Pick Up The Pieces Release Details
- Riddim year: 1967
- Total tracks: 84
- Unique artists on riddim: 67
- Key artists on this riddim: Al Campbell, Barrington Levy, Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, Courtney Melody, Daddy Screw
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Riddims Archive
Pick Up The Pieces produced by Dreadlocks Connection, Bobby Digital, Steely, Clevie, Coxsone Dodd, King Jammy, Winston Riley, Neville Beckford, Lloyd Mason, Sugar Minott, Ranking Dread, Linval Thompson, Phillip Burrell, Roy Cousins, Tappa Zukie, Don Mais, Jo Jo Hookim, Phillip Fraser, Leon Synmoie, Henry Lawes, Ranking Joe, Jah Screw, Jah Thomas, Joe Gibbs, Mickie Scott, George Phang, Witty, Niney The Observer, Tony Asher, Alvin Ranglin, Sly, Robbie for Fling Out, Channel One, How Yu Fi Sey Dat?, Digital-B, Steely, Clevie, Studio One, Kingston 11, Techniques, Supreme, Thompson Sound, Xterminator, Tamoki Wambesi, Roots Tradition, Volcano, Midnight Rock, Powerhouse, Jammy’s, Father, Son, T Ash Muzik in 1967
Pick Up The Pieces Riddim brings together a long line of versions linked to the classic Studio One-era cut, with the selection drawing on work associated with names like Coxsone Dodd, King Jammy, Bobby Digital, Steely and Clevie, Joe Gibbs, and Roy Cousins. The tracklist mixes dub cuts and vocal takes, with Barrington Levy’s Love Sister Carol, Al Campbell’s Dem Hafi Move, and Barry Brown’s Problem among the better-known selections, while the recurring Pick Up the Dub versions keep the original foundation front and center. The riddim traces back to The Royals’ Pick Up the Pieces, a song first cut in the late 1960s and later reworked across Jamaican music, making this a version line that connects roots, dub, and dancehall across several decades.
Pick Up The Pieces Tracklist:
- [Dub] – African Daughter Dub (1976)
- [Dub] – Below The Belt (1980)
- [Dub] – Collie Dub
- [Dub] – Fission (1981)
- [Dub] – Jah Is The Solution Version
- [Dub] – Pick Up The Dub (1976)
- [Dub] – Pick Up The Dub (1976)
- [Dub] – Stricktly Rockers From Channel One
- Al Campbell – Dem Hafi Move (1993)
- Barrington Levy – Dub Sister carol (1980)
- Barrington Levy – Love Sister Carol (1980)
- Barry Brown – Problem
- Bounty Killer – Love Is Lovely (1993)
- Brian & Tony Gold – Pick Up The Pieces
- Buju Banton – Good Looking Gal (1993)
- Charlie Chaplin & Josey Wales – Dancehall Nice (1994)
- Colin Roach & Papa San – Champagne Wishes (You’re My Cherry) (1993)
- Culture – Legalization
- Daddy Screw – Love You Till Me Fool
- Dennis Brown – Look Into Yourself
- Dennis Brown – Righteousness (1993)
- Derrick Irie – Sound Bwoy Die
- Dollar Man – Snake In A Grass
- Don Carlos – Get Up
- Don T – Man Dead
- Dub Specialist – Collie Rock
- Frankie Paul – Baby Don’t Go
- Frankie Paul – Don’t Go (1993)
- Galaxy P – Bus Wine And Laugh
- Galaxy P – Old Time Friends (1993)
- General Echo – Give Me One Of Your Gal Friends
- Gladdy – Black Pride (1983)
- Gregory Isaacs – Tan So Back (1995)
- I-Roy – Fashion Monkey (1973)
- I-Roy – Monkey Fashion (1973)
- I-Roy – Rub It On The Track (1989)
- Jah Stitch – Two Roads
- Jigsy King – Should Ah Deh Ya
- Joseph Cotton – Dub Sister
- Josey Wales – Model Pon Your Old Boyfriend (1994)
- Junior Tucker – Love Of A Lifetime (1993)
- Leroy Smart – Darling Hang On (1979)
- Leroy Smart – Hang On
- Lilly Melody – Soundboy (1994)
- Little John – Hot Again (1993)
- Little John – Rock’n’Roll (1984)
- Little John – Unite (1990)
- Little John & Toyan – Jah Guide I (1981)
- Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed (1979)
- Lone Ranger – Quater Pound Of Ishen
- Louie Culture – In Yuh Waist (1993)
- Madoo – Sister Sue
- Michael Buckley – Kilo Version
- Ninjaman – Target Practice (1991)
- Original African – 2,3,4,5 A Dem (1993)
- Pablo Black – Inner Peace
- Pan Head – We Promote (1993)
- Pat Kelly – It’s A Good Day (1993)
- Paul Elliott – Strange (1993)
- Peter Ranking & General Lucky – Non Stop Reggae
- Pinchers – Them (1993)
- Quench Aid – Sally (1993)
- Ranking Dread – Come Sister Come
- Ranking Joe – Dub Sister Dub It (1978)
- Ranking Joe – Rub Sister Rub It (1980)
- Ranking Joe – Tribute To John Lennon (1980)
- Reverend Badoo – Bad Minded People
- Risto Benjie & Courtney Melody – Right Side (1993)
- Sammy Dread – African Girl
- Sizzla & Louie Culture – Ins And Outs
- Tappa Zukie – Pick Up The Rockers (1976)
- Terry Ganzie – At Your Service (1993)
- The Jays – Pick Up The Pieces (1994)
- The Royals – Pick Up The Pieces (1967)
- The Royals – Pick Up The Pieces (1973)
- The Wailing Souls – Don’t Be Downhearted (1980)
- Thriller U – Come To Me (1995)
- Toyan – Nice It Up (1983)
- Toyan – Tickle Me (1984)
- Wickerman – Mate Vex (1993)
- Winston Jarrett & Jah Woosh & Screw Dung – Bless Them Jah
- Yami Bolo – Jah Is The Solution
- Yami Bolo – Jah’s Love (Jah Is The Solution) (1993)
- Yellowman – Love Struck (1981)
