Judgement Day Riddim – Treasure Isle

Duke Reid produced Judgement Day for Treasure Isle in 1972, and this two-track set keeps things tight with Earl Lindo’s Version Day on one side and Hopeton Lewis pairing with Dennis Alcapone on the title cut. It sits squarely in Treasure Isle’s early-’70s catalogue, with the label’s clean rocksteady-to-reggae crossover feel still audible in the arrangement and the sharp vocal-to-deejay blend on Judgement Day. The riddim is compact and memorable, the kind of Duke Reid production that reflects both the studio’s precision and the era’s shift into more stripped-back Jamaican sounds.