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Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends People Funny BoyThe Upsetter Singles 1968 - 1969

Doctor Bird

Reggae, Ska and rocksteady, Roots

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Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – DISC 1: Non Such (Busted Me Bet) - The Mellotones
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Stranger On The Shore - Val Bennett
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Evol Yenoh - Burt Walters
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Honey Love - Burt Walters
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – People Funny Boy - Lee Perry
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Blowing In The Wind - Burt Walters
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Uncle Charley - The Mellotones
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Not Taking Any Sentence - Danny & Lee
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – Farmer's In The Den - The Bleechers
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Friends – What A Botheration - The Mellotones

1. DISC 1: Non Such (Busted Me Bet) - The Mellotones
2. Stranger On The Shore - Val Bennett
3. Evol Yenoh - Burt Walters
4. Honey Love - Burt Walters
5. People Funny Boy - Lee Perry
6. Blowing In The Wind - Burt Walters
7. Uncle Charley - The Mellotones
8. Not Taking Any Sentence - Danny & Lee
9. Farmer's In The Den - The Bleechers
10. What A Botheration - The Mellotones
11. Tighten Up - The Inspirations
12. A Place In The Sun - David Isaacs
13. Handy Cap - The Upsetters
14. Uncle Desmond - The Mellotones
15. Mad House - Lee Perry
16. Keep Your Mouth Shut – Danny & Lee
17. Prison Sentence - The Upsetters
18. Stand By Me - The Inspirations
19. Return Of Django - The Upsetters
20. Mini Dress - The Righteous Flames
21. Good Father - David Isaacs
22. I'll Be Waiting - The Inspirations
23. What a Situation - Slim Smith
24. What a Botheration - Lee Perry
25. Eight For Eight - The Upsetters
26. Django aka Bronco - Lord Comic and The Upsetters
27. What A Botheration (alt. take) - The Mellotones
28. DISC 2: You Crummy - Lee Perry
29. Dollar In The Teeth - The Upsetters
30. Baby Baby - Val Bennett
31. You Know What I Mean - The Inspirations
32. Beware of the Pepper - Denzil Laing
33. Barbara - Val Bennett
34. People Funny Fi True - Lee Perry
35. Ten To Twelve - The Upsetters
36. How Can I Forget - Busty Brown
37. Dry Up Your Tears - The Mellotones
38. Oh Lord - The West Indians
39. Come Into My Parlour - The Bleechers
40. What A Price - Busty Brown
41. No Bread & Butter - Milton Henry
42. Everything For Your Fun - The Bleechers
43. I’ve Got Memories - David Isaacs
44. I’m Leaving - David Isaacs
45. I Wear My Slanders - The Gaylads
46. Who To Tell - Bruce Bennett
47. Check Him Out - The Bleechers
48. Pound Get A Blow - The Soul Twins
49. The Same Thing - The Gaylads
50. A Testimony - The Upsetter Pilgrims
51. The Same Thing You Gave To Daddy - Nora Dean
52. The Vampire - The Upsetters
53. You Know What I Mean (alt. take) - The Inspirations
54. Dollar In The Teeth (alt. take) - The Upsetters

• First extensive anthology of Lee Perry’s early productions.

• Includes numerous Jamaican hits.

• Features some of the most influential Jamaican recordings of the late 60s.

Today, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is widely acknowledged by both fans and experts alike as being one of the finest talents to emerge during the golden age of Jamaican music. But his climb to the top of the musical ladder was neither easy nor swift: after working as a jack-of-all- trades for Studio One boss Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd, he made his mark as a recording artist and arranger in the mid-60s before overseeing recording sessions for a number of up-and- coming record label owners. Finally, in mid-1968, he finally possessed the necessary funds and expertise to join their ranks and become a fully independent producer.

Perry’s innovative approach and understanding of local music trends swiftly brought him national success with a number of popular singles issued on Upset, the label he co-owned with his friends and fellow musical creatives, Lynford Anderson and Barrington Lambert. Within months, he had become a fully independent operator, releasing further best-selling 45s on his Upsetter label, with the popularity of the discs attracting the attention of London-based Trojan Records, which created a British version of his imprint early 1969.

Throughout this time, Perry’s output particularly found favour among Britain’s skinhead music fans, and that autumn their buying power proved instrumental in propelling his production of Val Bennett & The Upsetters’ irresistible dancefloor-filler ‘Return Of Django’ into the upper echelons of the UK pop charts. Its success not only exposed Perry’s music to a global audience but also provided the income to enable him to continue his experimentation with sound that in time would culminate some of the most compelling records ever to see issue.

This collection, which brings together the recordings that launched Perry’s career as an independent record producer, features a fascinating mixture of styles, ranging from the soulful rhythms of rock steady to the dynamic sounds of boss reggae, with the resulting mix not only providing a compelling listening experience, but also a fascinating insight into the early musical development of one of Jamaican music’s most influential, innovative and successful music makers.

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