I’m Your Man Riddim – Treasure Isle

I’m Your Man produced by Duke Reid, Manley Buchanan, Alvin Ranglin for Treasure Isle in 1973

I’m Your Man Riddim brings together a tight Treasure Isle set from Duke Reid’s camp, with the post pointing to 1973 as the key year behind the release. John Holt’s I’m Your Man gives the riddim its name, while Big Youth’s Hip Ki Do and I-Roy’s Natty Dread Get Around add the kind of deejay fire that helped Treasure Isle’s sound bridge rocksteady-era songwriting into the early roots and dancehall years. The combination of Holt’s smooth lead and the sharper patter cuts gives the project its identity, with the lineup leaning on classic Jamaican voices and a distinctly vintage studio feel.

I’m Your Man Riddim Tracklist:

1. Big Youth – Hip Ki Do (1973)
2. I-Roy – Natty Dread Get Around (1977)
3. John Holt – I’m Your Man

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