Blackboard Jungle Dub

The Upsetters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Clocktower
• ASIN: B000003LSO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,401 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

On Blackboard Jungle Dub, Lee Perry and the Upsetters produce another fine example of their subversive brand of dub with a unique blend of murky rhythm tracks, warbling guitar effects and distant-sounding horns. Although it does not quite match the quality of the classic Upsetters album Super Ape, Blackboard nevertheless impresses with both the brevity of "strictly" drum and bass cuts such as "Dreamland Dub" and "Kasha Macka Dub," and expansive touches like the animated DJ toasting on "Cloak A Dagger (Ver. 3)." Living up to the "Upsetter" moniker, Perry wreaks his inimitable brand of mayhem during "Fever Grass Dub" with a half-baked MC intro, lion roars and air raid siren imitations; effects which blend in well with other eccentric features like the spastic trombone solo on "BlackBoard ver. 2" and reverb-heavy percussion on "Cloak a Dagger." Just standard technique for Perry really, and part of the sound which made his productions instantly recognizable amongst many '70s and '80s dub releases. Blackboard Jungle contains classic dub taken to the outer limits and is one of the highlights of the Lee Perry catalog. ~ Stephen Cook, Rovi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Dub, But Don't Buy This Version, August 20, 2005

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Jasper (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blackboard Jungle Dub (Audio CD)

Blackbaord Jungle Dub is a certified dub classic, no doubt about it, but this cheap knock-off is not the version that you want to buy. Trojan Records' "Dub-Triptych" features "Blackboard Jungle," as well as two other Lee "Scratch" Perry LPs, "Dub Revolutions," and "Cloak And Dagger," along with some nice extras, all with SUPERB audio quality. Buy "Blackboard Jungle," but do it right, and get it as part of the legitimate and high-quality "Dub-Triptych."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars essential DUB history, August 12, 2005

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Yohanes Fikre-Selassie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blackboard Jungle Dub (Audio CD)

This album should be part of any essential reggae collection, and especially DUB collections. This is one of the first all-DUB albums and an unquestionable classic, full of choice rhythms.

I'm not giving 5 stars because my CD is obviously a cheap production with a barely legible back cover and no liner notes to speak of. There's nothing disappointing about the DUB, though.