The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

**Frownland** · 08-29-2021, 02:22 PM

Lee "Scratch" Perry

SGR · 08-29-2021, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Came to see if anyone had mentioned this yet.

Gonna throw on Super Ape right now. RIP.

Psy-Fi · 08-29-2021, 03:23 PM

R.I.P. "Pipecock Jackson"

Trollheart · 08-29-2021, 03:24 PM

Scratch another one then.
I'll see myself out.

While I'm here, Ed Asner, who will be known to people of my generation from the TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs. RIP Lou Grant.

**Frownland** · 08-29-2021, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Came to see if anyone had mentioned this yet.

Gonna throw on Super Ape right now. RIP.

Don't sleep on this comp if you haven't heard it. It's the one I reach for whenever I want some Perry or dub in general

rostasi · 08-29-2021, 04:08 PM

Sad to hear about "Scratch." He did an enormous amount of great work - especially in the 70s.

Tho I agree with Frown most of the time, that "Skanking..." album is one of about 3 dozen dubious,
at best, albums attributed to Lee Perry. No matter how good someone thinks the album is,
it's more of a fudged-up Bunny Lee album because of his noticeable "riddims" while being extremely doubtful that
Perry had any hand in creating any of those dubs. It's yet another case of Perry's notoriety being used to sell albums.

SGR · 08-29-2021, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Don't sleep on this comp if you haven't heard it. It's the one I reach for whenever I want some Perry or dub in general

Thanks Frown, I definitely have never heard this - or even heard of it. I'll check it out.

I'm not huge into dub, but my typical go-to has been Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires. Kickass album. Probably one of my all-time favorite album covers as well. Reminds me of Ill Bill's debut album cover or the cover of Non-Phixion's 'The Future is Now'. (Now that I think of it though, the art style is probably more similar to 'Lord Willin' by Clipse)

**Frownland** · 08-29-2021, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

Sad to hear about "Scratch." He did an enormous amount of great work - especially in the 70s.

Tho I agree with Frown most of the time, that "Skanking..." album is one of about 3 dozen dubious,
at best, albums attributed to Lee Perry. No matter how good someone thinks the album is,
it's more of a fudged-up Bunny Lee album because of his noticeable "riddims" while being extremely doubtful that
Perry had any hand in creating any of those dubs. It's yet another case of Perry's notoriety being used to sell albums.

Good to know, they sure got me.

Source for anyone interested: https://www.upsetter.net/scratch/mag...2-skanking.htm

SGR · 08-29-2021, 04:36 PM

I had no clue that was a common practice with Lee Perry, but I can't say I'm surprised.

rostasi · 08-29-2021, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

... Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires. Kickass album. Probably one of my all-time favorite album covers as well. Reminds me of Ill Bill's debut album cover or the cover of Non-Phixion's 'The Future is Now'. (Now that I think of it though, the art style is probably more similar to 'Lord Willin' by Clipse)

That would be the great Tony McDermott who's the design king of Greensleeves Records.
He's like the reggae version of Corky McCoy or Pedro Bell!

08-29-2021, 02:22 PM	#6171 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Lee "Scratch" Perry __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Scratch another one then. I'll see myself out. While I'm here, Ed Asner, who will be known to people of my generation from the TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoffs. RIP Lou Grant. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

08-29-2021, 04:08 PM	#6176 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Sad to hear about "Scratch." He did an enormous amount of great work - especially in the 70s. Tho I agree with Frown most of the time, that "Skanking..." album is one of about 3 dozen dubious, at best, albums attributed to Lee Perry. No matter how good someone thinks the album is, it's more of a fudged-up Bunny Lee album because of his noticeable "riddims" while being extremely doubtful that Perry had any hand in creating any of those dubs. It's yet another case of Perry's notoriety being used to sell albums.

08-29-2021, 04:36 PM	#6179 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	I had no clue that was a common practice with Lee Perry, but I can't say I'm surprised.