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Format: LP
Label: Shanachie
Year: 2025
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Augustus Pablo: Vibrate On
A2 The Congos: Fisherman Dub
A3 Max Romeo: War Ina Babylon
A4 The Heptones: Sufferers Time
A5 Junior Byles: Fever
B1 Dillinger: Scratch the Dub Organiser
B2 Carlton & the Shoes: Better Days
B3 Junior Murvin: Police & Thieves
B4 Debra Keese & The Upsetters: Traveling in Dub
B5 Zap Pow: River
B6 Upsetters: Dreader Dub
One of the most consequential figures in the world of music, creator of countless reggae classics, a mentor to countless roots reggae auteurs including Bob Marley, an architect of dub music, and inspiration to musicians around the world.
Perry spent his early days working with legendary producers Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Joe Gibbs, Clancy Eccles and Prince Buster, and by 1968 he was an independent producer, naming his studio musicians The Upsetters and scoring instrumental hits with innovative rhythms that helped forge the new reggae style. In 1970-1971 he produced what many consider the greatest works by the Wailers. A stream of UK hits under the Upsetter banner supplied Perry the funds to build his own studio, and in 1973 the legendary Black Ark was born.
Among the many landmark classics cut at Black Ark are such incisive political commentaries as Max Romeo's "War Ina Babylon," and Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves". The Congos' "Heart of the Congos" album is a roots classic, and there are hundreds of obscure and wildly experimental singles, disco plates, and LPs bearing the unmistakeable hallmarks of the Black Ark Studio.
Label: Shanachie
Year: 2025
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
A1 Augustus Pablo: Vibrate On
A2 The Congos: Fisherman Dub
A3 Max Romeo: War Ina Babylon
A4 The Heptones: Sufferers Time
A5 Junior Byles: Fever
B1 Dillinger: Scratch the Dub Organiser
B2 Carlton & the Shoes: Better Days
B3 Junior Murvin: Police & Thieves
B4 Debra Keese & The Upsetters: Traveling in Dub
B5 Zap Pow: River
B6 Upsetters: Dreader Dub
One of the most consequential figures in the world of music, creator of countless reggae classics, a mentor to countless roots reggae auteurs including Bob Marley, an architect of dub music, and inspiration to musicians around the world.
Perry spent his early days working with legendary producers Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Joe Gibbs, Clancy Eccles and Prince Buster, and by 1968 he was an independent producer, naming his studio musicians The Upsetters and scoring instrumental hits with innovative rhythms that helped forge the new reggae style. In 1970-1971 he produced what many consider the greatest works by the Wailers. A stream of UK hits under the Upsetter banner supplied Perry the funds to build his own studio, and in 1973 the legendary Black Ark was born.
Among the many landmark classics cut at Black Ark are such incisive political commentaries as Max Romeo's "War Ina Babylon," and Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves". The Congos' "Heart of the Congos" album is a roots classic, and there are hundreds of obscure and wildly experimental singles, disco plates, and LPs bearing the unmistakeable hallmarks of the Black Ark Studio.