Still Trying Riddim – Studio One, Uptempo

Still Trying produced by Coxsone Dodd, Dub Specialist for Studio One, Uptempo in 1969

Still Trying Riddim comes from Studio One and Coxsone Dodd’s Uptempo production line, with the original Alton Ellis cut dating to 1969 and the sequence running through later versions by Dub Specialist, Judah Eskender, and Sugar Minott. The riddim moves chronologically from the late rocksteady era into the 1970s and early ’80s, with the Judah Eskender and Sound Dimension pairing and Sugar Minott’s The Love We Had adding key later voices to the lineup. It also highlights Studio One’s in-house Sound Dimension band, whose playing helped define the label’s classic Kingston sound, and the set closes out as a neat example of how one groove stayed active across different years and singers.

Still Trying Riddim Tracklist:

1. Alton Ellis – Still Trying (1969)
2. Dub Specialist – Still Rocking (1974)
3. Judah Eskender – Always Trying (1979)
4. Judah Eskender & Sound Dimension – Always Trying Pt. 2 (1979)
5. Sugar Minott – The Love We Had (1983)

LISTEN ON APPLE MUSIC