Death In The Arena Release Details
- Riddim year: 1968
- Total tracks: 101
- Unique artists on riddim: 93
- Key artists on this riddim: Admiral Bailey, Alton Ellis, Beenie Man, Beres Hammond, Bounty Killer, Capleton
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Death In The Arena produced by Phillip Burrell, Coxsone Dodd, Dennis Star, Mr. Doo, King Jammy, Witty, Harvel Hart, Harry J, Hugh James, Maurice Johnson, Bobby Digital, The Firehouse Crew for Live, Love, Solidarity, Xterminator, Kickin, Studio One, John John, Cha Cha, Dennis Star, Mr. Doo, Champion, Powerhouse, Stars, Third World, Lovepower, Greensleeves, Jackpot, Jammy’s, Music Master, Kingston 11, Firehouse, Rockers Forever, Channel One, Annex, Black Roots, Front Line, Coxsone, Belmont, Hitbound, Pantomine, Socialist Roots, Shining Star, Reggae Connection, Harry J, Sunset, Redman International, Witty, Black Scorpio, Chic Chic, Powermatic, Digital-B in 1968
Built around the 1968 Studio One foundation originally cut by Rolando Alphonso and The Soul Vendors, Death In The Arena brings together a wide spread of producers and labels, with later versions linked to Philip Burrell, Coxsone Dodd, King Jammy, Bobby Digital, Harry J and others. The collection runs from rocksteady-era cuts like Alton Ellis’s Whipping The Prince to later dancehall takes from Admiral Bailey, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and Admiral Tibet, showing how long this rhythm stayed in circulation. Standout versions include Alton Ellis’s original-era cut, Admiral Bailey’s Right Foot Out and Beenie Man’s Mek It Tan So Den, with the tracklist also stretching through roots voices and dubplate-style updates. It is a good example of a classic Studio One pattern that kept getting reworked across different eras, from the late 1960s into the 1990s.
Death In The Arena Tracklist:
- Admiral Bailey – Fussing & Fighting (1994)
- Admiral Bailey – Right Foot Out (1987)
- Admiral Bailey & Admiral Tibet – Weep And Moan (1997)
- Admiral Tibet – Shame To See
- Alton Ellis – Whipping The Prince (1968)
- Anthony Stephens – World Power
- Ashanti Waugh – Steady Ready
- Ashman – Nah Get No Love (1986)
- Beenie Man – Mek It Tan So Den (1994)
- Beres Hammond – Show It Off
- Bernard Purdie – Funkey Donkey
- Bounty Killer – Long Or Tall (Big Or Small) (1994)
- Capleton – Hoo
- Capleton – Oow (1992)
- Carlton Livingston – Predicting Your Future
- Charlie Chaplin – Disciplinary Action
- Charlie Chaplin & Josey Wales – Bye Bye Love (1994)
- Clint Eastwood – Premo Ballerina
- Cocoa Tea – Death In The Stadium (1987)
- Courtney Melody – Weh Dem A Go Do
- Deadly Headly – Discount
- Devon Russell – Jah Children
- Frankie Jones – Jah First
- Frankie Paul – Dirty Bungle (1987)
- Frankie Paul & Bounty Killer – I've Got The Power
- Garnett Silk – Splashing Dashing (1994)
- George Nooks & Sluggy Ranks & Trevor Sparks – We Have The Sound
- Good Times & Echo Minott & Rappin Tim Tim – Back And Bobby Rat
- Gregory Isaacs – It's Too Late (1990)
- Gregory Isaacs & Major Damage – High Society Lady
- Half Pint – One Big Family
- Horace Andy – Freedom
- Horace Andy – My Tears Are Falling
- Jack Radics – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1994)
- Jackie Mittoo – Champion Of The Arena
- Jah Buzz – Automatic Clapping
- Jah Buzz – Love In The Arena
- Jah Joe – Love On The Seen
- Jah Stitch – King Of The Arena
- Jah Thomas – Mr Nkruma (1978)
- John Mouse – Just Can't Leave My Queen
- Johnny Clarke – King In The Arena
- Johnny Osbourne – Gangster Sound
- Johnny Osbourne – Great Is Great
- Josey Wales – A No One A We
- Ken Boothe – All The Way (1994)
- King Everald – No Sorry Fe Me
- King Kong – Trouble Again (1986)
- Labrish – Oonu Want People Dead Oh
- Leroy Sibbles – Feel The Vibes (1992)
- Leroy Smart – Respect To Jammys
- Lieutenant Stitchie – No Surrender No Retreat
- Lieutenant Stitchie – Rag A Fi Wave (No Surrender No Retreat)
- Linval Thompson – Train To Zion (1985)
- Linval Thompson & Junior Demus – Train To Zion
- Linval Thompson & Ninjaman – More Than You Bargain For
- Linval Thompson & U Brown – One Train To Zion
- Little John – Sing On (1984)
- Lone Ranger – Life In The Arena
- Luciano & Selvyn Wonder – Neighbourhood Watch (1993)
- Lukie D – Center Of Attraction
- Mad Cobra – Color Red
- Major San – No Mercy
- Major Worries – School Day
- Malibu – Kuffin A Sound Boy (1987)
- Michael Palmer – Chief I A Town
- Nadine Sutherland – Baby Face
- Pad Anthony – Bargain For
- Penny Irie – Work To Be Done
- Phillip Fraser – River Jordan
- Pliers – Bright Sunshine
- Professor Grizzly – Out A Mi Way
- Ranking Joe – Long Run Short Catch (1977)
- Rolando Alphonso & The Soul Vendors – Death In The Arena (1968)
- Sammy Dread – Bad Company
- Sanchez – Kiss Me Honey (1993)
- Scion Success – Done Dead Already
- Sister Nancy – Talk An Mis
- Sluggy Ranks – True Sound
- Spragga Benz – No Fun Ting (1994)
- Sugar Demus – Lend Out The Mercy
- Sugar Minott – All Gone
- Super Black – We Ready Fe Them (1987)
- Sylford Walker – Prophecies Fullfilling
- Tappa Zukie – Peace In The Arena
- Terror Fabulous – Yu Di Money Spend Pon (1994)
- The Revolutionaries – Death
- The Soul Vendors – Death In The Arena
- The Soul Vendors – Death In The Arena
- The Soul Vendors – Whipping The Prince
- Thriller U – Gimme The Love (1986)
- Tippa Lee & Rappa Robert – Too Bright
- Tony Rebel – Teach The Children (1994)
- Tony Tuff – Kick Up Rumpus (1986)
- Trinity – Starsky And Hutch
- Triston Palmer – Jah On My Mind
- U Brown – Black Star Liner
- U Brown – Train To Zion
- Ugly Man – No Touch The Crew (1986)
- Welton Irie – Give Jah The Glory
- Yabby U – Deep In My Soul
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