• Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jungle Lion
    • The Upsetters – Freak Out Skank
    • 1. Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jungle Lion
    • 2. The Upsetters – Freak Out Skank

    Jungle Lion is such a fun funky recording which aptly displays Scratch’s musical genius. Music connoisseurs will immediately recognise the interpolation of Al Green’s "Love and Happiness" and hear Perry‘s eccentric antics which gives the tune it’s raw edge. The novelty of this recording greets the listener at the very beginning where Scratch imitates the roar of a lion and and then continues throughout in his signature revolutionary style of experimental overdubbing.

    Jungle Lion, released in1973 on the studio album Double Seven, recorded at the Chalk Farm Studios in London by the Upsetters, is a lesson in why this small island native became one of the most influential music producers globally. Later the same year he went on to build The Black Ark Studio at his home in Kingston, Jamaica.

    Other Releases by Lee Perry & The Upsetters

    Lee Perry & The UpsettersKiss Me NeckStudio 16
    Cracking mid 70s roots funk cut from the Black Ark with horns & dub on "Kiss Me Neck" Don't miss! All three new Studio 16 7" come in thick company sleeves.
    • – Kiss Me Neck
    • – Da Ba Da

    Other Releases on Skank & Groove

    Junior Byles / U-RoyAuntie Lu-Lu / Double SixSkank & Groove
    Two wicked early 70s productions from Lee Perry featuring Junior Byles on "Auntie Lu-Lu & U-Roy's magnificent "Double Six"
    • Junior Byles – Auntie Lu-Lu
    • U-Roy – Double Six

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