Sound System Scratch Lee Perry & The Upsetters SKU: PSLP0068 Barcode: 689492102814 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Pressure Sounds Released Date: 23rd November 2012 Buying Format: 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Anyone with a passing interest in reggae has heard of Lee Perry also known as ‘Scratch’ or ‘The Upsetter’ but, over the last thirty years, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has become better known as a ‘performance artist’ rather than a performer, an artist or record producer. Yet Scratch’s importance to the history of Jamaican music in particular, and recorded music in general, is second to none. He has made an incredible contribution to the development of reggae as a producer, arranger and writer and was the inspiration behind many of the key movements in the development of the music. In a business overcrowded with superlatives the word ‘genius’ is too often used to describe the most mediocre of talents. Lee Perry is, beyond question, a genuine genius and has been responsible for creating some of the greatest, most complex and seriously mystical music ever to come out of Jamaica. For the six years it was operating his Black Ark recording studio set standards that have never been bettered: it was there that Scratch moved his music in inventive and innovative directions that no-one else has, even now, thought to consider. Freed from the strictures of paying for studio time on an hourly rate his music became increasingly intense, multi-layered and extraordinarily experimental. ‘Native’ Wayne Jobson memorably described the Black Ark as “like a medieval spaceship with Scratch at the controls” but, as the seventies drew to a close and the creative tension at the Black Ark kept on mounting, Scratch started to become increasingly out of control. His music was no longer selling well in Jamaica and the overseas record companies were bewildered with the tapes he sent them for release. But Scratch’s music still found a home on the sound systems, the natural home of the musical renegade, in Jamaica, England, America and Canada. Sound system followers understood where The Upsetter was coming from, and where he was going to, even if the general public and record company executives failed to so. The exclusive mixes showcased on this release have never been heard before outside of sound system dances. Some will be familiar through their commercial incarnations such as ‘Bucky Skank’, ‘History’ and ‘Groovy Situation’ but here they have been pushed and pulled, coaxed and cajoled in hitherto unexplored and previously unimagined directions. This is music from a man coming to the end of his tether… The album comes in a stark, striking black and white design with hitherto unseen photographs and lots of archive material. We have also released ‘Dub Plate Pressure’ from the album on a seven inch single. The version side of the single, with the rhythm dubbed into oblivion, does not feature on the album and the single comes in its own \’Upsetters Records\’ picture sleeve. Artist Lee Perry & The Upsetters Genre Reggae / Dub / Ska Label Pressure Sounds Buying Options 2LP Format 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Lee Perry: Dub Plate Pressure Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters: Lama Lava Mix One The Upsetters: Groove Dubber The Upsetters: Groove Rider The Upsetters: Jucky Skank The Upsetters: Chim Cherie Lee Perry & The Upsetters: The Rightful Organiser Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Stagger Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Big Neck Cut The Upsetters: Zeal Of The Lord The Upsetters: Dub of The Lord The Upsetters: Returning Wax Winston Wright & The Upsetters: Bushdub Corntrash Clive Hylton & The Upsetters: From Dub Four Junior Murvin & The Upsetters: Roots Train Number Two Lee Perry & The Upsetters: Locks In The Dublight The Upsetters: Moonlight Version Carlton Jackon & The Upsetters: Dub History The Upsetters: Groovy Dub Keith Rowe & The Upsetters: Living Dub Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Lee Perry & The Upsetters and more from Reggae / Dub / Ska View Product Quick View Lee Perry & The Upsetters High Plains Drifter Reggae / Dub / Ska | Pressure Sounds | 2LP Released 23rd November 2012 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Perry & The Upsetters High Plains Drifter £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Pressure Sounds SKU: PSLP0073 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 23rd November 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Marley Uprising Live Reggae / Dub / Ska | Eagle Vision | 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th November 2020 £32.00 - £39.00 Select options Bob Marley Uprising Live £32.00 - £39.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Eagle Vision Formats: 3LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th November 2020 Read More Select options Nearly New View Product Quick View Buddy Jay's Jamaican Jazz Band Buddy Jay’s Jamaican Jazz Band Jazz | Not on label / Self released | 1LP Released 24th August 2023 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Buddy Jay's Jamaican Jazz Band Buddy Jay’s Jamaican Jazz Band £10.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Not on label / Self released SKU: nn269851 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Bunny "Striker" Lee & Friends Next Cut! 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