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Topic: Scratch the Upsetter Again


  
  Junior Byles
Despite a lack of hit records, these first sessions were in fact engineered and supervised by the up and coming Lee "Scratch" Perry, who worked under Gibbs at that time and would soon become one of the most creative and revered producers of the next decade (and reggae history, for that matter).
The Wailers' work with Scratch is often considered the best that they ever did, either as a group or as solo artists.
Again, all three discs are recommended well beyond the Junior Byles tracks.
www.furious.com /perfect/juniorbyles.html   (2297 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bob Marley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Much of Marley's early work was produced by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One.
That relationship later deteriorated due to financial pressure, and in the early 1970s he produced what is believed by many to be his finest work with Lee \"Scratch\" Perry.
They did work together again in London, though, and remained friends until Marley's death.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bob_Marley   (2086 words)

  
 Bob Marley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After a conflict with Coxsone Dodd, Marley and his band teamed up with Lee "Scratch" Perry and his studio band, The Upsetters.
Between 1968 and 1972, Bob and Rita Marley, Peter McIntosh, and Bunny Livingston re-cut some old tracks with JAD Records in Kingston and London, in an attempt to commercialise The Wailers sound.
The "One Love Peace" concert is remembered today for the moment when Marley, improvising on the lyrics to "Jamming", asked Michael Manley and Edward Seaga to come and join him on the stage.
www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Bob_Marley   (2371 words)

  
 »»Pop Box Sets Music Reviews««
Nelson had just entered his peak years, and he was touring with an all-star band that included fiddler Johnny Gimble, steel guitarist Jimmy Day, and harmonica whiz Mickey Raphael.
This set is the second in Trojan's series of two-disc volumes collecting every Upsetter label 45 rpm single the producer leased to the company from 1969 to 1973.
But when the Upsetter gathers the Upsetters and lets the tapes roll, later interjecting obscure effects-laden vocals (or overdubbing a hypercharged Dave Barker) or dropping out certain tracks at unexpected moments, all is well and you got yerself some funky, silly, yet edgy classics.
www.megamusicreviews.com /Box_Sets/Pop_Box_Sets/Pop_Box_Sets_112.html   (3014 words)

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