Don’t Believe In Him Riddim – Unknown Label

Bunny Striker Lee produced Don’t Believe In Him Riddim in 1975 for Unknown Label, a three-cut set anchored by Delano Stewart’s Don’t Believe In Him and U Roy’s King Tubby’s Special, with King Tubby’s Special (Reprise) rounding it out. The set circles one of Bunny Lee’s sharper mid-’70s rhythms, the same backing later linked to Gregory Isaacs’ version of Don’t Believe Him, and that connection helps place it firmly in the era of fast-moving studio sides and dubwise reworks. With its compact tracklist and the extra dub cut, this is a clean snapshot of Bunny Lee’s catalogue at the point where vocal cuts and deejay versions were feeding off the same riddim.