Lee "Scratch" Perry: Kiss Me Neck: The Scratch Story in Words, Pictures and Records

Price 15.14 - 19.95 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781901447965


An incredible, meticulous160;reference160;documenting160;the massive musical output by the pioneering reggae legend,160;inventor of dub, and160;Marley collaborator160;who Keith Richards calls "the Salvador Dal237; of music"160;With160;more than 1,000160;releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry"s160;name in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans and collectors to immerse themselves in, and here is160;the essential reference151;an extensive, detailed, heavily illustrated guide to the records produced by Perry and those that hailed from his legendary Black Ark Studio. Innovator, genius, forward thinker, and trendsetter151;there are few individuals who have stamped quite as unique a footprint onto the musical landscape as Lee "Scratch" Perry, aka the Upsetter, aka Pipecock Jackxon. Instantly recognizable, both160;in appearance and musical approach, he has become a legend in his own lifetime and earned himself an international160;army of admirers. His160;resum233; is beyond compare in the worlds of reggae and dub; two genres which he has helped create and define since the 1950s. Perry is a classic maverick who160;helped create today"s musical landscape by pushing himself, and studio technology, to the point of destruction.