Live Up Jah Man Riddim - Unknown Label

Live Up Jah Man produced by Bunny Striker Lee for Unknown Label in 1977

Live Up Jah Man Riddim Release Details

Riddim year: 1977
Total tracks: 2
Unique artists on riddim: 3
Production credits: Bunny Striker Lee, Unknown Label
Key artists on this riddim: Johnny Clarke
Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive

1977 roots reggae from Bunny Striker Lee, Live Up Jah Man brings together Johnny Clarke’s title cut and the dubby version excursion A Living Version from King Tubby and Prince Jammy. The riddim is a compact two-track set, and the title tune is also known from the deeper Bunny Lee catalog as Down in a Babylon, which underlines how central Clarke’s voice was to this rhythm. With its heavy roots feel and sound-system-minded version side, this release sits right in Bunny Lee’s classic late-70s run, when his productions were shaping some of the era’s hardest Kingston cuts.