Dirty Harry Riddim – Zola, Volcano, Shanachie

Dirty Harry produced by Morris White, Peter Jonker, Glen Brown, Devon Russell, Henry Lawes for Zola, Volcano, Shanachie in 1972

Dirty Harry Riddim, put together in 1972 for Zola, Volcano and Shanachie, pulls together a wide spread of cuts from the early roots era through later recuts, with production credited to Morris White, Peter Jonker, Glen Brown, Devon Russell and Henry Lawes. Prince Jazzbo’s Mr Harry Skank is the key 1972 cut here, while Big Youth’s Love We A Deal With, Sylford Walker’s Give Thanks And Praises To Jah, Yellowman’s Lost Mi Lover and Billy Boyo’s Billy Boyo In The Area show how the rhythm kept resurfacing across the 1970s and 1980s. The set is also closely tied to Glen Brown’s catalogue, with his own Sunshine Showdown and The Winner alongside Tommy McCook and Richard Hall’s Dirty Harry, giving the riddim a strong lineage across different versions and eras.

Dirty Harry Riddim Tracklist:

1. Big Youth – Love We A Deal With (1977)
2. Billy Boyo – Billy Boyo In The Area (1983)
3. Bobby Ellis & Vin Gordon & Glen Brown – Determination Skank (1990)
4. Glen Brown – Sunshine Showdown (1990)
5. Glen Brown – The Winner (1990)
6. I-Roy – Rasta On A Sunday (1990)
7. Mark Wonder – Cry Aloud
8. Prince Jazzbo – Mr Harry Skank (1972)
9. Richard McDonald & Glen Brown – Realize (1990)
10. Richard McDonald & Glen Brown & I-Roy – Realize
11. Sylford Walker – Give Thanks And Praises To Jah (1978)
12. Tommy McCook & Richard Hall – Dirty Harry (1990)
13. Welton Irie – Rolling Stone (1982)
14. Yellowman – Lost Mi Lover (1982)

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