R.I.P. Lee Scratch Perry Long Live Super Ape! / Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin. Also, check out the links at your leisure.
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From the evening of Sunday, June 18, 1967. The original vinyl album was: Side 1 - Hendrix, Side 2 - Otis Redding // / Click on the Link above, to view the original vinyl LP
From the BBC "John Peel Show" - recorded At Paris Cinema, London: broadcast March 22nd, 1970 // song was originally on the album " Mighty Grahame Bond" (Pulsar Records, 1969)
This was Bon Scott's (AC-DC) first recorded group / This song was written by Arthur Alexander and first recorded by Steve Alaimo in 1962, but Alexander did not record his own version until 1975. / Click on the Link above, to view the single.
* Don Gardner had a big hit {billed as 'Don Gardner And Dee Dee Ford'} with 'I Need Your Loving', 1962 // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original single
In 1990, she co-founded the Simple Machines record label; she ran it with Kristin Thomson from 1990 to 1998 out of their house in Arlington, Virginia. Along with TeenBeat Records and Dischord Records, Simple Machines helped document the D.C. punk and indie rock scenes.
Click on the Link above, to view the original single, with a super-rare picture sleeve - apparently the sleeve was promo-only, but was never actually sent out with the promos ...
Also billed on the front album cover: Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Shakey Horton, J.T. Brown, Guitar Buddy, Honeyboy Edwards, S.P. Leary -
Click on the Link above, to view the original album cover
Original Jamaican single: The Upsetters "Live Injection" // The Untouchables "Tighten Up", 1969 // Click on the Link above, to view the US release of of this single
Time:
6:16
Artist:
Lee Perry [Billed as 'Ral Ston & Lee "Scratch" Perry']
It was one of the first reggae singles to have two versions, with an instrumental version on on the B-side. The lyrics were notable for attacking Perry's previous employer Clement Dodd (Sir Coxsone).
... It became an anthem in England in 1976 as the Notting Hill Carnival erupted into a riot. Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash were involved in the rioting, which inspired them to cover the song on their first album, in the spring of 1977. / The LP this is on is part of what is referred to as Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Holy Trinity" of albums produced at his Black Art studios. / Click on the Link above, to view the original Jamaican single
written by Marley as a positive response to The Clash's cover version of Junior Murvin's "Police and Thieves" / Click on the Link above, to view the Jamaican 12" version of this release
Original Jamaican single: The Upsetters "Live Injection" /B-side: The Untouchables "Tighten Up", 1969 // Click on the Link above, to view the US release of of this single
This LP is part of what is referred to as Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Holy Trinity" of albums produced at his Black Art studios, along with The Heptones' "Party Time", and Junior Murvin's "Police And Thieves".
Original Jamaican single: The Upsetters "Live Injection" // The Untouchables "Tighten Up", 1969 // Click on the Link above, to view the US release of of this single
Original Jamaican single: The Upsetters "Live Injection" // The Untouchables "Tighten Up", 1969 // Click on the Link above, to view the US release of of this single
Time:
7:47
Artist:
Val Bennett [Billed as 'Val Bennett And The Upsetter All Stars']
Song:
Spanish Harlem [Rolling Stone "500 Greatest Songs", #349]
