Watch This Sound Riddim – Various Labels

Watch This Sound produced by The Now Team, Brad Osborne, Winston Lowe, Bunny Striker Lee, Henry Lawes, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Chemist, Sugar Minott, Bobby Digital, Hugh Chris, Donville Davis for Rosie Uprising, Tramp, Monica’s, Volcano, African Museum, Digital-B, Chris, Cousins in 1968

Watch This Sound Riddim is a 1968 roots and rocksteady-era rhythm built around a wide set of later interpretations, issued across various labels and linked here to The Now Team, Brad Osborne, Winston Lowe, Bunny Striker Lee, Henry Lawes, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Chemist, Sugar Minott, Bobby Digital, Hugh Chris, Donville Davis, and imprints like Tramp, Volcano, African Museum, Digital-B, and Cousins. The best-known cut in the sequence is Cornell Campbell’s Watch This Sound, originally associated with the classic same-name foundation tune, while Gregory Isaacs’ Cream Of The Crop and Freddie McGregor’s Watch This Sound keep the set firmly anchored in deep vocal reggae. It also pulls in Cocoa Tea and Shabba Ranks, Frankie Paul, George Nooks, Jahmali, and Louie Culture, so the selection moves from vintage roots voices into later revival and dancehall treatments. The result is a broad, well-travelled riddim with a strong old-school backbone and enough versioning history to show how long this piece has stayed in rotation.

Watch This Sound Riddim Tracklist:

1. Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks – Time Is Dread (2001)
2. Cornell Campbell – Watch This Sound (1978)
3. Delroy Pinnock – From Now On (2005)
4. Frankie Paul – My Shining Star (Guiding Star) (2006)
5. Freddie McGregor – Watch This Sound (1996)
6. George Nooks – Two Roads (2001)
7. Gregory Isaacs – Cream Of The Crop (1982)
8. Jahmali – Holding On (2001)
9. Jahmali – Say What Youre Saying (2001)
10. Jig Saw – My African Princess (2001)
11. Lady Lex – Wonderful World (2006)
12. Louie Culture – Come Over To Me (2001)
13. Louie Culture – Reaction (2001)
14. Luciano – Bring Back The Vibes (2006)
15. Lukie D – Pretty Woman (2001)
16. Marcia Griffiths – Watch This Sound (2003)
17. Mykal Rose – More Weed (Want More Weed) (2006)
18. Nerious Joseph – High Grade (2006)
19. Papa San – Talking Parrot
20. Prince Malachi – Armageddon (2006)
21. Ranking Joe – Sex Maniac (1980)
22. Richie Davis – What A Pity (2006)
23. Robbie Valentine – You Cant Do That To Me (2001)
24. Singing Melody & Scotty – Watch This Sound (2001)
25. Slim Smith – Watch This Sound (2006)
26. Sly & Robbie & The Aggrovators – Dub This Sound
27. Sugar Minott – The Youth Dem Getting Bad (1988)
28. The Aggrovators – Watch This Version (1974)
29. The Uniques – Watch This Sound (1968)
30. Tony Curtis – Leave The Collie Alone (2005)
31. U Brown – Watch What Is Going On (1973)