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Lee "Scratch" Perry: Reggae Greats

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Label: Island Records
Released: 1998
Time:
 41:02
Category: Reggae
Producer(s): Lee Perry
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.upsetter.net/scratch/
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Purchase date: 2001.12.31
Price in €: 7,99



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[1] The Heptones: Party Time (Sibbles) - 4:03
[2] Junior Murvin: Police And Thieves (J.Murvin/L.Perry) - 3:54
[3] Keith Rowe: Groovy Situation (K.Rowe) - 3:26
[4] Lee Perry: Soul Fire (L.Perry) - 3:54
[5] Max Romeo: War In A Babylon (L.Perry/M.Romero) - 4:49
[6] Jah Lion: Wisdom (L.Perry) - 3:32
[7] George Faith: To Be A Lover (G.Faith) - 5:59
[8] Lee Perry: Roast Fish And Cornbread (L.Perry) - 3:50
[9] Prince Jazzbo: Croaking Lizard (L.Perry) - 3:25
[10] Lee Perry: Dreadlocks In Moonlight (L.Perry) - 3:46

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LEE "Scratch" PERRY - Performer
THE HEPTONES - Performer
JUNIOR MURVIN - Performer
KEITH ROWE - Performer
MAX ROMEO - Performer
JAH LION - Performer
GEORGE FAITH - Performer
PRINCE JAZZBO - Performer

STUART BATSFORD - Liner Note

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1998 CD Island/Mango ISLCD9792

Part of the Reggae Greats series from Mango, this is a small but tasty slice of the Lee Perry pie. Certainly not as adventurous as most other collections, but it does include killers like the ganja soaked "Roast Fish & Cornbread", Jah Lion's excellent "Wisdom" and one of my favorites, Perry's "Dreadlocks In Moonlight". Consider this essential listening for a course in Lee Perry 101.



With its contributions from such eminent members of the Lee "Scratch" Perry stable as the Heptones, Max Romeo, and Junior Murvin, this album could have been titled Lee Perry 101. You can start a lot of arguments among reggae fans trying to establish the single best Perry compilation; despite a reggae marketplace glutted with low-rent bootlegs and just plain sloppy or shoddy "best-ofs," there are still a good dozen or so compilations on the market that can lay claim to indispensability. This one, an early entry in Mango's respected Reggae Greats series, is certainly one of them. Most of the track selections are obvious: Murvin's "Police and Thieves," Romeo's "War Ina Babylon," George Faith's "To Be a Lover," and several Perry performances including the eerie "Roast Fish and Cornbread" and "Dreadlocks in Moonlight." From the more obscure depths of the Perry catalog come the very stern Jah Lion (aka Jah Lloyd) with "Wisdom" and the vaguely creepy "Groovy Situation" by Keith Rowe. These recordings represent some of Perry's finest work as a producer and bandleader, and exemplify the creative peak of his Black Ark period. If you must limit yourself to a single Lee Perry album, this one may be the best bet.

Rick Anderson - All Music Guide
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