True True True Riddim – Various Labels

True True True produced by Duke Reid, Alvin Ranglin, Sonia Pottinger, Lloyd Campbell, Michelle Campbell for Treasure Isle, Thrillseekers, High Note, Spider Man, Zola in 1969

True True True Riddim brings together a classic Treasure Isle-era set rooted in Duke Reid’s original 1969 Ken Parker cut, with later versions and companion sides from voices like U-Roy, Carlton Livingston, and The Tamlins. The lineup reaches across labels tied to Sonia Pottinger, Lloyd Campbell, Michelle Campbell, and the Treasure Isle family, while keeping the same warm, rootsy foundation at the center. Standout cuts include Ken Parker’s True, True, True, U-Roy and Tommy McCook and The Supersonics’ 1971 take, and the Dukes Reid All Stars dub version, which adds a deeper instrumental angle to the package. It plays like a small but varied archive set, moving from vocal roots to dub and version work with that late-60s Jamaican studio feel throughout.

True True True Riddim Tracklist:

1. Carlton Livingston – Living As A Poor (1978)
2. Duke Reid All Stars – Dub So True
3. K. C. White & Blackademus – True True (1996)
4. Ken Parker – True, True, True (1969)
5. Ken Parker & The Revolutionaries – True True True (1979)
6. Papa Ritchie & The Supersonics – Annie Palmer (1979)
7. The Supersonics – Mash It (1979)
8. The Tamlins – True True True (1983)
9. U Roy & Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – True, True, True (1971)

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