I Shall Wear A Crown Riddim – Dutchess x Peckings

Issued as I Shall Wear A Crown Riddim by Dutchess x Peckings, this two-track set pulls together a 1963 Duke Reid-produced roots cut and a later Bitty McLean version under the Peckings banner. The Richards Brothers’ I Shall Wear A Crown anchors the package, while Bitty McLean’s Only You adds the modern link-up and gives the riddim its cross-era feel. Peckings’ Duke and Chris Peckings are credited on the later cut, and the release sits in that classic ska-to-reggae lane that the label has long revisited from its London base. With just two tracks, it keeps the focus tight on the song that started it and the reinterpretation that brought it back.