My Girl Riddim – Peckings Productions

Warm, vintage-toned reggae sits at the centre of Peckings’ My Girl Riddim, a 2006 set that leans into lovers rock and rootsy sentiment without getting too glossy. Joseph Cotton’s “Loving You Want” and Lady Lex’s “God Bless The Child” set the mood nicely, while Tippa Irie’s “War” and Richie Davis’ “Its True” keep a bit of edge in the mix. Peckings were already known for digging deep into classic Jamaican songbooks by this point, and this one feels like a more singer-led companion piece to that archival instinct, with eight voices riding the same smooth framework. It sits comfortably in the label’s catalogue of old-school-minded projects, the kind that treat a timeless riddim as something to be reinterpreted rather than simply replayed.

My Girl Riddim Tracklist:

1. Joseph Cotton – Loving You Want
2. Lady Lex – God Bless The Child
3. Leroy Mafia – Settle Down
4. Lukie D – Going Away
5. Peter Hunningale – Good Old Love
6. Ras Charmer – Love Is Stronger
7. Richie Davis – Its True
8. Tippa Irie – War