Man Next Door Riddim – Various Labels

Man Next Door produced by Bunny Striker Lee, The Now Team, Prince Tony Robinson, Joe Gibbs, Dr. Alimantado, Lister Hewan-Lowe, Robert Livingston, George Nooks, Donovan Germain for Crazy Joe, Amalgamated, Andy’s, Mango, Penthouse in 1968

Built around the classic John Holt / Paragons tune that also circulated as Man Next Door, this various-artists set pulls together versions linked to Bunny Striker Lee and a long list of Jamaican labels and producers, with the post noting a 1968 origin. Dennis Brown’s Man Next Door, Dave Barker’s I Got To Get Away, and Alimantado’s I Shall Fear No Evil give the riddim some of its key touchpoints, while later cuts like Horace Andy’s Quiet Place connection and The Paragons’ Indiana Jones show how far the pattern travelled. The track family is closely tied to the rocksteady-to-reggae transition, and Bunny Lee’s early production work helped turn that period into one of the most fertile stretches in Jamaican music.

Man Next Door Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dave Barker – I Got To Get Away
2. Dennis Brown – Man Next Door
3. Alimantado – I Shall Fear No Evil (1975)
4. Alimantado – Poison Flour (1975)
5. Frankie Paul – No Rest (1990)
6. George Nooks – Man Next Door (1997)
7. Horace Andy – I’ve Got To Get Away (Quiet Place)
8. Horace Andy & Massive Attack – Man Next Door
9. I-Roy – Noisy Place (1973)
10. John Holt – Got To Get Away
11. Nikki Burt & John Holt – Man Next Door (2008)
12. Sly & Robbie & The Aggrovators – Dub Next Door
13. The Paragons – Indiana Jones (1981)
14. The Paragons – Quiet Place (There Is A Man Who Lives Next Door) (1968)
15. U Roy – Peace And Love In The Ghetto