Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

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Dubs_West
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by Dubs_West »

Hey AnorakTrev

Bogus tracks thats dissapointing because i really thought that i was picking up a Lee Perry classic.

Anyway it`s a good album especially Track 3 and 4 great tunes.
Jah Chicken
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by Jah Chicken »

Greetings,
Megaton Dub 2 is probably the best dub album in existance, IMHO.

Praises,
Jah Chicken
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BassGroove
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

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Also grab The Upsetter Compact Set on Trojan, essential early Scratch with Africa's Blood, Rhythm Shower and Double Seven rolled into one


Dub On!
Gee
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by Gee »

Quick question on Megaton Dub 1 & 2....how rare are they? I was doing a quick search and I couldn't find them at my local haunts.
leggo rocker
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by leggo rocker »

Not rare at all. Always on ebay. Never fetch a lot of money either.

I'm pretty sure both have been repressed down the ages also.
picaraza
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by picaraza »

BassGroove wrote:Also grab The Upsetter Compact Set on Trojan, essential early Scratch with Africa's Blood, Rhythm Shower and Double Seven rolled into one

Dub On!
Only *Double Seven* is really essential IMO. Africa's Blood is pretty weak.
bullit
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by bullit »

ive still not heard anything that comes near to the LP "Black Ark In Dub" the name says it all.

took me a long time to find that one but good tunes on it, wish i knew what the vocals were of some of the tracks though
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picaraza
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by picaraza »

@bullit

Pretty sure that *Black Ark in Dub* is (in part) bogus.
picaraza
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by picaraza »

Two really good collections that belie the cheesy cover art.

Excaliburman
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Rastafari Liveth in the Heart of Everyone Itinually
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These two just look like they've got to be bogus. Actually, they're two of the very dreadest compiliations imaginable. Not the type of thing you'd expect from a record company, more like excellent mix tapes given to you by a friend.

Speaking of cheesy cover art. Hand-on-heart, this is my favorite Perry compilation.
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Not Black Ark stuff, but absolutely brillant.
AnorakTrev
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Re: Help with "Lee Scratch Perry" album

Post by AnorakTrev »

@ bullit
Quote again from " Super Scratch-The Almost Complete Album Discography "..."This album suffers from the fact that the recording of various synth-overdubs was not supervised by Lee Perry.Rather than getting prime Black Ark dubs..these are mostly out-takes or backing tracks that have been over-dubbed at a later date...".
But ,that is not to say there isn`t a good selection of tunes on the album!Lacksley Castell and George Faith to name a couple of the vocalists.
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