LEE PERRY. ‘Roast Fish,Collie Weed & Corn Bread’. Orig 1978 'Lion Of Judah' Lp
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LEE PERRY
‘Roast Fish, Collie Weed, & Corn Bread’ lp
Description: Rare Original 1978 Jamaican Press Reggae Lp. The Album Carries The Following Tracks Performed By The 'Lee Scratch Perry':
Soul Fire
Throw Some Water In
Evil Tongues
Curly Locks
Ghetto Sidewalk
Favourite Dish
Big Neck Police
Free Up The Weed
Mr. D.J. Man
Roast Fish & Cornbread
One Of The Most Awe-Inspiring Albums Of The Decade. The Album Is A Masterpiece. It's An Extremely Eclectic Set, Both Thematically And Musically, But Without Appearing Flighty Or Unfocused.
There Are Wonderfully Lighthearted Moments, Like The Spectacularly Dread Title Track, A Song So Heavy You Expect Babylon To Quake In The Backing Gladiator's Wake. But All The Thick Atmosphere, Stalking Rhythm, And Ominous Melody Merely Set The Table For perry to Serve Up And Lavishly Proclaim His Favorite Dish. Brilliant.
Equally Entertaining Is "Throw Some Water In," As perry equates Proper Auto Maintenance To Caring For One's Own Body, A Cheerful Lesson On The Importance Of Exercise And Diet Set To A Vivacious Reggae Backing. It's Unclear If "Yu Squeeze My Panhandle" Is Meant To Be Humorous, Although perry's Pleading To The Dj To Play His Record Is So Over The Top Pitiful, One Can't Imagine It's Anything But Tongue In Cheek, And All Set To A Slow, Scorcher Of A Rhythm Layered With Percussion And Weird Effects.
A Question Mark Also Hovers Around The Intent Of "Evil Tongues," Whose Lyrics Slip From Condemning Hypocrites Down Into The Depths Of Paranoia. Unfortunately, Future Events Proved The Lyrics All Too Prophetic In Reflecting perry's Slide Into An Emotional Maelstrom. But So Phenomenal Is The Claustrophobic Production, It Was Still Difficult To Imagine That He Was Losing His Way. In The Cultural Realm, "Big Neck Police" Revived perry's Earlier Single "Dreadlocks In Moonlight" With Additional Percussion, Searing Sax Solos, And Female Backing Vocalists, Creating A Number That Not Only Equaled The Original, But Bettered It. "Free Up The Weed" Was An Impassioned, Well-Reasoned Plea For Legalization, While "Ghetto Sidewalk" Requested Light For The Sufferers.
The Latter Was A Little Overly Ambitious Musically, As perry attempted To Blend Jazzy Sax, Studio Effects And Percussion, And A Sturdy, Tribal-Tinged Rhythm. Much More Effective Was "Soul Fire," Which Layered Instruments, Effects, Percussion, His Own Double-Tracked Vocals, And A Mooing Cow Into A Heady Piece That Defies Categorization, But Is Laced With Funk, Soul, And The Sound Of Classic Studio One.
And As Highly Experimental As Many Of The Tracks Are -- The Rhythms Throughout Are Particularly Inspired, With The Productions Equally Intriguing -- Unlike Many Of perry's Earlier Excursions Out To The Musical Fringe, These Numbers Are Eminently Entertaining And Downright Infectious, Boasting Strong Melodies And, Dare One Say It, Great Vocals. An Extraordinary Set, Which In Many Ways Laid The Musical Foundation For His Grammy-Winning jamaican E.T.
Label: Lion Of Judah
Matrix Number: LPIR 0000 (Etched In Runout)
Release Date: 1978
Record Condition: Very Good+ (Few Light Marks, Plays Excellent)
Cover Condition: Excellent
Mint: The record itself is in Brand New condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items (such as lyric sheets, booklets, posters etc) are in perfect condition.
Excellent: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there s very little lessening in Sound Quality. The cover and packaging may have slight wear and/or creasing.
Very Good+: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and occassional light scratch . Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items (without major defect) is acceptable.
Postage & Packaging Details
I do combined shipping so if you win more than one item it will work out a lot cheaper on the postage if i send them in the same mailer.
All records are sent securely packaged in purpose made mailers with 2 cardboard stiffeners. I always remove the record from the outer sleeve (to avoid seam split whilst in transit) and then insert the record and sleeve into a brand new polythene sleeve.
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