Beware Of A Smiling Face Riddim – Unknown Label

Beware Of A Smiling Face Riddim comes from 1975 and is tied to Bunny Striker Lee, issued here under an unknown label and kept to a two-track set with Horace Andy’s Beware Of A Smiling Face and U Brown’s Satta Dread Style. The version with just these two cuts gives it a tight, rootsy feel, with Horace Andy’s original carrying the title theme and U Brown flipping it into his own style on the same foundation. Bunny Lee’s name matters here too, since his productions from this period helped shape the hard, lean sound of mid-70s Jamaican reggae, and that stripped-down approach is exactly what defines this release.