People Get Ready Riddim – Studio One

Produced by Coxsone Dodd for Studio One in 1967, People Get Ready Riddim is a two-track rocksteady-era set built around Devon Russell and The Minstrels both voicing People Get Ready. The release keeps the arrangement stripped back and vocal-led, with the title cut carrying the familiar gospel-soul lift that made the song such a strong cover choice in Jamaica. With only two versions on the riddim, it plays like a focused Studio One session rather than a crowded compilation, and it sits neatly in the label’s late-1960s catalogue when Coxsone Dodd was shaping much of the island’s sound.