sss I

sss II

UNAUTHORIZE DUB

upsetter-unauthorize dub

a upsetting rhythm 1
b upsetting rhythm 2
c groove rider
d princess street skank
e I am the greatest says Muhammad Ali
f dub plate pressure
g creation dub 3
h fly away
i upsetting rhythm 3
j righteous rocking
k patience dub
l cut throat
m dub into my world
n dub of the lord
o get ready (bongo mix)
p strong drink (melodica mix)
q teachers dub
r revelation dub
s tedious dub
t walk the version
u vampire horns
v unauthorized dub

produce by Lee ScratchPerry

http://www.mediafire.com/?p69umuy3ze88i8s

return of wax

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http://www.mediafire.com/?wgcw69c6ccx2vn7

musical bones

"I have this already" you mumble to your yourself, but even idiots will notice that this rip is louder and cleaner. It also comes with a nicer edit of Vin Gordon's take on "Real Rock"- Scratch got a huge response playing that one on acetate in a UK dance at the time. Play this one loud at the police station or your mother-in-law's house, and see how they feel about The Upsetter- BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.mediafire.com/?4dxrh5a2a2qmv3j

news flash

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http://www.mediafire.com/?k1g4yu6oyldbksr

you are the fool

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ng2zjwukn1w2idw

Peter Tosh - Upsetter Sessions

This one goes out to all you fake hippies, fake DJs and fake Rasta. Big respect to anyone real enough to be themselves-
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http://www.mediafire.com/?zmgjj1oglmej4yo

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UPSETTERS

This is the LP they did without Scratch during the first UK visit, angering him deeply. Funny how Carlie is "The Good".
This cd was mastered by a fool, with faint, feeble levels and lots of record pops. Here it is given the BB treatment, hot levels and no pops-
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http://www.mediafire.com/?mzmgmet2mfy

born inthe sky

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http://www.mediafire.com/?4ytqjj1xm5m

kung fu meets the dragon

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http://www.mediafire.com/?jtrf12yxifz

wizzdom

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http://www.mediafire.com/?j5gtmgzzznd

truth and wizzdom

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http://www.mediafire.com/?thqdjomtdez

puss see hole

Some of Perry's most brilliant poetry, a simple dog and cat story:

"Dog go a market,
Puss go a market.
Dog see hole,
Puss see hole."

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http://www.badongo.com/file/15899465

MISTER COP

Nice times at the Black Ark, with Greg, Scratch, The Heptones and whoever The Upsetters were that day (is that Mikey Boo on drums?) grooving hard in Scratch’s little garage. This particular pressing appeared on the Micron imprint in Jamaica.
Many of you have never heard the dubwise cut: this version has a special splice to ensure prolonged, extended Upsetter bliss.*.*.*.*

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http://www.badongo.com/file/15871904

captive

Some say this is Scratch's best lyric:
From a Dutch disco on Black Art-

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http://www.badongo.com/file/15788768

Really from The Congo

For years there was rumor of lost sessions from the Black Ark with musicians from Zaire and Jamaica playing together in the seventies. The story mutated in a form of the telephone game, but to eventually hear the music is to hear a potent mix of reggae and African vibes, mixed in a heavy, psychedelic style by The Upsetter Perry: A must-hear.

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PART 1:
http://www.badongo.com/file/15430127
PART 2:
http://www.badongo.com/file/15399243

upsetter - dread lion

1 MAX ROMEO - tell jah say BOOMING REMIX
2 TOWER CHANTERS - little flute chant
3 BLUEBELLS - come along 45 MIX
4 UPSETTER - come along version
5 UPSETTER - dub along
6 PROPHETS & JAH STITCH - zion gate extended
7 ZAP POW! - river of mystery
8 UPSETTER - return of the super ape
9 U ROY - OK corral
10 UPSETTER - dread lion LP MIX
11 UPSETTER - dread lion BOOMING REMIX
12 UPSETTER - dread lion UTMOST REMIX
13 RICKY & BUNNY w COLLIE BUDZ - no bushweed
14 UPSETTER - simon the sorcerer
15 BLUEBELLS - come along MIX 2

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http://www.badongo.com/file/15122926

upsetter- baker's dozen

1 MAX ROMEO - TAN AND SEE
2 RAS MICHAEL - HEAR JORDAN ROLL
3 JR MURVIN - CROSS OVER
4 MAX ROMEO - NO PEACE
5 MEDITATIONS - RUNNING FROM JAMAICA
6 THE CUSTOMS OFFICERS - ME NAH RUN
7 UPSETTERS - DOMINO GAME
8 MAX ROMEO - NORMAN DISCO MIX
9 LEE PERRY - BABYLON A FALL
10 RAS MICHAEL - WICKED GOT TO GO
11 UPSETTER IN SESSION
12 LEE PERRY - RAINBOW THRONE A CAPELLA
13 LEE PERRY - RAINBOW THRONE

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http://www.badongo.com/file/15122499

scratch live

Seeing Lee Scratch Perry perform live is a lot like the classic tale, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. A huge crowd has gathered, eagerly anticipating a monumental appearance of a very important figure. Hype is fever pitch because the media have been telling anyone and everyone that the man who gave Bob Marley his style (and backing band), the producer of “Police and Thieves”, a madman who burned down his own world-class hit studio in the back yard of his house, IS COMING TO OUR TOWN.

Like the king’s tailor in the old tale, who blew smoke up the king’s ass on a regular basis, Scratch’s current record company (different for each new album) has been pounding the waves with tales of his madness and eccentricity. People are on the edge of their heels to catch a glimpse of Bob Marley’s friend and maybe even shake his hand.

Scratch takes the stage very late to much fanfare, overdressed in bright colors. On his head a custom made hat that he fabricated with a glue gun, mirrors and knickknacks over a baseball cap, on his feet are boots that he individualized with similar mirrors etc. In his hands are his water bottle, bible and other personal effects, along with an elaborately embellished microphone not unlike the hat and boots. One night he even had a bright foil Happy Birthday balloon trailing from his hands to hilarious effect.

The crowd’s reaction is immediately loud and approving: they laugh at Scratch’s short stature and crazy clothes, and they are charmed. Women say he is a cute man, and brothers want to get high with him. He was Bob Marley’s friend and producer!
The first song settles in, and everyone is a little surprised at it’s absolute mediocrity- surely Scratch will warm up and really get into it tonight. In fact it’s kind of shitty-has he lost his voice or something?

The drummer counts the next tune, rolls and comes in. The band settles into another one of Scratch’s famous rhythms like “Curly Locks” or “Roast Fish and Cornbread”, and Scratch paces the stage, anointing it occasionally with “holy water” from his plastic bottle, and muttering rhymes like “Super ape/super tape/super ape/super grape…”.
Some people, like the crowd in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, are wondering to themselves “Does Scratch really suck, or is it just me?”. Many individuals in the throng aren’t paying enough attention, or don’t really know the difference.

Further tunes ensue, drawing from Scratch’s vast catalog of music. He pulls off the cap long enough for everyone to see that he is not a bald old man. He has a neatly combed grey afro, a trick Bo Diddley also used onstage in later shows. Scratch is physically fit, and quite sane really. Although he has never been known as a gifted vocalist (“Roast Fish and Cornbread” is an example of him really trying hard, “Captive” is a well done vocal single), Scratch has always had vibes galore. The crowd begins to pick up on his bitterness, and rhymes like “I am the pussy man, I am the cocky man” and his misogynistic comments turn women off completely. He may think it is dirty and hot like Prince but it is just plain dirty. People start to leave after the third song.

The band pounds through the laundry list of Upsetter rhythms as Scratch keeps pacing the stage and chanting things like “Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King” or “I am Jesus, I am Inspector Gadget” or maybe his favorite “When I shit, my enemies cry, when I piss, my enemies die”. He feels no obligation to try harder, it is almost a contempt he seems to feel for the people who paid top dollar to hear him at least sing “Curly Locks”. Scratch has already cashed the deposit for the gig, and looks forward to a few minutes from now when he will collect the rest of his large fee and leave quickly.

By now the place is emptying out steadily, the people got to “see” Scratch but they feel ripped off, like a cowboy who spent his entire paycheck at the brothel on payday and didn’t even get laid. “Oh well,” they seem to be thinking, “better to leave than stand here and listen to this noise.” A few faithful followers are still dancing, waving Red Stripes and yelling “Jah” when Scratch does. The band wraps up their last song, and Scratch leaves without an encore, and is gone instantly in a discrete van.



(This article is a composite of several impressions of The Upsetter in person, inspired by seeing Lee Perry six or eight times since the nineties in Vancouver and Seattle- Johnny Horn)

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