Lee Perry-Roaring Lion

[Bobbo]

Wow! Sound quality amazing! right from the master tape.."roaring lion/pride", "loco negril" are two unheard black ark tracks..as in the riddims have never been released...great job pressure sounds! couldn't be happier!

[j j]

I believe Perry was wearing a cheap Vans casual on his left foot when he recorded these tunes, on his right foot was a Nike, also made in China size 11 I believe.

[Jah Rock]

Yes, very good compilation except maybe the Althea & Donna vocal on track Loco Negril. That vocal just doesn't fit on the music somehow, and their singing is very boring.

[Lost Shoe]

There is already another thread on this topic.
Anyway, got my copy yesterday and listen all 4 sides. As a Perry fan I'm always happy getting new stuff to listen, but still I think this is an outstanding issue. Hope there is more and more and more to come ..... )

[Bobbo]

Lost shoe, I know there was a thread
already but i couldn't find it in the sea of spam...I was listening to it and had to give big ups to pressure sounds

[j j]

Yes I'm really enjoying this one too.

j j

[unorthodoxconqueror]

every track is great except that althea and donna one, muddy and boring

[flashman]

The first time through the Althea and Donna was the one I was most excited about!! Muddy I don't care about, and there is nothing boring about the mix. And I think the bored vocals sound cool in combination with the wild backing track.

But, my question is: what is the original vocal tune to Rocky Road Dub? The one that goes " although the road might be rocky, I'm moving on"

Also, I get really tired of the Black Ark hi hat sound. Am I the only one? Every tune has that same high pitch bell hi hat sound. It gets old and I fixate on it to where I just get sick of even listening to Black Ark era stuff. That must sound crazy to many of you. Oh well.

[Mick Sleeper]

Great release, but "Beat Down Comrade Man" is NOT Junior Byles. Rather than being "a political tune in support of Michael Manley", it's obviously an anti-socialist tune that was done by someone else in support of the JLP and a parody of "Beat Down Babylon".

[lester]

Yes, flashman, that Black Ark hi hat....you're not the only one. When I bought Arkology and listened to it end-to-end it did me in - "fixate" is exactly the word I'd use, too. I gave up listening to those LP productions for a couple of years, but eventually went back. Now I can usually put my "mental spotlight" on other aspects of the music.