Sunday, 30 December 2007

The Most Potty: Lee Scratch Perry

The greatest reggae and ska producer there ever has been. Lee "Scratch" Perry has worked with many of the top reggae artists like U Roy, Gregory Isaacs, Max Romeo, The Bleechers, his own band The Upsetters, The Mighty Diamonds and The Wailers. The Wailers no doubt being the most well known band in that list but certainly not the best. Lee Perry worked with a man called Robert Nesta Marley who would become one of the best known figures in world music.
I have managed to get two of Lee Perry's compilations and they are among my most prized possesions. All the tracks are very old with their artists either dead or forgotten to the world.

I can say with some certainty that music is full of shit these days. Hip-Hop is worth doodley squat in front of the great classics of the yesteryear.

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