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BOOK: Kiss Me Neck - A Lee Scratch Perry Companion
By Jeremy Collingwood - Available Here
Innovator, genius and trendsetter there are few individuals quite as unique as Lee Scratch Perry, aka The Upsetter. He has become a legend in his own lifetime and earned himself an army of admirers stretching across every continent. Musically, his CV is beyond compare in the worlds of reggae and dub, having helped create and define both since he first immersed himself in the 1950s Jamaican music world. Perry is a maverick who helped create today’s musical landscape by pushing himself, and the recording studio, to the point of destruction. Kiss Me Neck is an extensive, detailed and heavily illustrated, guide to the records produced by Perry and those that hailed from his legendary Black Ark Studio. With over one thousand releases to his name, there is a wealth of material here - Kiss Me Neck serves both as a guide for the experienced fan and an introduction for the beginner. We anticipate great appeal amongst, and have already received orders from, the Jamaican music collecting communities, as well as Mods, Skinheads, Rude Boys and so on throughout the world. Good coverage in the relevant press is guaranteed. Jeremy Collingwood has, for the past decade, been documenting the music of Jamaica on CD and in books for many major labels and publishers. He has produced six packages of Perry’s work, including the box set, I Am The Upsetter for Trojan Records, and is also one of the world s leading authorities on Bob Marley - he recently had his acclaimed book Bob Marley: His Musical Legacy published and has acted as consultant on the film Rebel Music , as well as recent BBC Radio 2 documentaries on Bob Marley and Lee Perry. There really could be no better guide to Scratch’s archive.
Lee Perry Releases:
Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Sound System Scratch CD/2LP (PRESSURE SOUNDS)
Available here on 2LP and here on CD
This is one of the last great Lee Perry Dub albums - an essential release for anyone with an interest in Dub, Lee Perry, Reggae, Sound System Culture, and music in general! As always in a high Pressure Sounds quality, there are extended linernotes, and the booklet has exclusive photographs taken by Dennis Morris, some of these have not been seen before. In the 1970's sound system culture one man's productions could be heard in exclusive mixes. That man was Lee 'Scratch' Perry who, more than any producer or performer of the time, used dub plates for one-off projects and mixes: his 'specials' are the thing of legend. CD and 2LP-Vinyl tracklisting - click for soundclips Dread Dub Plate – Lee Perry Lama Lava Mix One – Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters Groove Dubber – The Upsetters Groove Rider – The Upsetters Jucky Skank – The Upsetters Chim Cherie – The Upsetters The Rightful Organiser – Lee Perry & The Upsetters Stagger – Lee Perry & The Upsetters Big Neck Cut – Lee Perry & The Upsetters Zeal Of The Lord – The Upsetters Dub Of The Lord – The Upsetters Returning Wax – The Upsetters Bushdub Corntrash – Winston Wright & The Upsetters From Dub Four – Clive Hylton & The Upsetters Roots Train Number Two – Junior Murvin & The Upsetters Locks In The Dublight – Lee Perry & The Upsetters Moonlight Version – The Upsetters Dub History – Carlton Jackson & The Upsetters Living Dub – Keith Rowe & The Upsetters This compilation tells the tale of exclusivity, fashion, being in-the-know, of dub plate culture which lived at the heart of a vibrant scene that saw reggae music develop a new musical genre, that of the remix. In fact Lee Perry was probably one of the most creative producers to have worked in this genre in the 1970s. His exclusive mixes, which were often made for sound systems, are at the heart of what this album is about. A dub plate gave a sound system an exclusive piece of music, although reggae music has always had a fluid concept of what 'exclusive' means, and another reason why their supporters followed them. Sounds had the same passionate following that football clubs had, indeed many fans had the same local loyalty. Sounds had a whole crew to build, move and play the equipment and music: social life was built around where the sound was playing: it was about looking good and checking out the opposite sex. Sounds were about cultural identity, a good time and maybe romance. In the 1970's sound system culture one man's productions could be heard in exclusive mixes. That man was Lee 'Scratch' Perry who, more than any producer or performer of the time, used dub plates for one-off projects and mixes: his 'specials' are the thing of legend. To add to the quality of the package there are exclusive photographs taken by Dennis Morris. Some of these photographs have not been seen before. This will be an essential release for anyone with an intrest in Dub, Lee Perry and Reggae music in general. It is one of the last great Lee Perry Dub albums.
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Upcoming: Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives Sampler LP
UPDATE: This is now available - to buy please contact us at info@conch.co.nz
The Distant Relatives Sampler LP is due for release in June, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nzWhat we're about to do right now is go back. Back to a time when rap's greatest hits were created in basement soundrooms, not corporate boardrooms. When dancehall and hip-hop music was all about moving the crowd not "moving units." Before Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and Nasty Nasir Jones first began treading the long and winding "Road to Zion." The artists' first collaboration went so well that they decided to do a full album together, and that album is Distant Relatives!
Unlike all previous collaborations between Jamaican and American artists, Distant Relatives is neither a remix nor a featured guest spot on a single track. The recording is a fully collaborative effort filling an entire album, opening new avenues of musical expression.The album created by two serious artists to explore and celebrate the correlations and deep-rooted connections between reggae and hip-hop, tracing both sounds back to the African motherland that is both the cradle of humanity and the wellspring of mankind's music. And who better to fulfill this mission? The youngest son of the legendary Bob Marley, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, and all time legend of Hip-Hop - Nas Jones.
Track listing: A1 AS WE ENTER A2 TRIBAL WAR (FEAT. K’NAAN) A3 STRONG WILL CONTINUE A4 LAND OF PROMISE A5 DISPEAR B1 IN HIS OWN WORDS (FEAT. STEPHEN MARLEY) B2 NAH MEAN B3 LEADERS (FEAT. STEPHEN MARLEY) B4 MY GENERATION (FEAT. JOSS STONE & LIL’ WAYNE) B5 AFRICA MUST WAKE UP (FEAT. K’NAAN) NAS & DAMIAN "JR GONG" MARLEY DISTANT RELATIVES preview from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
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