Blackboard Jungle Dub/Scratch Attack [Import]

Lee "Scratch" Perry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: 3d
• ASIN: B00005L9VF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,657,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stratch the Dub Organizer

2. Who You Gonna Run To

3. Tighten Up

4. A Serious Joke

5. Little Flute Chant

6. When Jah Come

7. Stratch Walking

8. Come Along

9. Bush Weed Corn Trash

10. Curley Dub

11. Blackboard Jungle Dub [Version 1]

12. Rubba, Rubba Words

13. Cloak a Dagger [Version 3]

14. Dub from Africa

15. Dreamland Dub

16. Pop Goes the Dread Dub

17. Fever Grass Dub

18. Sin Semilla Kaya Dub

19. Moving Forward

20. Blackboard Jungle Dub [Version 2]

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars * GOOD, BUT... *, June 18, 2005

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Jasper (New England) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Scratch Attack (Audio CD)

The real reason to buy this disc is for the nine "chapter 1 The Upsetters" selections, the very best of which is "Little Flute Chant." "Little Flute Chant" is another awesome take on the song "Words (of our mouths)," which Scratch versioned and dubbed over and over due to it's sheer greatness and adaptability. Truth be told, the guy who put out "Scratch Attack" manipulated some of the "chapter 1 The Upsetters" tracks heavily, but since he actually PLAYED the flute on "Little Flute Chant" I will partially forgive him. In the book about Perry, "People Funny Boy," it is meantioned how the producer got these original Scratch tapes in a fairly sketchy way, but that he was also a big fan. Oh well, nobody's perfect. Still, for the money, a much better choice is the disc "Dub-Triptych." Trojan Records released the double disc "Dub-Triptych" in 2004, and it is FANTASTIC. "Scratch Attack" features some of the classic 1973 LP "Blackboard Jungle," but some tracks are missing, the tracks have been mysteriously renamed and taken out of order, and the sound quality is severely lacking. "Dub-Triptych" features "Blackboard Jungle" in the proper order, with all the original tracks (properly named), and with absolutely stunning sound quality. I've owned "Scratch Attack" for a while, and I thought the sound was decent, but hearing "Dub-Triptych" is nothing less than a sonic revelation.

"Dub-Triptych" also features two other complete Scratch albums, 1973's "Cloak & Dagger" (featuring 14 awesome Upsetters instrumentals and dubs) and 1975's "Dub Revolution" (9 tracks of pure dub). "Dub-Triptych" also adds 3 bonus tracks to "Blackboard Jungle," leaving us with 52 tracks total!

There are a handful of tracks from "Scratch Attack" which I am very glad to have, but listening to the mega-classic "Blackboard Jungle" on this disc is unacceptable. I would unreservedly recommend starting with "Dub-Triptych," and then if you are really curious about the songs from "chapter 1 The Upsetters", come back and buy this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one!, December 25, 1999

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Michael Roberts (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scratch Attack (Audio CD)

First of all, you get two for the price of one. Second, you get his best work in "Chapter 1." This was my first Lee Perry cd. I have bought about 25 more trying to find more of this magic, but while some come close, this one is the most unique and wonderful! The second half is Blackboard Jungle Dub, which is pretty good, and makes a nice complement to the smoke-blessed wonder that comes first.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DUBBED OUT BLISS, June 1, 2005

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J. Brady (PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scratch Attack (Audio CD)

Or blissed out dub. However you want to look at it. Lee Perry was as influential a writer and producer as Phil Spector, in as much as he realised the full potential of the studio itself as an instrument. Light years ahead of his time, and never really given his due, especially in America ( THAT doesn't surprise me at all ) Lee Perry is a GENIUS. Thick slabs of echo drenched, effects laden dub reggae. The only thing that "dates" this music is that ever-present analogue tape "hiss" that can never be removed. I LOVE the way this man mixes tunes. Essential listening.