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Posts Tagged Lee “Scratch” Perry

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September 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm 2X1=4 LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, in cooperation with BMG Rights Management Across the last decade Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm have got together on four separate occasions to make albums; remarkable enough but actually rather staggering when you consider that they each have busy solo careers and wear […]
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August 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has left earth – he was possibly only ever here from time to time, but in the way we calculate time that amounted to 85 years. No cause of death is given as yet but my guess is he simply decided to go live elsewhere. To sum up Perry’s achievements and influence […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dub, Eulogy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Perry, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae, The Upsetters ·

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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 17

Dave Barker Meets The Upsetters, Prisoner of Love (1970) Bit of an impulse buy, this one. And very happy to have made it. Dave Barker is something of a journeyman reggae/rocksteady/soul singer – but back when this record was made he wasn’t really anyone. This record made him. And I bought it because it was […]
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April 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Zara McFarlane: East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP

Zara McFarlane East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP Brownswood Recordings UK soul-jazz singer Zara McFarlane here offers a teaser for a new album and takes on one of dub’s great deep cuts in her own style with a killer band. The1977 Augustus Pablo classic East of The River Nile was recorded with […]
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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life

I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]
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June 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1106

The Heptones, Party Time  (1976) Some great tracks here – but for the most part, since getting this record, it’s been the opening title track, over and over. And that’s okay, I like it, but the littlest person in this house loves it a whole lot more. That really took me by surprise, actually. But […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, Crying Over You, I Shall Be Released, Lee "Scratch" Perry, LP, Oscar, Reggae, The Heptones, Vinyl ·

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