( Play On Mr Music / Dread Lion . Upsetter Review / King Scratch
Rock A Shacka, 10" (roots Rock. (dbup- 01)

** Announcing New 10" Singles From The Upsetter Archives !!!! **
Release On 22 Feb 2014

News Flash ! From Your Upsetting Station, We Bring Forth A Brand
New Musical Vibration, Shocking The Nation With incredible
Anticipation We Are We Are Extremely Proud To Announce Our
First Re- issue From The Vaults Of The Mighty Lee 'scratch' Perry,
This Time Taken From The Heyday Of The Black Ark Studio, Two Deep
And Heavy Tracks Displaying The Most Noteworthy Elements Of Upsetter
Wizardry.
'play On Mr Music' By The Upsetter Revue Featuring The Heptones,
The Congos And Junior Murvin, Has Long Been The Holy Grail For
Roots Reggae Connoisseurs- A Song Often Dreamt Of, But Never Gaining
An Official Release, Until Now. The Result Of An impromptu Studio
Jam, Captured On Celluloid For Jeremy Marre's Roots Rock Reggae
Documentary in May 1977, The Track Celebrates The Undeniable Pull
Of Perry's Musical Artistry, With Both Musicians And Onlookers
Enhanced By The Uplifting Qualities Of A Spliff. With The Heptones'
Rousing Harmony Given Extra Depth By Backing From The Congos,
The Rhythm is Given its Melodic Anchor By Bassist And Bandleader
Boris Gardiner, Rhythmically Tied To The Pounding Of Foundation
Drummer Mikey Boo. And We've Got Robbie Lyn On The Keyboards And
Junior Murvin Picking Out Some intricate Guitar Licks, Seated On
The Studio Floor, To Counter- Balance The Treble Spectrum. Roping
Everything Together With Heavy Swathes Of Trademark Phaser And Delay
is The Mastermind Himself, Lee 'scratch' Perry, With One Of His
Magnetic Mirror Master Mixes, Dubbing The Track To Oblivion, And
Back Again.
The Flipside is A Rare Alternate Mix Of The Upsetters' 'dread Lion'
A Song That Had An Unusual Genesis Saxophonist Dean Fraser Came To
The Ark in 1975 To Record 'concrete Castle King' Which He Sang As
Vocalist, For The Song's Composer, Guitarist Lloyd 'gitsy' Willis,
Who Had Been A Member Of The Wailers Backing Band During Their Formative
Period With Perry. The Song Was Recorded At The Ark With Bassist
Aston 'family Man' Barrett, Drummer Robert Stevenson, Who Had Been
Playing With Fraser And Willis in Sonny Bradshaw's Band, Along With
Willis On Guitar, Fraser On Tenor Sax, And Calvin 'bubbles' Cameron
On Trombone. The Resulting Track Was influential On The Jamaican
Underground, Leading To Popular Cover Tunes By Dennis Brown And
Junior Reid, But its Minute issue On Willis' Black Explosion Label
Meant The Original Never Achieved Much in The Way Of Sales.
Nevertheless, The Following Year, Perry Resurrected The Original Rhythm
For The Stunning 'dread Lion' Featuring The Heptones On Choral Voices,
Augmented By Vocal And Percussive interjections From Perry Himself, And
A New Flute Melody By Egbert Evans. The Rare Alternate Jamaican Mix
Presented Here Allows Us To Hear The Tune in A Whole Different Light,
Giving Another Glimpse into The Upsetter's Ceaseless Creativity.

Dave Katz - Feb 2014 (lee Perry Biographer)