Please Be True Riddim – Various Labels

Please Be True produced by Steely, Clevie, Bunny Striker Lee, Coxsone Dodd, Sugar Minott, King Jammy, John John, Tappa Zukie, Prince Tony Robinson, Joe Gibbs, Tommy Cowan, Warrick Lyn, Big Youth, Prince Hammer, Winston Dakin, Michael Prophet, Satta Blue, Jack Scorpio, Richard Bell, M. Manley, H, H Dawson for Record Factory, Studio One, Black Roots, John John, Stars, Greedy Puppy, Ashantites, Sunset, Live, Love, Jammy’s, Star Trail, Front Page in 1969

Please Be True Riddim brings together a wide 46-track selection from 1969, centered on the classic Studio One-era foundation originally created by Coxsone Dodd and later revisited by a long list of producers and labels including Steely and Clevie, Bunny Striker Lee, King Jammy, Joe Gibbs, Sugar Minott, and others. The set moves from Alexander Henry’s original Please Be True to related cuts like Althea and Donna’s Downtown Thing, Augustus Pablo’s Shake Down and Shake Up, Big Youth’s Dread Is the Best, and several dub versions, giving the riddim a broad spread across roots, dub, and later dancehall treatments. It also shows how durable the rhythm became well beyond its late-’60s start, with versions stretching into the 1970s and 1980s. The release plays like a deep archive survey: vintage, varied, and especially strong on instrumental and dub variations.

Please Be True Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dub – 79 Style (1979)
2. Dub – Crisp Version (1973)
3. Dub – Downtown Thing Version
4. Dub – Lift My Eyes To The Hills Dub (1984)
5. Dub – Rub This Dub (1976)
6. Dub – The Experience
7. Alexander Henry – Please Be True (1969)
8. Althea & Donna – Downtown Thing (1979)
9. Anthony B – Hurt The Heart (1996)
10. Augustus Pablo – Shake Down (1974)
11. Augustus Pablo – Shake Up (1974)
12. Big Youth – Dread Is The Best (1975)
13. Bobby Melody – Mutty Mutty Girl (1985)
14. Clint Eastwood – Love Story
15. Dillinger – Leggo Violence (1973)
16. Echo Minott – Love Light (1987)
17. Frankie Paul – You Turn Me On
18. Glen Washington – Winner
19. Jackie Mittoo – Rang Man
20. Jah Jesco & Juicy Bravo – West Gone Black
21. Jah Stitch – Set Up Yourself Dreadlocks (The Killer) (1974)
22. Jah Woosh – A Way You Come From
23. Johnny Clarke – Leggo Violence (1976)
24. Johnny Clarke – Leggo Violence
25. Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee
26. Johnny Osbourne – Sing Jah Stylee
27. Johnny Ringo – Frankinstine (1979)
28. Joseph Cotton – Survival
29. Junior Kelly – Go Down Satan (1999)
30. Lieutenant Stitchie – Blood Thirsty (1994)
31. Little John – Dance Hall Vibes
32. Little John – Don’t Take My Freedom
33. Lone Ranger – Fish Tea
34. Michael Prophet – Lift My Eyes To The Hills (1984)
35. Prince Hammer – Dreadlocks Ting (1976)
36. Prince Hammer – Dutty Man Skank (1976)
37. Prince Junior – Rise And Fall (1986)
38. Ronnie Davis – No Weak Heart
39. Sanchez & Bounty Killer – Searching
40. Singing Melody – Joy
41. Sugar Minott – Please Be True
42. Tappa Zukie – Leggo Violence
43. Terry Ganzie – Choosen One
44. The Aggrovators – The Search For Dub
45. Turbo Belly – True Inspiration
46. U Roy – Badie Boo

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