LEE PERRY & THE UPSETTERS

DOUBLE SEVEN

1LP

This classic album from 1973 saw its creator, Lee 'Scratch' Perry exploring synths and starting to develop his Black Arksound - the enigmatic producer was at the timein the process of building his famous studio and honing his ideas about dub as a musical form.

180 gram audiophile vinyl

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Catalog # : MOVLP1912	Format : 1 LP, 180 gram	Releasedate : 2017-07-07
Barcode : 8719262004153	Sleeve : 3mm	Original Release : 1973

Side A

1. Kentucky Skank - The Upsetters
2. Double Six - U Roy
3. Just Enough To Keep Me Hanging On - David Isaacs
4. In The Iaah - The Upsetters
5. Jungle Lion - The Upsetters
6. We Are The Neighbours - David Isaacs

Side B

1. Soul Man - The Upsetters
2. Stick Together - U Roy
3. High Fashion - I Roy
4. Long Sentence - The Upsetters
5. Hail Stones - The Upsetters
6. Ironside - The Upsetters
7. Cold Weather - The Upsetters
8. Waap You Waa - The Upsetters

The LP opens with the eerie "Kentucky Skank", Perry's ode to KFC, complete with frying chicken sounds, spliced between winding tapes, a ghostly trumpet, and futuristic moog synthesizer, overdubbed at London's Chalk Farm studios.

U Roy's "Double Six" and I Roy's "High Fashion" and "Hail Stones" illustrate just how strong The Upsetter's deejay material had become, while versions of the Chi-Lites'"We Are Neighbours" , Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" and a re-working of Al Green's "Love and Happiness"(retitled"Jungle Lion") all betray the funky soul influence that was increasingly shaping his work.

The backing tracks illustrate the producerat his best; the audio spectrum is fully differentiated while spatial placement an important component - something it would take years for him to achieve at the Black Ark.