Movie Star Riddim – Various Labels

Movie Star produced by Alton Ellis, Bobby Digital, Donovan Germain, Bunny Striker Lee, Coxsone Dodd, Errol Dunkley, Roy Cousins, George Phang, Dave Kelly for Digital-B, Penthouse, Studio One, African Museum, Morwell, Take One, Tamoki Wambesi, Powerhouse in 1969

Movie Star Riddim – Various Labels pulls together the classic 1969 Movie Star rhythm with a wide spread of reworks from Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Errol Dunkley, Jennifer Lara, Charlie Chaplin, Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder, with the cut moving from the original Studio One-era foundation into later dancehall and dub versions. The riddim is credited here to a long list of producers and labels, including Alton Ellis, Bobby Digital, Donovan Germain, Bunny Striker Lee, Coxsone Dodd, Roy Cousins, George Phang and Dave Kelly, tied to Digital-B, Penthouse, Studio One, African Museum, Morwell, Take One, Tamoki Wambesi and Powerhouse. Delroy Wilson’s 1969 Movie Star and Alton Ellis’s I Don’t Know Why are the key anchor tracks, while the set also leans on strong singjay and harmony appearances from Garnett Silk, Sizzla and Tony Rebel. It’s a good snapshot of how a Studio One staple kept getting reshaped across decades without losing its melodic pull.

Movie Star Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dub – Bonafide Love Version (1992)
2. Dub – Diet Rock Version (1980)
3. Dub – Everything I’ve Got Version (1992)
4. Alton Ellis – Movie Star (I Don’t Know Why)
5. Bobby Crystal – Things Ain’t The Same (1998)
6. Buju Banton & Wayne Wonder – Bonafide Love (I Don’t Know Why) (1992)
7. Charlie Chaplin – Diet Rock (1980)
8. Charlie Chaplin – Diet Rock (1981)
9. Delroy Wilson – Movie Star (I Don’t Know Why) (1969)
10. Delton Screechie – Jah Is My Light (1977)
11. Determine – Frustration (1998)
12. Donovan Smith – Mr Walker
13. Earl Cunningham – Movie Star (1980)
14. Errol Dunkley – Movie Star (1975)
15. Galaxy P – Tickle Her Fancy
16. Garnett Silk – Everything I’ve Got (1992)
17. Garnett Silk – Everything I’ve Got (1992)
18. Gladstone Anderson – Movie Star Version
19. Jahmali & Sugar Roy – Can’t Fool Jah
20. Jennifer Lara – Consider Me (1979)
21. Jennifer Lara & Sound Dimension – Consider Me Pt. 2 (1979)
22. Norris Man – Cool Meditation
23. Sizzla – Trust And Love (1997)
24. Sounds Combine – Movie Star Version (1975)
25. The Morwells & King Tubby – Jah Star (1975)
26. The Morwells & King Tubby – Morwell’s Star (1975)
27. Tony Rebel – It Cant Work
28. Trinity – Just Because You Are A Star
29. Wayne Wonder – Movie Star

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