The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Volume 3 2003

Dave Barker & Bunny Wailer - What A Confusion

Dave Barker & the Upsetters - Tight Spot

The Untouchables - Knock On Wood

The Upsetters - Confusion Version 2

The Upsetters - Earthquake

The Upsetters - Heart & Soul

Junior Byles - A Place Called Africa

The Upsetters - Zig Zag

Stranger Cole - Run Up Your Mouth

Teddy & the Upsetters - Elusion

The Upsetters - Mouth Version

Val Bennett & the Upsetters - Big John Wayne

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Mr. Brown

Glen Adams - Never Had A Dream Come True

Glen Adams & The Upsetters - Never Had A Dream Come True Version

The Upsetters - Dracula

Carl Dawkins & the Wailers - Picture On The Wall

The Untouchables - Confusion

The Upsetters - Confusion Version

The Upsetters - Picture On The Wall Version

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya

Bob Marley & the Wailers - More Axe

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya Version

The Upsetters - The Axe Man

Bob Marley & the Wailers - Small Axe

The Upsetters - Dark Moon

Bob Marley & the Wailers - All In One

David Isaacs - You'll Be Sorry

Bunny Wailer & The Wailers - Dreamland

The Hurricanes - You've Got To Be Mine

The Upsetters - Dreamland Version

The Upsetters - You've Got To Be Mine Version

Dave Barker & Charlie Ace - Shocks 71

Dennis Alcapone - Well Dread

Charlie Ace - The Creeper

The Upsetters - Well Dread Version

Hortense Ellis - Piece Of My Heart

The Upsetters - Creeping Version

The Upsetters - Piece Of My Heart Version

U Roy & the Upsetters - Copasetic

Hortense Ellis - Suspicious Minds

Little Roy - Don't Cross The Nation

Dave Barker - Groove Me

U Roy - Earthquake Version

Dave Barker & the Upsetters - Screwdriver

The Stingers - Give Me Power

The 3d & 4th Generation - Give Me Power Version

Credits

The third instalment in Trojan's series of singles from Lee "Scratch" Perry's Upsetter label picks up in late 1970, where Volume 2 left off, and takes the series into 1971. As with the first two volumes, the two-disc digipack includes a booklet with lots of very cool photos and extensive notes on each song; and also like the others, this one is chock full of great songs by artists both famous and obscure, all of them colored by Perry's trademark brilliant (if always quirky) production style. The 47 tracks include some familiar favorites, such as Junior Byles' strangely moving "Place Called Africa," Bob Marley's epochal herb anthem "Kaya," and the inevitable four or five takes on the "Small Axe" rhythm. But there are also some wonderful obscurities, including Hortense Ellis's delightful rock steady renditions of "Take a Little Piece of My Heart" and "Suspicious Minds," and Stranger Cole's scornful "Run Up Your Mouth." The Upsetters' dub version of "Dreamland" is, thankfully, not the horrendous organ showcase previously featured on Perry's Africa's Blood album. Like the other two volumes in this series, this one should be considered an essential purchase for Perry aficionados, but any reggae fan will get lots of pleasure from it as well. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Producer – Lee 'Scratch' Perry*

Label:

Trojan Records – TJFTV110

Series:

The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection

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