
TORRENT LEE SCRATCH PERRY DISCOGRAPHY CODE
Also, life and other hobbies often have a way of making sitting in front of a computer chopping out HTML code seem a little dull. It's a huge task, and the work can be tedious. However, time hasn't done much for this web site lately!Īs reported earlier, I've been slowly but surely working on a major overhaul to Eternal Thunder. NovemIn the Gladiators' song 'Time', Albert Griffiths sings 'I am a man who believes in time, time will set me free'. Hopefully any discerning Lee Perry fan will check out the audio samples and know that most of this music is available from more legitimate sources or realize that the tunes are not Perry productions. Of course, there's a big difference between bootlegs in 19 – now you can listen to these releases before you buy them. And then there are some and also digital releases that are best left in the dark corners of Amazon cyberspace. I would have thought that bootleggers would have given up this trickery in the MP3 era and found other ways to rip people off, but guess again!Ĭurrently Amazon lists more than a dozen digital collections which are mainly of material from Return of the Super Ape as well as that have no Lee Perry connection. As I work on the redevelopment of Eternal Thunder, I was amazed to discover that bogus Scratch collections are alive and well in the 21st century. Thankfully, over the years most of these titles have faded from sight, but you still see a few of them now and again. These bogus CD releases range from low quality collections of actual Scratch productions to music that has absolutely nothing to do with Lee Perry. DecemIn the of Eternal Thunder's discography, you will find a comprehensive listing of all of the dubious and misleading Lee Perry collections that have been around since the 1990s. Words with Adam Bhala Lough and Ethan Higbee: On Telling the Story of Lee “Scratch” Perry.

Another compilation of Lee Perry productions, re-issued on CD in 1995 with Eastwood Rides Again as Scratch the Upsetters Again Another re-issue appeared in 2004 without Eastwood Rides Again but with 10 bonus tracks. Lee Scratch Perry Beat Tape by Lee Perry, released 01 January 2012 1. This web site includes a, and, all with exclusive and upsetting content.

First launched in 1996, Eternal Thunder is the only Lee Perry fan site to get official approval from the Upsetter. The VP Records relationship with Lee Perry extends to the days of Randy’s Record Mart in Kingston, where the company released Lacksley Castell’s “Jah Love Is Sweeter” and other singles and continued as the company was up and running in New York in 1977, starting with The Congos masterpieces “Row Fisherman” and “Congoman,” The Heptones’ “Party Time” and later the classic Lee Perry vocal LP Roast Fish, Collie Weed, and Corn Bread and The Upsetters’ Return Of The Super Ape.Welcome to Eternal Thunder, the first web site dedicated to the works of Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This is where the famed recordings with The Congos, Junior Murvin, Max Romeo, George Faith, The Silvertones, and countless radical dub experiments were created. His famed Black Ark studio in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston was the center of reggae’s most progressive and experimental efforts from 1973-1983 and developed a readily recognizable sonic texture that producers try to imitate to the present day. Lee “Scratch” Perry was one of reggae’s iconic producers, long associated with his friend Bob Marley, who he produced during a key period early 1970s while reggae was emerging as a new genre, resulting in classics such as “Soul Rebel,” “Duppy Conqueror,” “Sun In Shining,” and the later “Smile Jamaica” and “Punky Reggae Party.” Scratch was one of the key architects of reggae’s emerging sub-genre ‘dub,’ applying his eccentric personality to reshaping the sonic landscape and achieving global influence in the process.
