Product Description

Despite clocking in at a whopping 4 feet eleven inches, Lee Scratch Perry looms head and shoulders over reggaes history, much like the gorilla on the cover of this album. Not only is Perry regarded as having taken roots dub to new depths, many people (likely including Perry) would assert that he invented it himself. Noted both as an engineer and producer, it was at his Black Ark studios that Bob Marley recorded some of his earliest tracks (which Perry then sold to Trojan Records, allegedly pocketing the cash and effectively derailing his relationship with Marley). Always flamboyant (his attires suggests Sun Ras Salvation Army stylee), Perry presided over the Upsetters, a number of whom would come to greater notoriety as Wailers. The Upsetters had performed on Max Romeos earlier success, War Ina Babylon (also on Hip-O Select), and Perry, who seemed to inhabit the studio 24/7, felt it was time to unleash his studio band as a performing unit in its own right. Comprised of a half-dozen-strong percussion session, a horn section of similar size, and several vocalists including Prince Jazzbo and Perry himself, the Upsetters took a dark and swampy turn on this disc. The congas and bass hold down the bottom end with an almost ominous interplay, and the vocals swirl in and out in a tropical fever state. When they put the albums motto on the front cover, proclaiming Dub It Up Blacker Than Dread, they werent fooling. As it states in the opening verse of Zions Blood, I and I shall never fade away. By making albums such as Super Ape, Lee Perry guaranteed it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #170940 in Music
• Published on: 2005
• Released on: 2006-09-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .15 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Upsetters - Superrape
This is a strong album with a very jungle - like feel, supported with haunting horns and flutes and percussions. I love every song, especially Dread Lion and Superrape.Still, this album should not be for some beginners as it may be to deep. To enjoy this product completely, I beleive some reggae initiatition is required to fully appreciate Lee Perry and the Upsetters and the sound they created at Black Ark Studios.

yes
Good old school reggae album done by lee scratch perry. Pretty solid songs, nothing mind blowing but good.