Lee "Scratch" Perry
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Perry began his career in the late 1950s working with Clement Coxsone Dodd’s sound system. He eventually performed a variety of important tasks at Studio One as well as recording about thirty songs, but the pair eventually stopped working together due to personality and financial conflicts.
Working with Joe Gibbs, Perry continued his recording career, but once again, financial problems caused conflict. Perry broke ranks with Gibbs and formed his own label, Upsetter, in 1968. His first single “People Funny Boy”, which was an insult directed at Gibbs, sold very well. It is notable for its innovative use of a sample (a crying baby) as well as a fast, chugging beat that would soon become identifiable as “reggae” (the new sound did not really have a name at this time). During the 1970s, Perry released numerous recordings on a variety of record labels that he controlled, and many of his songs were popular in both Jamaica and the U.K. He soon became known for his innovative production techniques as well as his eccentric character.
In the early 1970s, Perry was one of the producers whose mixing board experiments resulted in the creation of dub.
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Reggae Greats
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Reggae Legends
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Essential Madness from the Scratch Files
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Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered
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Red Bull Music Academy presents Pass The Gates: NYC In DubThursday 30 May 2013Lee "Scratch" Perry and 7 others
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mrmm2
Lee Perry featured here! http://www.criticalmob.com/critical-feature/music/critical_5_pillars_of_dub
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Acidojuan
un dios
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RussellChap
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aec_alan
awesome gig last night with Mad Professor! he is truly a crazy genius!
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bloodmaw
well, he did create the black ark and run it too
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richweb
New song by RichWeb - Ambient Dub Music - direct link http://www.lastfm.es/music/RichWeb/Resoluci%C3%B3n+Dub/Resoluci%C3%B3n+Dub
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RussellChap
The Genius of the Black Ark.
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Robert161989
absolute insane this guy
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The Pussy Eater! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMOrZU_ISo
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humaniac
dude
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Barthramone
Nada mas relajante que fumarse un buen porro escuchando Mr. Perry. / Nothing is more relaxing than smoking a fat fatty joint while listening to Mr. Perry.
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BlueMillipede
hey guy, I dont get why there are 2 different bands, lee scratch perry and the upsetters, and lee scratch perry alone! is there any point?
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DONTWorry45
Scratch Is God Of Dub!!
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FlyingSalt
anyone heard the 'sound system scratch' comps? they're like collections of previously unreleased dubplates scratch made for sound systems to play, there's some real cool shit to be heard
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hippie_pily
His Mindkilla Remix is freakin' awesome.
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alxk2p
" Rise again" is awesome!!
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Strawb77
doctor lee p.h.d.
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NamesAreBStupid
I used to kiss my cat, but then one day I had some birds in my house and the cat ate one of the birds and I think that birds are really angels or whatever, so I don't kiss my cat any more.
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