Gonna Take A Miracle Riddim – Roots Tradition, Studio One

Produced by Don Mais with Coxsone Dodd, Linval Thompson and Lord Koos for Roots Tradition and Studio One in 1970, Gonna Take A Miracle Riddim pulls together a classic early roots set around a familiar Studio One feel. Alton Ellis’s Gonna Take A Miracle leads the way, with later versions from Cornell Campbell and Sammy Dread, while Willie Williams’ Easy and the dub cut Love You Dub add extra weight to the rhythm’s history. It’s the kind of catalog riddim that shows how Studio One melodies kept travelling across eras, with Ellis’s original rocksteady-era cut giving the whole selection its anchor.