. Frankie Paul – You Come Running Back (2007)
9. Gregory Isaacs – Party Nite (1993)
10. Horace Andy – Better collie (1975)
11. I-Roy – Straight to Prince Jazzbo
12. King Tubby – Straight To The Boy Niney Head (1975)
13. King Tubby – Youth Man (1975)
14. Luciano – Kingdom Of Jah (2007)
15. Luciano – Moving Out A Babylon (1999)
16. Lukie D – I Love You (2007)
17. Macka B – Give Birth Again (1994)
18. Mykal Rose – Last Chance (1996)
19. Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis – Kojak
20. Tony Curtis – There Goes My Wife (2006)
21. U Roy – Gorgon Wise (1975)