Super Ape
Super Ape is a dub studio album produced and engineered by Lee "Scratch" Perry, credited to his studio band The Upsetters.
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Released | August 1976 | |||
Recorded | Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
Genre | Dub | |||
Length | 37:37 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Lee Perry | |||
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In Jamaica, the album was released under the name Scratch the Super Ape in July 1976 on Perry's own Upsetter label. The Jamaican version had a different track order than the international version that was released in August the same year on Island Records.
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.[1]
Super Ape was reissued on November 29, 2013 as Record Store Day Black Friday double vinyl release with three extra tracks: "Rastaman Shuffle", "Magic Touch" and "Corn Fish Dub". Side 4 featured an etching of the Super Ape album cover art.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Side one
- "Zion's Blood"
- "Croaking Lizard"
- "Black Vest"
- "Underground"
- "Curly Dub"
Side two
- "Dread Lion"
- "Three in One"
- "Patience"
- "Dub Along"
- "Super Ape"
Personnel
- Lee Perry – producer, percussion, conga
- Michael "Mikey Boo" Richards – drums
- Anthony "Benbow" Creary – drums
- Noel "Skully" Simms – conga
- Boris Gardiner – bass
- Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
- Keith Sterling – piano
- Bobby Ellis – horns
- "Dirty" Harry Hall – horns
- Herman Marquis – horns
- Vin Gordon – trombone
- Egbert Evans – flute
- Prince Jazzbo – toasting on "Croaking Lizard"
- Barry Llewellyn – backing vocals
- Earl Morgan – backing vocals
- Tony Wright – cover art
References
- Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (1999) Reggae: 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, ISBN 1-85828-567-4
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