Unchained Riddim – Various Labels

Unchained produced by Coxsone Dodd, Niney The Observer, Steely, Clevie, Joe Gibbs, Errol Thompson, Jo Jo Hookim, Jah Screw, Bunny Striker Lee, Barrington Levy, Bobby Digital, Neville Thompson for Studio One, Digital-B, Time One, Buffalo, Melchizedek in 1976

Unchained Riddim brings together a wide spread of versions from the late 1970s through the 1990s, with the post tying it to Coxsone Dodd, Niney The Observer, Steely, Clevie, Joe Gibbs, Errol Thompson, Jo Jo Hookim, Jah Screw, Bunny Striker Lee, Barrington Levy, Bobby Digital and Neville Thompson across Studio One, Digital-B, Time One, Buffalo and Melchizedek. The core cut is dated to 1976, and the tracklist pulls in key links like Bob Andy’s Unchained, Dillinger’s Ragnampiza, Barrington Levy’s Live Good and Unchain Me, plus later takes from Frisco Kid, Don Carlos and Denise Davidson. The rhythm’s identity comes from that long-running dub-and-dancehall chain, where the same foundation keeps resurfacing in different eras and labels, with Barrington Levy’s 1992 Unchain Me and the earlier Studio One-side Bob Andy cut helping anchor the set.

Unchained Riddim Tracklist:

1. Dub – Ragnampiza Version (1976)
2. Dub – Schooling The Beat
3. Dub – Third World
4. Barrington Levy – Live Good (1985)
5. Barrington Levy – Unchain Me (1992)
6. Barrington Levy & Frisco Kid – Live Good (1995)
7. Bob Andy – Unchained
8. Contractor & Denise Davidson – Kingston Is Hot (1997)
9. Denise Davidson – Push Us Around (1997)
10. Dillinger – Ragnampiza (1976)
11. Don Carlos – Mr Sun
12. Don Carlos – No Time To Waste
13. Garnett Silk – Love Is The Answer
14. Jack Radics – Unchained
15. Ken Boothe – Unchained
16. Leroy Smart – Victory
17. Little Roy – Piece Of The Earth
18. Luciano – Carry Jah Load
19. Max Romeo – Set Me Free (1990)
20. Ras Shiloh – Slavery (1998)
21. Sanchez – Unchained (1992)

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