The Upsetters - Super Ape (1976) {198x Mango/Island}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 213 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 91 mb
Genre: reggae, dub
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 213 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 91 mb
Genre: reggae, dub
Super Ape is the 1976 album by Jamaican reggae group The Upsetters. Centered around producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, this CD is undated but was most likely done sometime in the late 1980's by Mango/Island.
By 1976, Lee "Scratch" Perry was well established at his Black Ark studio, a fact proven by the quality of the creations emerging from its walls. The success of Max Romeo's War in a Babylon brought a deal with Island Records and the possibility of greater financial rewards. The single was followed by a full-length album of the same name as well as deejay Jah Lion's Columbia Colly LP. Riding this crest of productivity, Scratch then turned to a creation of his own. Super Ape offered a series of the producer's finest 1976 rhythms, from Devon Irons' "When Jah Come" and the Blue Bells' "Come Along" to Romeo's "War in a Babylon" and "Chase the Devil." All are bathed in the distinct, murky atmosphere that was becoming a Black Ark trademark, then served up in the form of dub-like de-constructions. Island's U.K./U.S. sequencing of Super Ape places "Dread Lion" at the album's heart. If any track fulfills the cover's promise to "Dub it up, blacker than dread", this is it. Vocals from numerous cuts seem to compete for their spot on the rhythm, while a dizzying mix of horns, flute and melodica swirl around them. Punctuating the song's rock-solid underbelly, Perry conjures startling thunderclaps from his mixing board. Other Super Ape heavyweights include "Croaking Lizard" and "Zion's Blood": thick muscular constructs from the Upsetter session team. The former features an excellent Prince Jazzbo toast over the "Chase the Devil" rhythm, while the latter, a cut of "When Jah Come," draws its elusive meaning from vocal phrases courtesy of Heptones Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn. Super Ape is a dubwise, alternate universe to Perry's Black Ark vocal hits. It awaits anyone willing to heed it's closing call: "This is the ape-man, trodding through creation, are you ready to step with I man?".
01. Zion's Blood
02. Croaking Lizard
03. Black Vest
04. Underground
05. Curly Dub
06. Dread Lion
07. Three In One
08. Patience
09. Dub Along
10. Super Ape
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RHYTHM SECTION:
Boris Gardener-bass
Mickey & Benbow-drums
Earl Smith-guitar
Keith Sterling-piano
Lee Perry-percussion, conga
Skullying (Scully Simms)-conga
HORNS SECTION
Bobby Ellis, Dirty Harry, Herman Marquis, Vin Gordon
Egbert Evans-flute
All tracks written, engineered, and produced by Lee Perry
Recorded at Lee Perry's Studio
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The Upsetters / Super Ape
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Track 1
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The Upsetters / Super Ape
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Track 1
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