• Includes some of Lee Perry’s most influential productions. • Many tracks new to CD. • Features numerous major Jamaican hits. Throughout his illustrious career as a record producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry consistently sought to test and, if possible, extend the boundaries of reggae music through his often-unconventional experimentation with sound. By 1973, his productions clearly stood apart from those being created by any of his Jamaican peers, with his enthusiasm for the rapidly evolving sound of dub increasingly influencing the direction of his work. This compelling selection, comprising the cream of Perry’s productions from the early months of 1973, features an abundance of high-quality recordings performed by a variety of premier talent, ranging from up-and-coming young DJs to long-established vocalists. The seventh release in the recently launched series of Doctor Bird 2CD sets charting Perry’s development as an independent producer from the late 60s onwards, ‘Jungle Lion’ showcases his most accomplished and innovative recordings prior to the opening of his pre-Black Ark recording studio. It also demonstrates the why, by 1973, increasing numbers of Jamaican music aficionados were hailing him as a musical genius.
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1. Hot Line
2. Sunshine Rock
3. Station Underground News
4. Our Man Flint
5. Pi a Ring
6. Dr. Who
7. Dr. Who Version
8. Conqueror
9. Conqueror Version
10. Cow Thief Skank
11. Three Blind Mice
12. Mice Skank
13. Black Ipa
14. Ipa Skank
15. Jungle Lion
16. Freak Out Skank
17. Thanks We Get
18. Ungrateful Skank
19. John Devour
20. Oppression
21. Start Over
22. Tighten Up Skank
23. Over Version
24. Uncle Charley Version
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1. Words of My Mouth
2. Words Version
3. It is Impossible
4. Be Prepared
5. Do Good
6. Doctor Skank
7. Sick and Tired
8. Rasta Dub
9. Rasta Version
10. Mid-East Rock
11. Black Girl In My Bed
12. Headquarters
13. Bucky Skank
14. Yucky Skank
15. Wam Pam Pa Do
16. This World
17. The Same Thing
18. Dub Organizer
19. Water Your Garden
20. Hot Tip
21. Women Smarter
22. Standing On the Hill
23. Woman and Money
24. 10c Skank
