The Gun Riddim – Dread At The Controls, Musical Ambassador

Produced by Mikey Dread and Trevor Elliott for Dread At The Controls and Musical Ambassador in 1980, The Gun Riddim is a sharp early-’80s roots-dub set best known through Edi Fitzroy’s The Gun, which also surfaced in a 1982 version, alongside Dub – Invasion (The Gun Version) and Scientist and Ambassador All Shots’ Bullets. Fitzroy’s link to Mikey Dread runs deep, and this cut sits right in the stretch where Mikey was helping shape his own label sound and pushing new voices like Fitzroy into wider view. With its stripped-down rhythm, militant tone, and dubbing-room edge, it feels like a tidy snapshot of that era’s Dread At The Controls catalogue.