Give Me A Love Riddim – Lee’s, Upsetter, Black Scorpio

Give Me A Love Riddim dates back to 1968 and is tied to Bunny Lee’s Lee’s imprint, with later cuts also running through the Upsetter and Black Scorpio camps. The riddim brings together a long line of singers and deejays across different eras, from The Uniques’ original Give Me A Love and Slim Smith’s Please Don’t Go to Johnny Clarke’s Please Don’t Go (Give Me A Love), Jimmy Riley’s Give Me A Love, and Don Carlos’ My Brethren Party. It also stretches into dub with Joe Gibbs’ Rema Dub and Tappa Zukie’s Chalice To Chalice and Loving Dub, showing how the rhythm kept moving through roots, version, and dub treatments over time.

Give Me A Love Riddim Tracklist:

1. Big Joe – Heart To Be Pure
2. Don Carlos – My Brethren Party (1980)
3. Jimmy Riley – Give Me A Love (1975)
4. Joe Gibbs – Rema Dub (1978)
5. Johnny Clarke – Please Don’t Go (Give Me A Love) (1975)
6. Leroy Smart – No One Remember Me
7. Slim Smith – Please Don’t Go
8. Tappa Zukie – Chalice To Chalice (1976)
9. Tappa Zukie – Loving Dub (1976)
10. The Aggrovators – Going Version (1974)
11. The Aggrovators – Long Dub
12. The Uniques – Give Me A Love (1968)
13. U Brown – Let Love Shine Along The Way (1976)
14. Yellowman – Greatest Gift (1993)