Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. People Funny Boy - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends |  |
| 2. Tighten Up - (with The Untouchables) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 3. Return Of Django - (with The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 4. Dollar In The Teeth - (with The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 5. Come Into My Parlour - (with The Bleechers) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 6. Live Injection, A - (with The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 7. Shocks Of Mighty - (with Dave Barker) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 8. Duppy Conqueror - (with Bob Marley & The Wailers) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 9. Place Called Africa, A - (with Junior Byles) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 10. Africa Stand - (with Dennis Alcapone) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 11. Don't Cross The Nation - (with Little Roy) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 12. Small Axe - (with Bob Marley & The Wailers) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 13. Walking The Streets - (with The Hurricanes) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 14. Jump And Rale - (with The Bleechers) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 15. Better Days - (with Carlton & The Shoes) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 16. My Girl - (with Busty Brown) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 17. Beat Down Babylon - (with Junior Byles) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 18. French Connection - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 19. Round And Round - (with The Melodians) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 20. Just One Look - (with Hortense Ellis) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 21. Space Flight - (with I Roy) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 22. Sick And Tired - (with Neville Grant) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 23. Bucky Skank - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 24. Words Of My Mouth - (with The Gatherers) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Black Candle - (with Leo Graham) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 2. Keep On Skanking - (with Bob Marley) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 3. Give Thanks - (with Delroy Denton) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 4. Herb Vendor - (with Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 5. Public Jestering - (Winston Blake, with Judge Winchester) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 6. Hurt So Good - (with Susan Cadogan) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 7. Talk About It - (with The Mighty Diamonds) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 8. Curly Locks - (with Junior Byles) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 9. Enter The Dragon - (with The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 10. Woman's Gotta Have It - (with Jimmy Riley) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 11. Bush Weed Corn Trash - (with Bunny & Ricky) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 12. Bush Weed - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry/The Upsetters) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 13. To Love Somebody - (with Bunny "Rugs" Clarke) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 14. Down Here In Babylon - (with Brent Dowe) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 15. White Belly Rat - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 16. Sons Of Slaves - (with Junior Delgado) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 17. Rainy Night In Portland - (with Watty Burnett) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 18. My Little Sandra - (with Leo Graham) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 19. Cross Over - (with Junior Murvin) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
| 20. Garden Of Life - (with Leroy Sibbles) ~ Lee "Scratch" Perry & Friends | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Recorded between 1968 & 1969. Includes liner notes by Laurence Cane-Honeysett. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Liner Note Author: Laurence Cane-Honeysett. | | While he just seems to make his own music these days, this exceptional collection acts as a reminder that Lee "Scratch" Perry's reputation was partly established as a producer of reggae songs, one who helped push the music through its early years. He was largely responsible for making the Wailers into a band that could go on and conquer the world (just listen to "Duppy Conqueror" or "Small Axe" to understand how he helped them develop), but his work with so many other artists was impeccable -- and often very individual, such as the classic "Curly Locks" with Junior Byles. It's also worth remembering that Perry had a golden touch -- most of these singles were Jamaican hits, even the acerbic and hilarious "People Funny Boy," which featured himself (as well as the sound of a crying baby). Indeed, 1968-1979 was his truly fertile period, when he established his Black Ark studio (which he burned down in 1980), helped birth the sonic genre of dub, and shape the sound of roots reggae, while keeping it very much within the overall realm of pop music -- witness the Melodians' "Round and Round." Even his own, strange material, like "Bush Weed," had an appeal. While it's a shame that some of his best work, like Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves" or his glowing productions for the Congos (which many deem his finest work behind the board) isn't included, there's enough here to make it a perfect primer, not just on Perry, but on Jamaican music in the 1970s. ~ Chris Nickson |
Producer: Lee "Scratch" Perry |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 03/19/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 80269 | | Label : Sanctuary (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00060768026926 |
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