TROJAN RECORDS TO RELEASE NEW COLLECTION FROM THE LEGENDARY
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY

KING SCRATCH (MUSICAL MASTERPIECES FROM THE UPSETTER ARK-IVE) OUT SEPTEMBER 2, MARKS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF LEE’S PASSING

ALBUM TRACK “JUNGLE LION” (7” MIX) DEBUTS

AVAILABLE ON 2xCD, 2xLP, DELUXE 4xLP & 4xCD BOX SET WITH ILLUSTRATED BOOK

Trojan Records is set for the release of the new compilation album King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces from the Upsetter Ark-ive) on September 2. The album, out on double CD, double vinyl and a deluxe box set, is comprised of tracks from across the career of the legendary late, great Jamaican record producer and artist Lee “Scratch” Perry. The collection marks the first anniversary of Perry’s passing, showcasing the very best of his work across his own releases and his productions for other artists. Watch/share the album trailer HERE and pre-order the album HERE.

In celebration of the upcoming release, Trojan Records is debuting the 7” mix of the single “Jungle Lion” by Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters; stream/share the track HERE.

As arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee “Scratch” Perry was instrumental in transforming Jamaica’s national sound throughout the ’60s and ’70s with his unique approach to production, pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries. This release not only marks the first anniversary of his passing at the age of 85, but it falls on the weekend of London’s iconic Notting Hill Carnival, the first event since 2019.

The deluxe box set comprises 109 tracks across four vinyl LPs and four CDs, featuring Perry’s best known and most influential recordings alongside a number of rare and unreleased DJ mixes. It includes a previously unreleased mix of Junior Murvin’s powerful “Police And Thieves,” U.K. chart-buster “Hurt So Good” by Susan Cadogan and the Upsetters’ classic “Return Of Django,” as well as numerous major Jamaican hits. The box set also includes a 50-page fully illustrated book, penned by Perry’s official biographer David Katz, and features photos from celebrated photographer Adrian Boot as well as a newly designed two-sided full color 24”x24” poster.

The 2x gatefold LP and 2xCD set collection focuses upon the legendary music-maker’s best-known productions from the ’60s and ’70s, performed by some of the giants of Jamaican music, with both iconic imagery and extensive notes on the man whose talent and imagination took reggae to new heights of excellence.

Lee “Scratch” Perry’s vision and talent has had a significant impact on the musical landscape of today, inspiring many of the world’s greatest musicians including the likes of The Prodigy, The Rolling Stones, The Beastie Boys, The Clash and Diplo who carried his sound forward. This brand new release pays homage to a legend whose astounding legacy will never be forgotten.

About Lee “Scratch” Perry

Jamaican record producer and singer Lee “Scratch” Perry (1936-2021) was noted for his unique approach to music making, which resulted in the creation of an astounding body of work that proved instrumental in shaping not just the sound of Jamaican music, but profoundly influencing, entertaining and inspiring generations the world over. 1963 saw him make his debut with driving ska number “Old For New,” the success of which led to the follow up “Chicken Scratch” which was the track that led to his most enduring nickname, “Scratch.”

After sessions with Karl “JJ” Johnson, WIRL (West Indies Records Ltd.) and Prince Buster, Perry was employed as a sound engineer for Joe Gibbs and created a series of superior rock steady singles including his own “I Am The Upsetter,” which established another of his long-lasting nicknames. It was Perry’s own “People Funny Boy” that became one of the biggest sellers of Jamaican music in 1968, not only ensuring the future of Perry’s label Upsetter Records, but also prompting a deal with Trojan Records in Britain, who in 1969 set up its own Upsetter label to showcase the best of Perry’s productions. After months spent building the British club scene, The Upsetters’ “Return Of Django” backed with “Dollar in the Teeth” broke into the pop charts, peaking at the number five spot.

A variety of performers began to benefit from Perry’s imitable talents, including a vocal trio that became Bob Marley and The Wailers. The ’70’s saw Perry re-affirm his standing as one of Jamaica’s most successful and influential producers and by 1973 he had built his Black Ark Studio which saw him produce some of the most spellbinding music of the decade, with significant hits including Susan Cadogan’s popular cover of “Hurt So Good,” Junior Byles’ hypnotic lament “Curley Locks” and a series of compelling roots anthems, such as “Sufferer’s Time” by The Heptones, Max Romeo’s “Sipple Out Deh” (a.k.a. “War in a Babylon”) and Junior Murvin’s strident “Police and Thief,” a.k.a. “Police and Thieves.”

Over the years that followed Perry continued to perform and achieve significant success with his 1983 Trojan collection Jamaican E.T. winning a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. A pioneer and true innovator, Perry was responsible for some of the greatest recordings in Jamaican music history and this album brings together such tracks, commencing with his breakthrough hit “People Funny Boy” right through to the title track of Jamaican E.T.

About Trojan Records

From its inception in 1968, Trojan Records changed the British musical and cultural landscape, bringing a new sound and ethos to the world. Introducing the music of Jamaica to the U.K. and wider audiences, it brought the likes of Lee “Scratch” Perry, Desmond Dekker, The Pioneers, Bob Marley, Prince Buster and Jimmy Cliff to a mainstream audience. Now part of the BMG family, the label celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018.

For more information, please contact Joe Cohen, Krista Williams or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces
from the Upsetter Ark-ive)

DELUXE 4xLP & 4xCD BOX SET TRACK LIST

LP—SIDE 1
1. People Funny Boy - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
2. Tighten Up - The Inspirations
3. Return of Django - The Upsetters
4. Shocks of Mighty - Dave Barker & The Upsetters
5. Place Called Africa aka A Place Called Africa - Junior Byles
6. All Africans aka Don’t Cross The Nation (7” mix) - Little Roy +
7. Beat Down Babylon - Junior Byles

LP1—SIDE 2
1. Words of My Mouth - The Gatherers
2. Hot Tip - Prince Django
3. Jungle Lion (7” mix) - Lee Perry & The Upsetters
4. Curly Locks - Junior Byles
5. Hurt So Good (7” mix) - Susan Cadogan
6. Bushweed Corntrash - Bunny & Ricky

LP 2—SIDE 1
1. Three Blind Mice - Max Romeo
2. Three Times Three - King Tubby & The Upsetters
3. Sufferers Time - The Heptones
4. Sufferers Heights - Junior Dread
5. Roast Fish And Corn Bread (Jamaican mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
6. Sipple Out Deh aka War In A Babylon (Jamaican mix) - Max Romeo

LP2—SIDE 2
1. One Step Forward (12” mix) - Max Romeo & Prince Jazzbo *
2. Rise And Shine - Watty & Tony
3. Police And Thieves (12” mix) - Junior Murvin & Jah Lion *

LP3—SIDE 1
1. Ethiopia Land - Peter & Paul Lewis
2. Chase The Devil / Disco Devil - Max Romeo & Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
with The Full Experience *
3. City Too Hot (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
4. Vibrate Onn (12” mix) - Augustus Pablo

LP3—SIDE 2
1. Rainy Night In Portland (12” mix) - Watty Burnett
2. Garden of Life - Leroy Sibbles
3. Sons of Slaves (12” mix) - Junior Delgado

LP4—SIDE 1
1. Roots Train (7” mix) - Junior Murvin +
2. History (7” mix) - Carlton Jackson
3. Neckodememus aka Nicodemus (7” mix) - The Congos
4. Soul Fire (Jamaican mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

LP 4—SIDE 2
1. One Drop - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
2. I Am A Madman (LP mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
3. Exodus (12” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
4. Jamaican E.T (7” mix) – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry *

CD1—THE EARLY YEARS, 1968 - 1973
1. None Such Busted Me Bet (aka Sufferation - The Mellotones)
2. Stranger On The Shore - Val Bennett & The Upsetters
3. A Place In The Sun - David Isaacs
4. Dollar In The Teeth - The Upsetters
5. Check Him Out - The Bleechers
6. Live Injection - The Upsetters
7. Prisoner Of Love - Dave Barker & The Upsetters
8. Clint Eastwood (7” Mix) - The Upsetters
9. Babyloose Burning aka Babylon’s Burning - Maxie, Niney & Scratch
10. Give Me Power - The Stingers
11. This World - Milton Henry as King Medious
12. Lick The Pipe Peter Part 4 - Jah T
13. French Connection - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
14. Da Da - Junior Byles
15. Rasta Bandwagon - Max Romeo
16. Blackman Time - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
17. Bucky Skank - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
18. Cow Thief Skank - Charlie Ace & Lee Perry
19. Black IPA aka Green Island - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
20. Dub Organizer - Dillinger & The Upsetters
21. News Flash - Leo Graham
22. Better Days - Carlton & The Shoes
23. Sick And Tired - Neville Grant
24. Rasta No Pickpocket
25. Black Candle - Leo Graham

CD2—BLACK ARK ADVENTURES PART 1 (1974 - 1976)
1. Doctor Demand - Leo Graham & Prince Jazzbo
2. Stay Dread - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
3. Herb Vendor - Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace
4. Lady Lady - Cynty & The Monkees
5. Enter The Dragon (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
6. Public Jestering - Judge Winchester
7. Cane River Rock - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & the Upsetters
8. Do It Baby (aka Nice And Easy) (7” mix) - Susan Cadogan
9. The Long Way (7”mix) - Junior Byles
10. Many Are Called aka Yagga Yagga - The Unforgettables
11. Be Thankful (For What You’ve Got) - Bunny Scott
12. I Man Free - Watty Burnett
13. I Man Stand Still - Jimmy Riley
14. To Love Somebody - Bunny Scott
15. Sons of Negus - Jimmy Riley
16. Down Here in Babylon - Brent Dowe
17. Big May - Bunny Scott
18. Babylon Deh Pon Fire - Truth, Fact & Correct
19. Natty Pass Through Rome - Prince Jazzbo
20. Back Wey - Fay Bennett
21. Fever / Influenza Version - Susan Cadogan & The Upsetters
22. White Belly Rat - Lee Perry
23. Fire Fe The Vatican - Max Romeo
24. Stop The War In A Babylon - James Boom +

CD3—BLACK ARK ADVENTURES PART 2 (1976 - 1977)
1. I Shall Be Released - The Heptones & Jah Lion +
2. A Wah Dat - Junior Dread
3. Take Warning - Ralph Haughton & Ebony Sisters
4. Four And Twenty Dreadlocks (7”mix) - Evan Jones
5. Groovy Situation (Jamaican mix) - Keith Rowe
6. I Forgot To Be Your Lover (7” mix) - George Faith
7. Voodooism - Leo Graham
8. Rasta Train – Raphael Green & Alimantando
9. At The Feast (Of The Passover) - The Congos
10. Wolf Out Deh - Shaumark & Robinson
11. Reggae Music - Hugo Blackwood & Alimantado
12. Open The Gate (7” mix) - Watty Burnett +
13. Vampire (7” mix) - Devon Irons & Alimantado
CD 4—BLACK ARK & BEYOND (1977 - 2002)
1. Bad Weed (12” mix) - Junior Murvin
2. Bionic Rats (12” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
3. Forward With The Orthodox - Mistic I
4. Know Love (12” mix) - Twin Roots
5. Big Neck Police - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
6. Green Bay Inquest - Lord Sassafrass & Debra Keese
7. Free Up The Prisoners (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
8. Home Guard - Michael Campbell (aka Mikey Dread)
9. Cross Over (7” mix) - Junior Murvin
10. Bafflin Smoke Signal (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry *
11. Introducing Myself - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
12. For Whom The Bell Tolls (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry *
13. I’ll Take You There (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry *

2xCD TRACK LIST

CD1—THE EARLY YEARS, 1968 - 1976
1. People Funny Boy - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
2. Tighten Up - The Inspirations
3. Return Of Django - The Upsetters
4. Shocks Of Mighty - Dave Barker
5. Place Called Africa - Junior Byles
6. All Africans (7” mix) - Little Roy +
7. Beat Down Babylon - Junior Byles
8. Words Of My Mouth - The Gatherers
9. Bucky Skank - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Upsetters
10. Jungle Lion (7” mix) - Lee Perry & The Upsetters
11. Hurt So Good (7” mix) - Susan Cadogan
12. Curly Locks - Junior Byles
13. Bushweed Corntrash – Bunny and Ricky
14. Stay Dread – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
15. Three Blind Mice - Max Romeo
16. Do It Baby (aka Nice and Easy) (7” mix) – Susan Cadogan
17. Natty Pass Through Rome – Prince Jazzbo
18. One Step Forward/ Ital Corner (12” mix) – Max Romeo
and Prince Jazzbo *
19. Sufferer’s Time – The Heptones
20. Police and Thief aka Police and Thieves (12” mix)
Junior Murvin and Jah Lion *
21. Roast Fish and Cornbread (Jamaican mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
22. Sipple Out Deh (Ja. mix) - Max Romeo

CD2—THE EARLY YEARS, 1976 & BEYOND
1. Fire Fe The Vatican (7” mix) - Max Romeo
2. Rise and Shine – Watty and Tony
3. Chase The Devil / Disco Devil - Max Romeo & Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry With The Full Experience *
4. Voodooism – Leo Graham
5. Open The Gate - Watty Burnett +
6. Roots Train (7” mix) - Junior Murvin +
7. Soul Fire (Jamaican mix) – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
8. Cross Over (12” mix) Junior Murvin
9. At The Feast (Of the Passover) – The Congos
10. Free Up The Prisoners (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
11. Sons Of Slaves (7” mix) - Junior Delgado +
12. Big Neck Policeman - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
13. Neckodememus (7”mix) - The Congos
14. Bafflin Smoke Signal (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry *
15. One Drop - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
16. I Am A Madman - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
17. Exodus (7” mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry +
18. Jamaican E.T (7” mix) – Lee ‘Scratch’Perry *

2xLP TRACK LIST

LP1—SIDE 1
1. People Funny Boy - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
2. Tighten Up - The Inspirations
3. Return Of Django - The Upsetters
4. Shocks Of Mighty - Dave Barker
5. Place Called Africa - Junior Byles
6. All Africans (7” mix) - Little Roy +
7. Beat Down Babylon - Junior Byles

LP1—SIDE 2
1. Words Of My Mouth - The Gatherers
2. Hot Tip - Prince Django
3. Jungle Lion (7” mix) - Lee Perry & The Upsetters
4. Curly Locks - Junior Byles
5. Hurt So Good (7” mix) - Susan Cadogan
6. Stay Dread - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
7. Sipple Out Deh - Max Romeo

LP2—SIDE 1
1. One Step Forward (Jamaican mix) - Max Romeo
2. Police And Thieves (12” mix) - Junior Murvin & Jah Lion *
3. Sons of Slaves - Junior Delgado

LP2—SIDE 2
1. Chase The Devil / Disco Devil - Max Romeo &
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry With The Full Experience *
2. Soul Fire (Jamaican mix) - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
3. I am Madman - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
4. Exodus - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry +
5. Jamaican E.T – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

* Previously unreleased
+ Previously unreleased digitally