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Chicken Scratch (CD)

By: Lee "Scratch" Perry (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Chicken Scratch (CD) Album By Lee "Scratch" Perry (Artist)
1   Please Don't Go
2   Chicken Scratch
3   Feel Like Jumping
4   Solid As A Rock
5   By Saint Peter
6   Tackoo
7   Roast Duck
8   Man To Man
9   Gruma
10   Jane Ann & The Pumpkin
11   Just Keep It Up
12   Puss In Bag
 

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Review

Spin (p.93) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his hip-swiveling, horn-happy R&B ska from the early to mid-'60s...suggests a mad scientist in the making."
Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[This] album sees him singing over a set of propulsive, syncopated ska instrumental mae in the late 1960s."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Perry's backed by some of the finest early reggae talent Jamaica had to offer..."

Title Note

Most tracks are rare or unreleased from 1964-66 studio sessions.

Personnel: Lee "Scratch" Perry (vocals, harmonica, xylophone, percussion).

The Soulettes: Rita Marley, "Dimples" Constantine, "Vision" Walker (vocals).

Skatalites Band: Jah Jerry (guitar); Lester Sterling, Deadly Hedley (alto saxophone); Tommy McCook, Ronald Alphonso (tenor saxophone); Johnny "Dizzy" Moore (trumpet); Don Drummond (trombone); Jackie Mitto (piano); LLoyd Brevett (bass); Lloyd Knibbs (drums).

Includes liner notes by Chris Wilson.

When CHICKEN SCRATCH was released by the archival Afro-Caribbean label Heartbeat Records in 1989, it was a revelation. These tracks, recorded between 1964 and 1966 at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's legendary Studio One in Kingston, Jamaica, are among the earliest tracks to feature reggae's mad scientist, Lee Perry. Originally an A&R scout for Coxsone and later a producer and performer in his large stable, Perry proves himself an able ska performer on these 12 brief tracks.

"Please Don't Go" makes plain Jamaican music's debt to American soul and R&B, while "Roast Duck" and "Puss In Bag" show the music's hardscrabble roots. And, of course, the title track provided Perry with his most famous nickname. Most of the tracks in this well-annotated collection also feature the Skatalites, Coxsone's house band, and several also feature Rita Marley on backing vocals. The sound quality is surprisingly good.

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