Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Dub Revolution, Pt. 1 - Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters
2. One Step Forward - Max Romeo
3. One Step Dub - The Upsetters
4. Vampire - Devon Irons
5. Vamp a Dub - The Upsetters
6. Sufferers Time - The Heptones
7. Sufferers Dub - The Upsetters
8. Sufferers Heights - Junior Dread
9. Don't Blame on I - The Congos
10. Much Smarter - The Meditations
11. Much Smarter Dub - The Upsetters
12. Life Is Not Easy - The Meditations
13. Life Is Not Easy Dub - The Upsetters
14. Tedious - Junior Murvin
15. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo
16. Revelation Dub - The Upsetters
17. Mr. President - The Heptones, Jah Lion
18. Chase the Devil - Max Romeo

Disc 2:

1. Dreadlocks in Moonlight - Lee "Scratch" Perry
2. Dread at the Controls - Mikey Dread
3. In These Times
4. In These Times Dub - The Upsetters
5. Norman - Max Romeo, The Upsetters
6. Police & Thieves - Junior Murvin
7. Magic Touch - Glen DaCosta
8. Soldier and Police War - Jah Lion
9. Grumblin' Dub - The Upsetters
10. Bad Weed - Junior Murvin
11. John Public
12. John Public [Version]
13. Roots Train - Dillinger, Junior Murvin
14. No Peace - The Meditations
15. No Peace Dub - The Upsetters
16. Rasta Train - Dr. Alimantado, Raphael Green
17. Party Time, Pt. 2 - The Upsetters

Disc 3:

1. Vibrate On - Augustus Pablo, The Upsetters
2. Vibrator - The Upsetters
3. Bird in Hand - The Upsetters
4. Congoman - The Congos
5. Dyon Anasawa - The Upsetters
6. Rastaman Shuffle - The Upsetters
7. Why Must I [Version] - The Heptones, Lee "Scratch" Perry
8. Make up Your Mind - The Heptones
9. Closer Together - The Upsetters
10. Groovy Situation - Keith Rowe, Keith Rowe
11. Groovy Dub - The Upsetters
12. To Be a Lover (Have Some Mercy) - George Faith
13. Soul Fire - Lee "Scratch" Perry
14. Curly Locks - Lee "Scratch" Perry
15. Feast of the Passover - The Congos
16. Roast Fish and Cornbread - Lee "Scratch" Perry
17. Corn Fish Dub - The Upsetters

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #72566 in Music
• Brand: Lee
• Released on: 2004-07-12
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .62 pounds

Amazon.com
The nearly four hours of astounding music encoded on these three discs merely scratch the surface of the highly personal sonic universe created by this legendarily eccentric, yet ridiculously prolific, dub-reggae producer. It's still the best source of entry into Lee "Scratch" Perry's world, though, a place defined by homemade avant-garde production techniques applied to the wittiest, angriest, sexiest, and most soulful reggae tunes ever written. Perry was born in 1936, and his career spans the history of Jamaican music. These 52 tracks, however, derive mainly from the late 1970s, when he was at the height of his considerable powers and recording hits like Max Romeo's "War in a Babylon" and Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves" for Island. Helpfully annotated, with a healthy handful of unreleased tracks, Arkology is a beginner's banquet of tracks that sound increasingly deep, daring, and downright frightening as the depth of Perry's talent is plumbed. --Richard Gehr