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Jamaican record producer Lee "Scratch" Perry is widely celebrated as one of the most important creative figures to emerge in the late-20th century. In 'I Am The Upsetter: The Sonic Innovation of Lee "Scratch" Perry, producer David Katz, who is Perry's authorized biographer, draws on archive interviews to explore his incredible career, which began in the early 1960s and continued until August 2021, only ending when Perry died, aged 85. One of Bob Marley's most important mentors, Perry's Black Ark studio used substandard equipment, but the innovative work he produced there with Max Romeo, Junior Murvin and others inspired a range of artists active in other genres, including Paul McCartney, The Clash, and The Beastie Boys.

Show Playlist:

1. Lee Perry: Introducing Myself
   
2. Fats Domino: Going To The River
3. Stranger Cole: Rough And Tough
4. Lee Perry: Chicken Scratch
5. Lee Perry: Hand To Hand
6. Lee Perry: Give Me Justice
7. Lee Perry: I Am The Upsetter
8. Lee Perry: People Funny Boy
9. The Upsetters: Return Of Django
10. Bob Marley and the Wailers: Duppy Conqueror
11. Junior Byles: Beat Down Babylon
12. Lee Perry and Charlie Ace: Cow Thief Skank
13. Charlie Ace & Upsetters: 7¾ Skank
14. Susan Cadogan: Hurt So Good
15. Max Romeo: War In A Babylon
16. Upsetters: Zion’s Blood
17. Junior Murvin: Police And Thieves
18. Bob Marley and the Wailers: Punky Reggae Party
19. The Congos: Congo Man
20. Lee Perry: Roast Fish And Cornbread
21. Seke Molenga & Kalo Kawongolo: African Roots
22. Lee Perry: Bird In Hand
23. Lee Perry: City Too Hot
24. Bob Marley and the Wailers: I Know A Place
25. Rast Michael & the Sons of Negus: Don’t Sell Daddy No Whiskey
26. Lee Perry: Give Thankx To Jah
27. Lee Perry and the Terrorists: Guerilla Priest
28. Lee Perry and the Majestics: Holy Moses
29. Lee Perry: Funky Joe
30. Lee Perry: Judgement Inna Babylon
31. Lee Perry: I Am A Madman
32. Lee Perry: 25 Years Ago
33. Lee Perry: Jungle
34. Lee Perry: Sexy Boss
35. Beastie Boys [& Lee Perry]: Dr Lee, PhD
36. Lee Perry: Rastafari On Wall Street
37. Dubbelstandart ft. Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System: Iron Devil
38. Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound: Underground Roots
39. Lee Perry: Makumba Rock
40. Lee Scratch Perry: Here Come The Warm Dreads
41. Lee Perry: Autobiography Of The Upsetter