VA - Lee 'scratch' Perry Presents Better Days - The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971 Chapter II (2025)
Artist: VA
Title: Lee 'scratch' Perry Presents Better Days - The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971 Chapter II
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Doctor Bird – DB2CD168
Genre: Reggae, Dub
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 02:08:00
Total Size: 310 / 482 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Lee 'scratch' Perry Presents Better Days - The Jamaican Upsetter Singles 1971 Chapter II
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Doctor Bird – DB2CD168
Genre: Reggae, Dub
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 02:08:00
Total Size: 310 / 482 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
01. Paul Freeman - Don't Give Up (2:01)
02. The Upsetters - Don't Give Up Version (2:02)
03. Donald Smythe - Where Love Goes (3:09)
04. The Hurricanes - You Can Run (2:53)
05. David Isaacs - (Just Enough To Keep Me) Hangin' On (3:10)
06. The Untouchables - Can't Reach You (2:30)
07. The Upsetters - Must Reach You (2:31)
08. Mahalia Saunders - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue (2:54)
09. Max Romeo - Ginalship (2:23)
10. The Upsetters - Ginalship Version (2:22)
11. Hortense Ellis - Piece Of My Heart (3:11)
12. The Upsetters - Piece Of My Heart Version (3:30)
13. Danny & The Flames - Zion (2:32)
14. The Adis Ababians - Zion Version (2:33)
15. Mahalia Saunders - Suspicious Minds (3:16)
16. Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon (2:35)
17. The Upsetters - Ital Version (2:56)
18. Dennis Alcapone - Alpha and Omega (2:59)
19. The Upsetters - King Alpha (2:57)
20. Winston Wright with The 3rd & 4th Generation - Example Part 1 (3:01)
21. Winston Wright with The 3rd & 4th Generation - Example Part 2 (2:43)
22. Lloyd Parks - Mighty Clouds Of Joy (3:09)
23. The Upsetters - Mighty Clouds Version (3:00)
CD2
01. Lee Perry - Inna Iwah (3:12)
02. The Upsetters - Inna Iwah Version (3:18)
03. Shenley Duffus - To Be A Lover aka I Forgot To Be Your Lover (3:13)
04. The Upsetters - I Forgot To Remember (2:42)
05. Dennis Alcapone - Africa Stand (2:53)
06. Dennis Alcapone - Jah Rastafari (2:29)
07. Junior Byles - Poor Chubby (2:34)
08. The Carltons - Better Days (3:29)
09. Busty Brown - My Girl (3:22)
10. The Upsetters - My Girl Version (3:15)
11. Junior Byles - Come Again (2:49)
12. The Hurricanes - Walking The Street (3:23)
13. The Bleechers - Jump And Rail (2:30)
14. The Viceroys - Come On Over (2:31)
15. The Bleechers - Trying My Faith (2:59)
16. The Viceroys - Fancy Clothes (2:24)
17. The Righteous Flames - One Love One Heart (2:47)
18. The Upsetters - Dreamland (Instrumental) (2:39)
19. U Roy - Rhythm Land (2:25)
20. The Upsetters - Groove Me (Version) (3:32)
21. Shenley Duffus - Bet You Don't Know (2:50)
22. The Upsetters - Ring Of Fire (Beat Down Babylon Chapter 5) (2:49)
• Many tracks new to CD
• Includes numerous major Jamaican hits
• Most tracks unavailable for 20+ years
By the summer of 1971, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was widely recognised as Jamaica’s most creative music-maker. Since launching his career as an independent producer in 1968, his experimentations with sound and style had resulted in some of the most exciting and popular works to see issue during reggae’s formative years.
Now, primarily employing one of the island’s most accomplished band, The Now Generation as his regular session crew, the sound of Perry’s output from the latter half of 1971 contrasted strongly with the more rugged style the epitomised many of his earlier productions.
Otherwise, however, his general approach to music-making remained unaltered and during this six-month period, he released a series of popular singles by some of Kingston’s finest, performing a variety of compositions that ranged from covers of soul and pop songs to original early roots material.
As a stand-alone compilation or an accompaniment set to previous Doctor Bird anthologies of Perry’s Jamaican singles, ‘Better Days’ is a must for any serious fan of his always compelling work, as well as all enthusiasts of classic reggae sounds.
• Includes numerous major Jamaican hits
• Most tracks unavailable for 20+ years
By the summer of 1971, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was widely recognised as Jamaica’s most creative music-maker. Since launching his career as an independent producer in 1968, his experimentations with sound and style had resulted in some of the most exciting and popular works to see issue during reggae’s formative years.
Now, primarily employing one of the island’s most accomplished band, The Now Generation as his regular session crew, the sound of Perry’s output from the latter half of 1971 contrasted strongly with the more rugged style the epitomised many of his earlier productions.
Otherwise, however, his general approach to music-making remained unaltered and during this six-month period, he released a series of popular singles by some of Kingston’s finest, performing a variety of compositions that ranged from covers of soul and pop songs to original early roots material.
As a stand-alone compilation or an accompaniment set to previous Doctor Bird anthologies of Perry’s Jamaican singles, ‘Better Days’ is a must for any serious fan of his always compelling work, as well as all enthusiasts of classic reggae sounds.
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