Vanity Riddim – Various Labels

Vanity produced by King Jammy, Edgar Whyte, Bobby Digital, Coxsone Dodd, Sugar Minott, George Phang, Henry Lawes, Bunny Striker Lee, Michael Chin, John John, Joe Gibbs, Lloyd Dennis, Errol Thompson, Steven Thomas, Steve Hughes, Morris White, Peter Jonker, Michigan, Blacka Morwell, Bingy Bunny, Winston Riley, Lloyd Mason, Ranking Roger, Tony Welch, Nigger Kojak, Glen Darby, Prince Hammer, Jo Jo Hookim, E. Ffrench, Jah Thomas, R. Green, Errol Scorcher, Colin Oldham, Milton Welch, Carl Dwyer, Neville Row, Linval Thompson, Niney The Observer, Soljie Hamilton, Mandingo, Josey Wales, Bunny Gemini, Captain Sinbad, Steve Byfield, Clement Hailey, Colin Sampson, Doctor Dread, Dave Kelly, Dennis Star, A. McKoy, M. McKoy for Jammy’s, Parish, Digital-B, Studio One, Thumbs Up, Powerhouse, Volcano, Jackpot, Exile, Channel One, Zola, Jam Rock, Morwell, Techniques, Corner Stone, Center Forward, Errol T, Live, Love, Socialist Roots, Thompson Sound, Black Roots, Midnight Rock, Greensleeves, Nigger Kojak, Youth Promotion, 56 Hope Road, Explosion, Mandingo Hot Steppers, Father, Son, Madhouse, Mac Dada, Big Stone, Razor Sound, Rashanco, S, J, Mun Mun, Dennis Star, Artistic, Champy, Wheely Wheely in 1967

Vanity Riddim, listed here as a Various Labels set from 1967, pulls together a long-running foundation that has been voiced across decades and styles. The selection reaches from Alton Ellis’s I’m Just A Guy and Sugar Minott’s Vanity to Barrington Levy and Linval Thompson’s Police And Soldier, with dub cuts like Bad Boys Dub adding extra weight to the package. The riddim is tied to a wide circle of producers and imprints, including King Jammy, Coxsone Dodd, Bunny Lee, Joe Gibbs, George Phang, and Sugar Minott, which helps explain why it has such a deep and varied history. With 150 tracks and 117 unique artists, it reads less like a single-era release and more like a cross-section of Jamaican music moving from rocksteady roots into later dancehall versions.

Vanity Riddim Tracklist:

1. [Dub] – Bad Boys Dub (1982)
2. [Dub] – Fist To Fist Days Done Version
3. [Dub] – Nah Broke No Fight Version
4. [Dub] – Pos Up Version
5. Al Campbell – A You Girl
6. Al Campbell – It’s Alright Baby (1998)
7. Alton Ellis – I’m Just A Guy (1967)
8. Anthony Cruz – From A Me (2008)
9. Baby Wayne – Appeal
10. Badoo – Headline News (1973)
11. Barrington Levy & Linval Thompson – Bad Boy Skanking (1982)
12. Barrington Levy & Linval Thompson – Police And Soldier (1979)
13. Barrington Levy & Linval Thompson & U Brown – Police And Soldier (1982)
14. Bobby Blue – Two Sound (2006)
15. Brando – How We Survive (2003)
16. Brian & Tony Gold – Sex Me
17. Brigadier Jerry – Ram Dance Master
18. Captain Sinbad – Welcome (1982)
19. Captain Sinbad & Little John – 51 Storm (1979)
20. Carlene Davis – Don’t Walk Away (1998)
21. Cassey Man – Humble Yourself
22. ChaCha Rebel – Don’t Be A Judger
23. Charlie Chaplin – Coco Dela Brown
24. Charlie Chaplin – Tell Me If Me Wrong (1992)
25. Clint Eastwood – Check 39 (1978)
26. Cocoa Tea – Coming Home
27. Cocoa Tea – Coming Home
28. Cocoa Tea – Loving You Always (1986)
29. Cocoa Tea – Pose Up (1992)
30. Cocoa Tea – Take Time
31. Conscious – Ganja Mus Smoke (2003)
32. Contractor – No Gun Fe We (1996)
33. Dennis Brown – Fire Blaze Away (1998)
34. Dillinger – Dub Them Rasta
35. Dillinger – Flour Dumpling Kill A Man (1975)
36. Dillinger & Augustus Pablo – Dangerous Sound Boy
37. Dirtsman – It A Worry Them
38. Don Angelo – Brandy (2004)
39. Don Carlos – Booming Ball
40. DYCR – Pumpkin Thief (2002)
41. Earl Sixteen – Just Another Day (1987)
42. Errol Dunkley – Holy Mount Zion
43. Errol Scorcher – Baby Mutha (1978)
44. Errol Scorcher – Owner Fe The Donkey (1980)
45. Fish – Why You Do That (1996)
46. Frankie Paul – All This Love (2002)
47. Frankie Paul – Gwan A School
48. Frankie Paul – Here I Go Again (1993)
49. Frankie Paul – Here We Go Again
50. Frankie Paul – Lovely Baby (1991)
51. Frankie Paul – Youthman (1986)
52. Freddie McGregor – Jah Help The People (1982)
53. Garth James – Missing You (2008)
54. General Echo – Bathroom Sex (1979)
55. General Echo – River Jordan, Owna Fidi Yard, Sex Educational Class In Raggamuffin Style (1983)
56. George Faith – Miss Live Alone (2002)
57. George Nooks – I’m Just A Man (2003)
58. George Nooks – Love Is The Solution (2004)
59. Glen Washington – Prisoner Of Love
60. Glen Washington – Say A Prayer (2002)
61. Gregory Isaacs – Yes Baby (2004)
62. Honey Cone – Inna De Ghetto (2002)
63. Hortense Ellis – I’m Just A Girl (1978)
64. Humpty King – Oh Baby (2008)
65. I-Roy – Pusher Man (1973)
66. Jacob Miller – I’m Just A Dread
67. Jah Mason – Mankind Live Up (2003)
68. Jah Thomas – Trackas Trackas (1979)
69. Jahmel – Harvest Time (2003)
70. Japanese – Lyrics Basket
71. Jigsy King – We Run De Border
72. Jim Brown – Clippin (1983)
73. Jimmy Riley – African Queen
74. Joe Gibbs – Heavy Duty Dub
75. Josey Wales – Wrong Fe Come Call Me (1999)
76. Josey Wales – Yo Wrong Fe Send Come Call Me (1984)
77. Junior Demus – God Be For Us (1996)
78. King Tubby – Headlines Dub (1973)
79. King Tubby – Politricks Dub
80. Linval Thompson – Run Down Vanity (1983)
81. Linval Thompson – Trip To Holy Mount Zion (1981)
82. Little John – Mr. Walker (1985)
83. Little John – She No Ready
84. Little John – Wake Up
85. Lone Ranger – Fist To Fist Days Done
86. Lorenzo – Holding On To Love (2004)
87. Louie Lepkie – Chicken Farm (Fowl Farm) (1982)
88. Louie Lepkie – Married To The Yankee (1981)
89. Luciano – Lost Without You (2003)
90. Lukie D – I’m Not Ashame (2002)
91. Lutan Fyah – Seek Jah First (2003)
92. Lutan Fyah – World In His Hand (2008)
93. Mark Wonder – Black Woman
94. Mesha – Can’t Live For Yourself (2008)
95. Michael Fabulous – Full Time Now (2003)
96. Michael Flint – My Special Lady
97. Michael Palmer – Hurt So Bad (2002)
98. Michigan & Smiley – Rub-A-Dub Style
99. Michigan & Smiley & Sugar Minott – Rub-A-Dub Style
100. Mikey General – Jah We Serve (2003)
101. Mikey Jarett – Great Story (2002)
102. Mykal Rose – How You Fi Sey Dat (1998)
103. Nardo Ranks – Mr. Samo (1992)
104. Natural Vibes – Cowboy Style (1979)
105. Nicodemus – DJ A Juck It
106. Nicodemus – Outside Girl (1982)
107. Ninjaman – Come Out Of Church
108. Ninjaman – Queen Majesty
109. Norris Man – Bad Influence (2008)
110. Osbert Madoo – Coming From Town
111. Pampi Judah – My Princess (2003)
112. Patrick Andy – Wicked A Go Run (2004)
113. Peter Ranking & General Lucky – Number One
114. Phillip Fraser – Good Over Evil (2004)
115. Phillip Fraser & Mega Banton – Good Over Evil (2002)
116. Prince Hammer – Good Morning Teacher (1976)
117. Purpleman – Trod Along (1983)
118. Ranking Roger – Ungodly One
119. Ranking Trevor – Savalamar Rock (1978)
120. Ras Fraser Jr. – Inna De Gedeon (2002)
121. Red Dragon – Truck Jack
122. Richie B – True Rastaman (1996)
123. Sammy Dread – Today (1982)
124. Sandeeno – Infatuation (2008)
125. Sister Carol – My Children (1984)
126. Sister Verna – Nah Broke No Fight (1980)
127. Skatta – Always In My Heart
128. Sluggy Ranks – Let Me Be (2003)
129. Sound Dimension – Rub-A-Dub
130. Spanner Banner – Nuff Love (2004)
131. Sugar Minott – Gimme What Is Mine (2004)
132. Sugar Minott – River Jordan (1979)
133. Sugar Minott – Vanity (1978)
134. Sugar Minott – Vanity
135. Tanya Stephens – Blaze The Fire (2003)
136. Terror Fabulous – From Birth (1994)
137. Terry Ganzie – Rude Boy
138. The Aggrovators – Not Just Another Dub
139. The Meditations – Heartless People (2002)
140. The Morwells – Grab And Flee Dub (1979)
141. The Roots Radics – Judgement Time (1982)
142. Tony Tuff – Beautiful Woman (2002)
143. Toyan – Toyan On Broadway (1983)
144. Toyan – What A Thing (1984)
145. U Brown – Police And Soldier
146. Wayne Wonder – A Place In My Heart (Take You To A Place)
147. Winston Hussey – Reality Is A Must (2002)
148. Winston Wheeler – Someone To Love
149. Yellowman – Mr. Chin (1982)
150. Yellowman & Fathead – Mr. Wong