Fever Release Details
- Riddim year: 1972
- Total tracks: 40
- Unique artists on riddim: 36
- Key artists on this riddim: Courtney Melody, Flourgon, General Degree, Glen Washington, Horace Andy, Johnny Osbourne
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Fever produced by B. Phillips, Clive Jarrett, King Tubby, Coxsone Dodd, Dudley Swaby, Trevor Mason, King Jammy, Lloyd Dennis, Hartnel Henry, Dr. Alimantado, Jah Thomas, Horace Andy, Everton Da Silva, Alvin Ranglin, Winston Thompson, Henry Lawes, Phillip Burrell, E.J. Robinson for Firehouse, Studio One, Jahman, Jammy’s, Robin Hood, Midnight Rock, Hungry Town, GG’s, Keyman, Volcano, Xterminator, Taurus, Meditations in 1972
Fever Riddim brings together a wide spread of roots-era and dancehall voices across productions linked to B. Phillips, Clive Jarrett, King Tubby, Coxsone Dodd, Dudley Swaby, Trevor Mason, King Jammy, Lloyd Dennis, Hartnel Henry, Dr. Alimantado, Jah Thomas, Horace Andy, Everton Da Silva, Alvin Ranglin, Winston Thompson, Henry Lawes, Phillip Burrell, and E. J. Robinson, with the cut tracing back to 1972 and later versions stretching through the 1970s and 1980s. Horace Andy’s original Fever anchors the pattern, while later selections like Dennis Alcapone’s Fever Teaser, Dr. Alimantado’s Conscious Man and Stop Yer Fighting, Carlton Livingston’s Come Over Here, Charlie Chaplin’s Small Days Jah, and Beenie Don’s Me A Don show how long the rhythm stayed useful across different styles.
The set also includes dub versions, giving it a looser, more archival feel than a straight vocal showcase. It plays like a broad, historical slice of the riddim, moving from roots consciousness into later dancehall energy while keeping the instrumental version in the mix.
Fever Tracklist:
- Dub – Fever Dub
- Dub – Fever Dub (1977)
- Dub – International Year Of The Child Version (1979)
- Beenie Don – Me A Don
- Carlton Livingston – Come Over Here
- Charlie Chaplin – Small Days Jah (1985)
- Courtney Melody – Ninja Mi Ninja
- Dennis Alcapone – Fever Teaser
- Dillinger – Babylon Fever
- Dr. Alimantado – Careless Ethiopians Repent (1977)
- Dr. Alimantado – Conscious Man (1977)
- Dr. Alimantado – Stop Yer Fighting (1983)
- Errol Scorcher – Tourist Season
- Flourgon – Bad Boy Tune (1988)
- General Degree & Fuzzy Jones – Long Time Story
- General Echo – International Year Of The Child (1979)
- General Smiley & Sound Dimension – Mama Pray (1998)
- Glen Washington – We Want To Be Free (2000)
- Grindsman – Wicked Gilbert (1988)
- Horace Andy – Fever (1972)
- Horace Andy – Fever (1977)
- Jim Brown – Cure For The Fever
- Johnny Osbourne – Nuff Respect (1988)
- Josey Wales – Cure Fe De Fever (1984)
- Josey Wales – My Special Prayer
- Josey Wales – Special Prayers (1989)
- King Kong – Bend Down Your Head Babylon (1986)
- Mad Cobra – Love Fever (1991)
- Naturalee – Highest Mountain (2000)
- Ninja Ford – When I Was A Baby
- Ninjaman & Tinga Stewart – Cover Me
- Pinchers – My Heart Is Booked (1991)
- Ranking Trevor – Pure And Clean
- Reggae George – President Botha
- Roman Stewart – Who God Bless (2000)
- Simple Simon – Born In The Ghetto (2000)
- The Meditations – You Must Believe (2000)
- Tony Tuff – Sexy Woman (2000)
- Trevor Sparks – Tell Me Girl
- Yellowman – Mr Big Shot (1984)
