Desperate Lover Riddim – Various Labels

Desperate Lover produced by Coxsone Dodd, Sidney Crooks, Jah Screw, Barrington Levy, Lloyd Campbell, Michelle Campbell, Byron Murray for Michigan, Studio One, Pioneer, Joe Frasier, In The Streetz, Chris in 1968

Desperate Lover Riddim brings together a cross-label set built around the classic Bob Andy song and is tied here to producers and labels including Coxsone Dodd, Sidney Crooks, Jah Screw, Barrington Levy, Lloyd Campbell, Michelle Campbell, and Byron Murray, with roots in Studio One, Michigan, Pioneer, Joe Frasier, In The Streetz, and Chris. The tracklist reaches from Bob Andy’s original Desperate Lover cut to later versions from Barrington Levy, Alpheus, Carlene Davis, Glen Washington, Jah Mason, Luciano, and others, so the project moves between rocksteady sweetness, lovers rock, and late-dancehall interpretations. Bob Andy’s 1969 recording is the anchor, and that old Studio One feel gives the riddim its identity even as later voices like Barrington Levy and Glen Washington pull it into different eras.

Desperate Lover Riddim Tracklist:

1. Alpheus – I Wish You Were Mine (1998)
2. Barrington Levy – Desperate Lover (1992)
3. Bob Andy – Desperate Lover (1969)
4. Bob Andy – Desperate Lover (2000)
5. Carlene Davis – Desperate Love (1979)
6. Count Shelly – What’s Going On (2007)
7. Donna Ree – Baby Is Gone (Desperate Lover) (2007)
8. Ed Robinson – Starting Tonight
9. Elijah Prophet – Peace Party (2007)
10. Glen Washington – How Did You Know (2000)
11. Imara – People Crying (2007)
12. Jah Mason – Let Me Live My Life (2006)
13. Jah Ruby – Desperate Woman (1979)
14. JD Smoothe – Girls Like Dirt
15. Katrina – Baby I Love You (2007)
16. Luciano – Desperate Lover (2006)
17. Lutan Fyah – You Bring Blessings (2006)
18. Natural Black – No Cry Cry Smile (2006)
19. Norris Man – Feelings Deep Within (2006)
20. Sizzla – Make Me Yours (2006)
21. The Lyrics – Girls Like Dirt (Music Like Dirt) (1968)
22. Turbulence – I’m Stronger Than Before (2006)