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I've just received a copy of Lee Perry's Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread LP with the matrix number LPIR 0000, which according to RA would suggest it's the Lion of Judah pressing. But it's not. It has 'Upsetters' in red writing on the label and appears to have been made in Jamaica.

The sleeve is green, but not as dark green as the Upsetter (no 's') pressing pictured here: http://www.roots-archives.com/release/240 More of a yellowy-green...

Does anyone else have this pressing? Any idea where it fits into the timeline of Roast Fish pressings? It looks 30 years old, but I'd be interested to know for sure...

Thanks.

Hey leggo, thanks for the tips. The track listing is exactly as listed on smokeyroom there, but the green is still lighter/yellower than the green on the sleeve pictured over there. There is a dimple in the space of vinyl between the label and the grooves, yep...

Also, it's Upsetters, not Upsetter. Hmm...

I forgot to mention the most important thing, though, which is that it sounds superb! Much, much better than the 90s repress, which was the only version I'd heard previously.

Yeah, I saw that thread before posting this one, as the old one was talking about a different pressing and descended into some sort of argument about "big dick contests".

... the answer is simple:
this album comes in only ONE taste: stamper LPIR 00000
whatever pressing, they all have that same matrix;
sleeve original brown; sleeve blue, sleeve greeen
label Lion of Judah, label Upsetters, label Upsetter doesnt matter ... THEY ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME.

there has been some suggesting about the Upsetters clouds;
but that's all wet finger work, nothing is clear in that matter, only thing sure is that it came after the Lion Off Judahh, can be early eighties till late ninetees ...
that's it, that all

... btw same story counts for Return Of Super Ape;
ALL pressings have same matrix: LPIR 00001
sorry, can't make it any more beautifull than it (already) is

chungdejah wrote:... btw same story counts for Return Of Super Ape;
ALL pressings have same matrix: LPIR 00001

The pressing I have has a different matrix: VPRL 1001.

... ok Jonti i havent kept up with more recent presses ...

still i would like to emphasize that both
albums can never come in a different mix from
the original ... another matrix could either mean in
bad case its copied from vinyl, or for some better
maybe, a digital remaster ...

@ Visitor

It doesn't look like "Yu Squeeze Ma Panhandle" is a second title to "Please Mr. DJ Man".
There's no mention of "You Squeeze My Panhandle" in the lyrics, so it could just as well be a completely different that, in the end, never made it on the album.
Just a guess though.

Ron wrote:@ Visitor

It doesn't look like "Yu Squeeze Ma Panhandle" is a second title to "Please Mr. DJ Man".
There's no mention of "You Squeeze My Panhandle" in the lyrics, so it could just as well be a completely different that, in the end, never made it on the album.
Just a guess though.

I've never thought it like that...