RICK Records presents Calling Mr Speaker: Freddie McGregor voices a new rub-a-dub re-lick of Tristan Palma’s Face The Struggle,
with dub mixes on 12″.

Label: Rick Records
Drums, bass, rhythm guitar, percussion, piano & hammond organ by: Naram
Lead guitar by: Anand Naran
Lyrics by: Freddie McGregor
Backing vocals by: Adena Myrie
Recorded by: Chike The Chemist at Big Ship, Kingston, Jamaica (2022)
Hard Rubbish Horns:
Tenor saxophone by: Joe Greenway
Trombone by: Callum Mintzis
Tumpet by: Steve Temple
Recorded by: Selwyn Cozens at Hard Rubbish Recorders, Melbourne, Australia
Riddim & mix by: Naram
Produced by: Rick Howe (Riddim Yard)
Mastered by: Joshua Llewellyn at Downbeat Mastering (NZ)
Release date: 07/04/2026

RICK is the new record label by Rick Howe, host of Riddim Yard on PBS 106.7 FM in Melbourne, Australia. The second release, Calling Mr Speaker, is a re-lick of Tristan Palma’s Face The Struggle, originally produced by Linval Thompson in 1982, with a new riddim built by Naram in Whanganui, Aotearoa. The 12″ is mixed to tape by Naram in the 80s Channel One rub-a-dub style. Featuring reggae legend Freddie Mcgregor on vocals recorded at Big Ship studios in Kingston, Jamaica (2022). Complete with full horns cut by Hard Rubbish Horns, and two dub versions mixed for sound system.

1. Freddie McGregor – Calling Mr Speaker
2. Naram – Version
3. Hard Rubbish Horns – Calling All Horns
4. Naram – Dubbing All Horns

Freddie McGregor, Hard Rubbish Horns, Naram

Singles, Reggae