Chicken Scratch (Dlx) [Extra tracks]

Lee "Scratch" Perry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks
• Label: Heartbeat / Pgd
• ASIN: B000XPU64C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #353,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Feel Like Jumping [Single Mix]

2. Chicken Scratch

3. Please Don't Go [Single Mix]

4. Solid as a Rock

5. By Saint Peter [Single Mix]

6. Tackoo

7. Roast Duck

8. Hand to Hand [Single Mix]

9. Gumma [Single Mix]

10. Rape Bait [Aka Jane Ann and the Pumpkin]

11. Just Keep It Up [Single Mix]

12. Open Up (Cook Book) [Aka Puss in Bag]

13. Mother in Law [Single Mix]

14. Madhead [Single Mix]

15. Help the Weak [Single Mix]

16. Cannot Wrong (And Get Right) [Single Mix]

17. John Tom [Single Mix]

18. Run Rudie Run

Editorial Reviews

Lee "Scratch" Perry is one of the most important musical figures of the 20th Century and a unique entity whose works have forever changed the way we think about recorded sound. Perry is rightly hailed as a true originator through the sonic innovations he pioneered at his legendary Black Ark studio during the late 1970s. However, few have heard the incredible first set of recordings he made in the ska years at Studio One during the early to mid 1960s. We are particularly pleased to now present Chicken Scratch Deluxe Edition with a number of bonus tracks from the same era and, for the first time on CD, the original single mixes of 13 of these ska scorchers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ORIGINAL SKA FROM STUDIO ONE, February 21, 2010

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kaysixone (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chicken Scratch (Dlx) (Audio CD)

This cd showcases Lee Perry's earliest work on the Studio One label from 1961 to 1966, when he was employed by Jamaica's premier sound system operator and producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd as a talent scout, dj, sound engineer and vocalist.

As such it is a fascinating glimpse into Perry's formative years before his emergence as a producer and a must for any serious Upsetter collector. The sound throughout is that of authentic 60s ska and early rocksteady with joyful musical accompaniment provided by the Skatellites and Soul Brothers.

As well as his theme song "Chicken Scratch" the album includes Perry's first encounter with the Wailers, while other tracks feature the backing vocals of Rita Marley's Soulettes.

After leaving Dodd, Perry worked with various producers before launching his own Upsetter label in 1968. But that's another story....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of rare Scratch ska tunes that finally surface, December 28, 2009

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Kelly Maurice "Eight For Eight" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chicken Scratch (Dlx) (Audio CD)

This CD has some tunes on it like Run Rudie Run and Cannot Wrong that were previously quite hard to come by and only on 45s. Really rounds out Scratch's ska releases but around another CD worth as yet to be compiled together still exists.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars its ok ya know?, February 7, 2008

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Daren Mccormick "Brother Nature" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chicken Scratch (Dlx) (Audio CD)

This album is just as one would expect. Early stuff from the scatch meister. Its not bad, nothing too stand out for my self. Just your typical low key ska jams with nice vocals. Fun to put on and jam out to for a bit.