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Perry – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Scratch_Perry" title="Lee Scratch Perry – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lee Scratch Perry" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Scratch_Perry" title="Lee Scratch Perry – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Lee Scratch Perry" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Scratch_Perry" title="Lee Scratch Perry – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Lee Scratch Perry" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%E2%80%9EScratch%E2%80%9D_Perry" title="Lee „Scratch” Perry – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Lee „Scratch” Perry" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%22%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%22_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89" title="لى "سكراتش" پيرى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لى "سكراتش" پيرى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC" title="リー・ペリー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リー・ペリー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Perry" title="Lee Perry – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lee Perry" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8,_%D0%9B%D0%B8" title="Перри, Ли – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Перри, Ли" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Lee "Scratch" Perry – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lee "Scratch" Perry" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%C2%BBScratch%C2%AB_Perry" title="Lee »Scratch« Perry – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Lee »Scratch« Perry" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Ли Пери – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ли Пери" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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class="fn">Lee <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">"</span>Scratch<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">"</span> Perry</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 78%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:100;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Distinction" title="Order of Distinction">OD</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Scratch_Perry_2016_(9_von_13).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Perry performing in Munich, 2016"><img alt="Perry performing in Munich, 2016" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Lee_Scratch_Perry_2016_%289_von_13%29.jpg/280px-Lee_Scratch_Perry_2016_%289_von_13%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="187" 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />"The Upsetter"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1936-03-20</span>)</span>20 March 1936<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Kendal, <a href="/wiki/Hanover_Parish" title="Hanover Parish">Hanover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a>, Jamaica</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">29 August 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-08-29)</span> (aged 85)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucea,_Jamaica" title="Lucea, Jamaica">Lucea</a>, Hanover, Jamaica</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Electronic music">electronic</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Record producer</li><li>singer</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1958–2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pama_Records" title="Pama Records">Pama</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Upsetter_Records_(Jamaican_record_label)" class="mw-redirect" title="Upsetter Records (Jamaican record label)">Upsetter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Creole_Records" title="Creole Records">Creole</a></li><li>Black Ark</li><li>Secret</li><li><a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island</a></li><li>Burning Sounds</li><li>Goldenlane</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.lee-perry.com/">http://www.lee-perry.com/</a> (no longer works as it requires <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Adobe Flash</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Lee</b> "<b>Scratch</b>" <b>Perry</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Distinction" title="Order of Distinction">OD</a></span> (born <b>Rainford Hugh Perry</b>; 20 March 1936<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 29 August 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobituary_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobituary-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of <a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub music</a> with his early adoption of <a href="/wiki/Remix" title="Remix">remixing</a> and studio effects to create new instrumental or vocal versions of existing <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with and produced for a wide variety of artists, including <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers" title="Bob Marley and the Wailers">the Wailers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Murvin" title="Junior Murvin">Junior Murvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Congos" title="The Congos">the Congos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Max_Romeo" title="Max Romeo">Max Romeo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sherwood" title="Adrian Sherwood">Adrian Sherwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ari_Up" title="Ari Up">Ari Up</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">the Clash</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Orb" title="The Orb">the Orb</a>, and many others. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rainford Hugh Perry was born on 20 March 1936 in Kendal, Jamaica, in the parish of <a href="/wiki/Hanover_Parish" title="Hanover Parish">Hanover</a>, the third child of Ina Davis and Henry Perry.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother had strong African traditions originating from her <a href="/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> ancestry that she passed on to her son.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His parents were both laborers, but his father later became a professional dancer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Lee left school at age 15 and lived in <a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanover, Jamaica">Hanover</a>, working as a labourer to help build the first road in <a href="/wiki/Negril" title="Negril">Negril</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gavin_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gavin-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He eventually wound up in <a href="/wiki/Clarendon,_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarendon, Jamaica">Clarendon</a> where he got into the dance and music scene and earned the nickname "The Neat Little Thing". Lee later moved to <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a> after experiencing a mystical connection to stones ("When the stones clash, I hear like the thunder clash... and I hear words... These words send me to Kingston. Kingston means King's Stone, the Son of the King... the stone that I was throwing in Negril send me to King Stone for my graduation.") where he apprenticed at <a href="/wiki/Studio_One_(record_label)" title="Studio One (record label)">Studio One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_work">Early work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perry's musical career began in the late 1950s as a record seller for <a href="/wiki/Coxsone_Dodd" title="Coxsone Dodd">Clement Coxsone Dodd</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sound_system_(DJ)" title="Sound system (DJ)">sound system</a>. As his sometimes turbulent relationship with Dodd developed, he found himself performing a variety of important tasks at Dodd's <a href="/wiki/Studio_One_(record_label)" title="Studio One (record label)">Studio One</a> hit factory, going on to record nearly thirty songs for the label.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Disagreements between the pair due to personality and financial conflicts led him to leave the studio and seek new musical outlets. He soon found a new home at <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs_(record_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Gibbs (record producer)">Joe Gibbs</a>'s Amalgamated Records.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Working with Gibbs, Perry continued his recording career but, once again, financial problems caused conflict. Perry broke ranks with Gibbs and formed his own label, <a href="/wiki/Upsetter_Records_(Jamaican_record_label)" class="mw-redirect" title="Upsetter Records (Jamaican record label)">Upsetter Records</a>, in 1968. His first major single "People Funny Boy", which was an insult directed at Gibbs, sold well with 60,000 copies sold in Jamaica alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Gavin_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gavin-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is notable for its innovative use of a <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">sample</a> (a crying baby) as well as a fast, chugging beat that would soon become identifiable as "reggae". Similarly his acrimonious 1967 single as Lee "King" Perry, "<a href="/wiki/Run_for_Cover_(Lee_Perry_song)" title="Run for Cover (Lee Perry song)">Run for Cover</a>", was likewise aimed at Sir Coxsone. </p><p>From 1968 until 1972, he worked with his studio band <a href="/wiki/The_Upsetters" title="The Upsetters">the Upsetters</a>. During the 1970s, Perry released numerous recordings on a variety of record labels that he controlled, and many of his songs were popular in both Jamaica and the United Kingdom, where his instrumental "The Return of Django" was a top five hit in 1969. He soon became known for his innovative production techniques as well as his eccentric character.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, Perry produced and released the Wailers track "<a href="/wiki/Mr._Brown_(song)" title="Mr. Brown (song)">Mr. Brown</a>" (1970) with its unusual use of studio effects and eerie opening highlighting his unique approach to production. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Black_Ark">The Black Ark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Black Ark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> In 1973, Perry built a studio in his back yard, <a href="/wiki/Black_Ark_Studios" title="Black Ark Studios">the Black Ark</a>, to have more control over his productions and continued to produce notable musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers" title="Bob Marley and the Wailers">Bob Marley and the Wailers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Byles" title="Junior Byles">Junior Byles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Murvin" title="Junior Murvin">Junior Murvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Heptones" title="The Heptones">the Heptones</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Congos" title="The Congos">the Congos</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Max_Romeo" title="Max Romeo">Max Romeo</a>. He also started the Black Ark label, on which many of the productions from the studio appeared.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With his own studio at his disposal, Perry's productions became more lavish, as the energetic producer was able to spend as much time as he wanted on the music he produced. Virtually everything Perry recorded in The Black Ark was done using basic recording equipment; through sonic sleight-of-hand, Perry made it sound unique. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Douglas_(musician)" title="Paul Douglas (musician)">Paul Douglas</a> mentions: </p><blockquote><p>"Scratch had a particular sound and everybody was fascinated by his sound. He had this way of putting things together; it was just his sound and it influenced a lot of people. I’ve even gone to the Black Ark with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gale" title="Eric Gale">Eric Gale</a> for that <a href="/wiki/Negril_(album)" title="Negril (album)">Negril</a> album; I remember myself and Val Douglas, we laid some tracks there, Eric Gale overdubbed stuff on there, but I honestly don't remember what happened to it."<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Perry remained behind the mixing desk for many years, producing songs and albums that stand out as a high point in reggae history. He was known to remain in the studio for days at a time when mixing, taking no visitors or calls, and very little food or drink.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1978, stress and unwanted outside influences began to take their toll: both Perry and the Black Ark quickly fell into a state of disrepair. Eventually, the studio burned to the ground. Perry has constantly insisted that he burned the Black Ark himself in a fit of rage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_the_Black_Ark_(1980s_and_1990s)"><span id="After_the_Black_Ark_.281980s_and_1990s.29"></span>After the Black Ark (1980s and 1990s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: After the Black Ark (1980s and 1990s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Perry_live.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lee_Perry_live.jpg/220px-Lee_Perry_live.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lee_Perry_live.jpg/330px-Lee_Perry_live.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Lee_Perry_live.jpg/440px-Lee_Perry_live.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Perry performing in 1998</figcaption></figure> <p>After the demise of the Black Ark in the early 1980s, Perry spent time in England and the United States, performing live and making erratic records with a variety of collaborators.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His career took a new path in 1984 when he met Mark Downie (Marcus Upbeat<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (September 2021)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup>) with whom he worked on the 1986 album <i>Battle of Armagideon</i> for Trojan. It was not until the late 1980s, when he began working with British producers <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sherwood" title="Adrian Sherwood">Adrian Sherwood</a> and Neil Fraser (who is better known as <a href="/wiki/Mad_Professor" title="Mad Professor">Mad Professor</a>), that Perry's career began to get back on solid ground again. Perry also attributed a later resurgence of his creative muse to his deciding to quit drinking alcohol and smoking <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a>. In his earlier days, the act of producing for Perry was a frenzied and ritualistic one where he stated that "he blew smoke into the microphone so that the weed would get into the song."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perry stated in an interview that he wanted to see if "it was the smoke making the music or Lee Perry making the music. I found out it was me and that I don't need to smoke."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Perry reached a wider global audience as vocalist on the track "Dr. Lee, PhD" from the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a>' album <i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Nasty" title="Hello Nasty">Hello Nasty</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career">Later career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, Perry won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2003">Grammy</a> for Best Reggae Album with the album <i><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_E.T." title="Jamaican E.T.">Jamaican E.T.</a></i> In 2004, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> ranked Perry number 100 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He teamed up with a group of Swiss musicians and performed under the name Lee Perry and the White Belly Rats, and toured the United States in 2006 and 2007 using the New York City-based group Dub Is a Weapon as his backing band. </p><p>After meeting <a href="/wiki/Andrew_W.K." title="Andrew W.K.">Andrew W.K.</a> at <a href="/wiki/SXSW" class="mw-redirect" title="SXSW">SXSW</a> in 2006, Perry invited him to co-produce his album <i>Repentance</i>. The album, released on 19 August 2008 through <a href="/wiki/Narnack_Records" title="Narnack Records">Narnack Records</a>, featured several guest artists including <a href="/wiki/Moby" title="Moby">Moby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ari_Up" title="Ari Up">Ari Up</a>, producer <a href="/wiki/Don_Fleming_(musician)" title="Don Fleming (musician)">Don Fleming</a>, drummer <a href="/wiki/Brian_Chippendale" title="Brian Chippendale">Brian Chippendale</a>, and bassist <a href="/wiki/Josh_Werner" title="Josh Werner">Josh Werner</a>. </p><p>In 2007, Perry's song "Enter the Dragon" was sampled on the track "<a href="/wiki/Carrots_(song)" title="Carrots (song)">Carrots</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Panda_Bear_(musician)" title="Panda Bear (musician)">Panda Bear</a> of <a href="/wiki/Animal_Collective" title="Animal Collective">Animal Collective</a>. As well, Perry was selected by Animal Collective in 2011 to perform at <a href="/wiki/All_Tomorrow%27s_Parties_(festival)" title="All Tomorrow's Parties (festival)">All Tomorrow's Parties</a>, which the band curated in May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, he recorded <i>Rise Again</i> with bassist and producer <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laswell" title="Bill Laswell">Bill Laswell</a>; the album featured contributions from <a href="/wiki/Tunde_Adebimpe" title="Tunde Adebimpe">Tunde Adebimpe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sly_Dunbar" title="Sly Dunbar">Sly Dunbar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Worrell" title="Bernie Worrell">Bernie Worrell</a>, and was released on Laswell's <a href="/wiki/M.O.D._Technologies" title="M.O.D. Technologies">M.O.D. Technologies</a> label.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, Perry reunited with <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sherwood" title="Adrian Sherwood">Adrian Sherwood</a> on <i>The Mighty Upsetter.</i> Between 2007 and 2010, Perry recorded three albums with British producer Steve Marshall who he met at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pyramid_Arts_Development&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pyramid Arts Development (page does not exist)">Pyramid Arts Development</a> in <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney" title="London Borough of Hackney">Hackney</a>. The albums featured performances by <a href="/wiki/Keith_Richards" title="Keith Richards">Keith Richards</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a>. Two of these albums, <i>End of an American Dream</i> (2008) and <i>Revelation</i> (2010), received Grammy nominations in the category Best Reggae Album. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg/250px-Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg/330px-Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg/500px-Lee_scratch_perry_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Perry in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2009, Perry collaborated with Dubblestandart on their <i>Return from Planet Dub</i> double album, revisiting some of his material from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as collaborating on new material with Dubblestandart, some of which also included <a href="/wiki/Ari_Up" title="Ari Up">Ari Up</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Slits" title="The Slits">the Slits</a>. In 2008, leading up to this release, Perry's first foray into the <a href="/wiki/Dubstep" title="Dubstep">dubstep</a> genre was released on <a href="/wiki/Twelve-inch_single" title="Twelve-inch single">12" vinyl</a>, a collaboration with Dubblestandart and New York City's <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a> called "Iron Devil".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That record was followed by several more reggae-oriented dubstep collaborations with Dubblestandart and Subatomic Sound System on digital and vinyl, first <i>Blackboard Jungle</i> volumes 1 and 2 (2009), featuring <a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a> vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore, then <i>Chrome Optimism</i> (2010),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which also featured American filmmaker <a href="/wiki/David_Lynch" title="David Lynch">David Lynch</a>. Following that, in 2010, Perry and <a href="/wiki/Ari_Up" title="Ari Up">Ari Up</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Slits" title="The Slits">the Slits</a> collaborated on a limited-edition <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a> 7" called "Hello, Hell Is Very Low", a rootical <a href="/wiki/Dubstep" title="Dubstep">dubstep</a> release that would turn out to be one of Ari Up's last recordings and the final release during her lifetime. </p><p>In 2010, Perry had his first ever solo art exhibition at Dem Passwords art gallery in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show, titled "Secret Education", featured works on canvas, paper, and a video installation. </p><p>In 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Upsetter_(film)" title="The Upsetter (film)">The Upsetter</a></i>, a documentary film about Perry, narrated by <a href="/wiki/Benicio_Del_Toro" class="mw-redirect" title="Benicio Del Toro">Benicio Del Toro</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was released worldwide in theaters after its premiere at the 2008 <a href="/wiki/SXSW_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="SXSW Film Festival">SXSW Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was directed and produced by American film makers <a href="/wiki/Ethan_Higbee" title="Ethan Higbee">Ethan Higbee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Bhala_Lough" title="Adam Bhala Lough">Adam Bhala Lough</a>, and opened in Los Angeles in March 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It continued to screen worldwide into 2012, with the DVD, <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Video_on_Demand" class="mw-redirect" title="Video on Demand">Video on Demand</a> following soon thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Perry teamed with <a href="/wiki/The_Orb" title="The Orb">the Orb</a> to produce <i><a href="/wiki/The_Orbserver_in_the_Star_House" title="The Orbserver in the Star House">The Orbserver in the Star House</a></i>, which was recorded in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> over a period of several months.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album earned critical acclaim,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and featured the single "Golden Clouds", named after the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Clouds" title="Golden Clouds">historic property</a> located near Perry's hometown in Jamaica. The recording sessions were filmed by Volker Schaner and were part of the documentary <i>Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise</i>. </p><p>In August 2012, it was announced that Perry would receive Jamaica's sixth highest honour, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Distinction" title="Order of Distinction">Order of Distinction</a>, Commander class.<sup id="cite_ref-Bonitto_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonitto-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Perry performed at the first Dub Champions Festival in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, a sold-out performance, backed by Dubblestandart with <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sherwood" title="Adrian Sherwood">Adrian Sherwood</a> handling the dub mix. Perry also performed at the first two Dub Champions Festivals in New York City in 2011 and 2012, backed by <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a>. Perry performed at the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indio,_California" title="Indio, California">Indio, California</a>. </p><p>Perry is featured as the DJ on the dub and reggae radio station "<a href="/wiki/Music_of_Grand_Theft_Auto_V#Radio_station_music" title="Music of Grand Theft Auto V">The Blue Ark</a>" in <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V" title="Grand Theft Auto V">Grand Theft Auto V</a></i>. The station includes a number of dubs by Perry and the Upsetters including "Disco Devil" and "Grumblin' Dub".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2013, it was announced that Perry will be awarded a Gold <a href="/wiki/Musgrave_Medal" title="Musgrave Medal">Musgrave Medal</a> later that month by the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Jamaica" title="Institute of Jamaica">Institute of Jamaica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perry recorded an album with Daniel Boyle in London, released in May 2014 as <i>Lee "Scratch" Perry – Back on the Controls</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gentile_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gentile-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album received a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy</a> nomination later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perry remixed the "Thor's Stone" single by UK producer <a href="/wiki/Forest_Swords" title="Forest Swords">Forest Swords</a> in November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg,_August,_2015-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg/330px-Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg/500px-Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg/960px-Lee_Perry_performing_in_Saint_Petersburg%2C_August%2C_2015-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4426" data-file-height="2951" /></a><figcaption>Perry performing in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a>, Russia, in August 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2015, the documentary <i>Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise</i> had a worldwide release in cinemas as well as on DVD and VOD after premiering at the <a href="/wiki/East_End_Film_Festival" title="East End Film Festival">East End Film Festival</a> in London. The film followed Perry for 15 years through his home in Switzerland and travels abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lee_Scratch_Perry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lee_Scratch_Perry.jpg/250px-Lee_Scratch_Perry.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lee_Scratch_Perry.jpg/500px-Lee_Scratch_Perry.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Perry signing an autograph for a fan after a performance at <a href="/wiki/Bumbershoot" title="Bumbershoot">Bumbershoot</a> in 2015.</figcaption></figure><p>In September 2015, Perry and <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a> launched a 40th anniversary tour for Perry's 1976 album <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Ape" title="Super Ape">Super Ape</a></i>. The tour began as part of Dub Champions Festival and continued over the next two years with more than 50 dates in North America and some isolated dates in Europe. Nearly every show was sold out on the 2015 and 2016 tours. It culminated with the release of the <i>Super Ape Returns to Conquer</i> album in September 2017 which debuted at number 2 on <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> US reggae chart behind <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a>'s remastered <i>Legend</i> album, and on number 3 on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> reggae chart. <a href="/wiki/Larry_McDonald_(percussionist)" title="Larry McDonald (percussionist)">Larry McDonald</a> performed as part of the band and on the recorded album. A <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> campaign was organized in 2015 by Emch of Subatomic Sound System to raise funds to build a custom 15-foot-tall gorilla similar to the one on the original album cover art.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kickstarter campaign reached its goal and the gorilla appeared on stage during 2015 and 2016 tour dates.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2018, Perry and <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a> launched a 45th anniversary tour for the 1973 album <i><a href="/wiki/Blackboard_Jungle_Dub" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackboard Jungle Dub">Blackboard Jungle Dub</a></i>, produced by Perry. The tour began in North America and tour posters includes the tag line "World's 1st dub album, Live for the first time". <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Stone (magazine)">Rolling Stone</a></i> published a preview of the tour.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2019 saw the release of <i>The Revelation of Lee "Scratch" Perry</i>, a film about the making of his 2010 album <i>Revelation</i>, directed by Steve Marshall for State of Emergency. The film features intimate behind the scenes footage of Perry at work in his home studio in the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Alps" title="Swiss Alps">Swiss Alps</a> and an in depth interview with him.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In April 2019, hip hop producer <a href="/wiki/Mr._Green_(record_producer)" title="Mr. Green (record producer)">Mr. Green</a> announced that he would be doing a record made out of Perry's famous audio stems. In July 2019, Perry announced that the record is entitled <i>Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door</i> and that it would release through Tuff Kong Records on 19 August 2019. The record combined over 20 different genres of music.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hypebeast said it was "Perry's best work in years" and that it "pushes boundaries of various genres. The record reached the Top 10 on the iTunes reggae chart and the Top 100 on the Billboard reggae chart.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A couple of weeks prior to his death, Perry released his last song, "No Bloody Friends". The song was a collaboration with Ral Ston, and it was released on 13 August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Perry's final album was with New Age Doom, titled <i>Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe</i> (2021). Perry's final dub production was for Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics, <i>The Dub Battle</i> (2021). The song was "The Gates of Dub" with Max Romeo and The Roots Radics band produced by Hernan "Don Camel" Sforzini.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2025 vocals recorded by Perry in 2015-2017 were featured on the album <i>Mercy</i> attributed to 'Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Peter Harris & Fritz Catlin'.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perry resided in <a href="/wiki/Einsiedeln" title="Einsiedeln">Einsiedeln</a>, Switzerland, with his wife Mireille and their two children. He had four other children by the names of Cleopatra Perry, Marsha Perry, Omar Perry, and Marvin (Sean) Perry in various parts of the world.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2015, his new studio in Switzerland, the "Secret Laboratory", was damaged by a fire that also destroyed his stage costumes and unreleased recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perry died on 29 August 2021<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the Noel Holmes Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Lucea,_Jamaica" title="Lucea, Jamaica">Lucea, Jamaica</a>, from an unspecified illness, aged 85.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Upsetters" title="The Upsetters">The Upsetters</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Upsetter" title="The Upsetter">The Upsetter</a></i> (1969)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_Django" title="Return of Django">Return of Django</a></i> (1969)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood_(album)" title="Clint Eastwood (album)">Clint Eastwood</a></i> (1970)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Many_Moods_of_the_Upsetters" title="Many Moods of the Upsetters">Many Moods of the Upsetters</a></i> (1970)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Scratch_the_Upsetter_Again" title="Scratch the Upsetter Again">Scratch the Upsetter Again</a></i> (1970)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Rides_Again" title="Eastwood Rides Again">Eastwood Rides Again</a></i> (1970)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/Africa%27s_Blood" title="Africa's Blood">Africa's Blood</a></i> (1971)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_Axe" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle Axe">Battle Axe</a></i> (1972)</li> <li>The Upsetters – Scratch the Upsetter – <i><a href="/wiki/Cloak_%26_Dagger_(The_Upsetters_album)" title="Cloak & Dagger (The Upsetters album)">Cloak and Dagger</a></i> (1973)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_Shower" title="Rhythm Shower">Rhythm Shower</a></i> (1973)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Upsetters_14_Dub_Blackboard_Jungle" title="Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle">14 Dub Blackboard Jungle</a></i> (1973)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Seven" title="Double Seven">Double Seven</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Tubby" title="King Tubby">King Tubby</a> Meets the Upsetter – <i>At the Grass Roots of Dub</i> (1974)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Musical_Bones" title="Musical Bones">Musical Bones</a></i> (1975)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_Wax" title="Return of Wax">Return of Wax</a></i> (1975)</li> <li>The Mighty Upsetter – <i><a href="/wiki/Kung_Fu_Meets_the_Dragon" title="Kung Fu Meets the Dragon">Kung Fu Meets the Dragon</a></i> (1975)</li> <li>Lee Perry & The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Revolution_Dub" title="Revolution Dub">Revolution Dub</a></i> (1975)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Ape" title="Super Ape">Super Ape</a></i> (1976)</li> <li>Lee Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/Roast_Fish_Collie_Weed_%26_Corn_Bread" title="Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread">Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread</a></i> (1978)</li> <li>The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Super_Ape" title="Return of the Super Ape">Return of the Super Ape</a></i> (1978)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>The Return of Pipecock Jackxon</i> (1980)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Black Ark In Dub</i> (1981)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Majestics – <i>Mystic Miracle Star</i> (1982)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/History,_Mystery_%26_Prophesy" title="History, Mystery & Prophesy">History, Mystery & Prophesy</a></i> (1984)</li> <li>Lee 'Scratch' Perry and The Upsetters – <i><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Armagideon_(Millionaire_Liquidator)" title="Battle of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator)">Battle of Armagideon (Millionaire Liquidator)</a></i> (1986)</li> <li>Lee 'Scratch' Perry + <a href="/wiki/Dub_Syndicate" title="Dub Syndicate">Dub Syndicate</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Boom_X_De_Devil_Dead" title="Time Boom X De Devil Dead">Time Boom X De Devil Dead</a></i> (1987)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Satan Kicked the Bucket</i> (1988)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry with <a href="/wiki/Mad_Professor" title="Mad Professor">Mad Professor</a> – <i>Mystic Warrior</i> (1989)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry with <a href="/wiki/Mad_Professor" title="Mad Professor">Mad Professor</a> – <i>Mystic Warrior Dub</i> (1989)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Message from Yard</i> (1990)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>From the Secret Laboratory</i> (1990)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry Meets <a href="/wiki/Bullwackie" class="mw-redirect" title="Bullwackie">Bullwackie</a> – <i>Satan's Dub</i> (1990)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Spiritual Healing</i> (1990)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Lord God Muzik</i> (1991)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>The Upsetter and the Beat</i> (1992)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & <a href="/wiki/Mad_Professor" title="Mad Professor">Mad Professor</a> – <i>Black Ark Experryments</i> (1995)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Experryments at the Grass Roots of Dub</i> (1995)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry featuring Mad Professor/Douggie Digital/Juggler – <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Ape_Inna_Jungle" title="Super Ape Inna Jungle">Super Ape Inna Jungle</a></i> (1996)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Who Put the Voodoo Pon Reggae</i> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_Professor" title="Mad Professor">Mad Professor</a> & Lee " Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/Dub_Take_the_Voodoo_Out_of_Reggae" title="Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae">Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae</a></i> (1996)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Technomajikal</i> (1997)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Dub Fire</i> (1998)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Fire in Dub</i> (1998)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>On the Wire</i> (2000)</li> <li>Mad Professor & Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Techno Party</i> (2000)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & <a href="/wiki/Niney_the_Observer" title="Niney the Observer">Niney the Observer</a> – <i>Station Underground Report</i> (2001)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_E.T." title="Jamaican E.T.">Jamaican E.T.</a></i> (2002)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Alien Starman</i> (2003)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Whitebellyrats – <i><a href="/wiki/Panic_in_Babylon" title="Panic in Babylon">Panic in Babylon</a></i> (2004)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>End of an American Dream</i> (2007)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>The Mighty Upsetter</i> (2008)</li> <li>Lee "$cratch" Perry – <a href="/wiki/Repentance_(2008_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Repentance (2008 album)"><i>Repentance</i></a> (2008)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Scratch Came Scratch Saw Scratch Conquered</i> (2008)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Sherwood" title="Adrian Sherwood">Adrian Sherwood</a> – <i>Dub Setter</i> (2009)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>The Unfinished Master Piece</i> (2010)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Revelation</i> (2010)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Laswell" title="Bill Laswell">Bill Laswell</a> – <i>Rise Again</i> (2011)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Master Piece</i> (2012)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & ERM – <i>Humanicity</i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Orb" title="The Orb">The Orb</a> feat. Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Orbserver_in_the_Star_House" title="The Orbserver in the Star House">The Orbserver in the Star House</a></i> (2012)</li> <li>The Orb feat. Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/More_Tales_from_the_Orbservatory" title="More Tales from the Orbservatory">More Tales from the Orbservatory</a></i> (2013)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Back on the Controls</i> (2014)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Pura Vida – <i>The Super Ape Strikes Again</i> (2015)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Must Be Free</i> (2016)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Science, Magic, Logic</i> (2017)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & <a href="/wiki/Subatomic_Sound_System" title="Subatomic Sound System">Subatomic Sound System</a> – <i>Super Ape Returns to Conquer</i> (2017)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>The Black Album</i> (2018)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Alien Dub Massive</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Woodie Taylor – <i>Big Ben Rock</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Rainford</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mr. Green – <i>Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Life of Plants</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Heavy Rain</i> (2019)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Live in Brighton</i> (2020)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Lee Scratch Perry Presents The Full Experience</i> (2020)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry and Spacewave – <i>Dubz of the Root</i> (2021)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Ral Ston – <i>Friends</i> (2021)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & Ral Ston & Scientist – <i>Scratch & Scientist Meet Ral Ston To Conquer The Evil Duppies</i> (2021)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry & New Age Doom – <i>Lee "Scratch" Perry's Guide to the Universe</i> (2021)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i>Heaven</i> (2023)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry – <i><a href="/wiki/King_Perry_(album)" title="King Perry (album)">King Perry</a></i> (2024)</li> <li>Lee "Scratch" Perry and <a href="/wiki/Youth_(musician)" title="Youth (musician)">Youth</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Spaceship_to_Mars_(album)" title="Spaceship to Mars (album)">Spaceship to Mars</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilation_albums">Compilation albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Compilation albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/DIP_Presents_the_Upsetter" title="DIP Presents the Upsetter">DIP Presents the Upsetter</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Scratch on the Wire</i> (1979)</li> <li><i>The Upsetter Collection</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>Megaton Dub</i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arkology_(album)" title="Arkology (album)">Arkology</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Ape-ology</i> (2007)</li> <li><i>King Scratch Musical</i> (2022)</li></ul> <p>Note: Perry has had numerous compilations come out under his name, with many being illegitimate. This list tries to round up a few more "essential" compilations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearances">Appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Co-wrote "<a href="/wiki/Police_and_Thieves" title="Police and Thieves">Police and Thieves</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Junior_Murvin" title="Junior Murvin">Junior Murvin</a>. It was later covered by <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">The Clash</a> on their 1977 <a href="/wiki/The_Clash_(album)" title="The Clash (album)">debut album</a>, some versions of which include their Perry-produced single "<a href="/wiki/Complete_Control" title="Complete Control">Complete Control</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Katz-PFB_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Katz-PFB-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"The Only Alternative" on the compilation <i>Roots of Innovation – 15 And X Years On-U Sound</i> (1994) by <a href="/wiki/Dub_Syndicate" title="Dub Syndicate">Dub Syndicate</a> on <a href="/wiki/On-U_Sound" class="mw-redirect" title="On-U Sound">On-U Sound</a> label.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Dr. Lee, PhD" on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Nasty" title="Hello Nasty">Hello Nasty</a></i> (1998) by <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a><sup id="cite_ref-Katz-PFB_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Katz-PFB-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appears on two tracks on the album <i>Whaa!</i> (2005) by <a href="/wiki/Zuco_103" title="Zuco 103">Zuco 103</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Starred in a series of <a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a> advertisements (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appears on two tracks on the album <i>Nairobi meets Mad Professor: Wu Wei</i> (2009) by Argentinian dub band <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appears on the single <i>Golden Clouds</i> (2012) by <a href="/wiki/The_Orb" title="The Orb">The Orb</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appears on the album <i>Aquarium in Dub</i> (2020) by <a href="/wiki/Aquarium_(band)" title="Aquarium (band)">Aquarium</a> and Levsha-Patsan (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="ru:Левша-пацан">Левша-пацан</a></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frayed Moon Magic Man & Man in The Baloon Feat. Lee Scratch Perry</li> <li>Appears on the album <i>Sly & Robbie vs Roots Radics - The Final Battle</i> (2019) by Sly & Robbie and Roots Radics produced by Hernan "Don Camel" Sforzini <sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Appears on the album <i>Sly & Robbie vs Roots Radics - The Dub Battle</i> (2021) by Sly & Robbie and Roots Radics produced by Hernan "Don Camel" Sforzini <sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films">Films</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Lee Perry: Return of the Super Ape</i> (BA BA ZEE) – Rick Elgood and Don Letts (UK)</li> <li><i>Lee Scratch Perry's Vision of Paradise</i> (2015) – directed by Volker Schaner, produced by Daniela Schmid</li> <li><i>Scratch in Deutschland</i> (1992) (10 minutes)</li> <li><i>Ich sende aus dem All</i> (1995) (30 minutes), directed by Peter Braatz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Upsetter_(film)" title="The Upsetter (film)">The Upsetter</a></i> (90 minutes) (2011), directed by Ethan Higbee and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Bhala_Lough" title="Adam Bhala Lough">Adam Bhala Lough</a> narrated by <a href="/wiki/Benicio_del_Toro" title="Benicio del Toro">Benicio del Toro</a></li> <li><i>Tracks: Lee Perry</i> (2005) (<a href="/wiki/Arte" title="Arte">Arte</a>) (France)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Videos">Videos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Jesus Perry</i> Live – directed by InYourFaceTV (2013)</li> <li><i>Golden Clouds</i> – directed by Volker Schaner, collaboration with <a href="/wiki/The_Orb" title="The Orb">The Orb</a> (2012)</li> <li><i>Lee Scratch Perry: The Unlimited Destruction</i>, 2002, US</li> <li><i>Lee Scratch Perry: In Concert – The Ultimate Alien</i>, 2003, US</li> <li><i>Lee Scratch Perry with Mad Professor</i>, 2004, US</li> <li><i>Roots Rock Reggae – Inside the Jamaican Music Scene</i>, 1977, directed by <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Marre" title="Jeremy Marre">Jeremy Marre</a></li> <li><i>Carrying the Swing</i> – directed by Howard Johnson (1998)</li> <li><i>Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music</i> (Part 2 – Rebel Music), 2002, Mike Connolly</li> <li><i>Rock & Roll – Punk</i> (10-part series) (US) (1995) (episode 9 only), a.k.a. <i>Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History</i> (episode 8 only) (UK)</li> <li><i>Tribute to Sister D</i> – The Forum, London, 1995 (One Drop – Crazy Baldheads – Roastfish and Cornbread)</li> <li><i>Portraits of Jamaican Music</i> – directed by Pierre Marc Simonin (2003)</li> <li><i>Jools in Jamaica</i> – directed by Geoff Wonfor, presenter <a href="/wiki/Jools_Holland" title="Jools Holland">Jools Holland</a></li> <li><i>Full Moon, plant a tree</i> – directed by Juan Manuel Sicuso</li> <li><i>The Gates of dub</i> – directed by Juan Manuel Sicuso</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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<i>Pipecock Jackxon</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">His wife, Mireille, claims he died on the way to the hospital on 28 August</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKatz2009" class="citation book cs1">Katz, David (17 November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=liOx8tyfJwAC&pg=PA1"><i>People Funny Boy – The Genius Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry</i></a>. Omnibus Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">1–</span>5. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85712-034-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85712-034-2"><bdi>978-0-85712-034-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=People+Funny+Boy+%E2%80%93+The+Genius+Of+Lee+%27Scratch%27+Perry&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E1-%3C%2Fspan%3E5&rft.pub=Omnibus+Press&rft.date=2009-11-17&rft.isbn=978-0-85712-034-2&rft.aulast=Katz&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DliOx8tyfJwAC%26pg%3DPA1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationwideradiojm.com/reggae-great-lee-scratch-perry-dies/">"Reggae great Lee Scratch Perry dies"</a>. 29 August 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Reggae+great+Lee+Scratch+Perry+dies&rft.date=2021-08-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnationwideradiojm.com%2Freggae-great-lee-scratch-perry-dies%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFStrong2000" class="citation book cs1">Strong, Martin C. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Lee+%27Scratch%27+Perry+obituary&rft.date=2021-08-19&rft.aulast=Mason&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2021%2Faug%2F29%2Flee-scratch-perry-obituary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theupsettermovie.com/">"The Upsetter: the Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry"</a>. <i>Theupsettermovie.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Theupsettermovie.com&rft.atitle=The+Upsetter%3A+the+Life+and+Music+of+Lee+Scratch+Perry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftheupsettermovie.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gavin-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gavin_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gavin_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGavin2020" class="citation web cs1">Gavin, Francesca (16 October 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.swissinstitute.net/press/lee-scratch-perry-mirror-master-futures-yard-2/">"Lee "Scratch" Perry: Mirror Master Futures Yard"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Institute_Contemporary_Art_New_York" title="Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York">Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 11 December 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMason2021" class="citation news cs1">Mason, Peter (29 August 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/29/lee-scratch-perry-obituary">"Lee 'Scratch' Perry obituary"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Roots Radics - the Final Battle"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Discogs&rft.atitle=Sly+%26+Robbie+Vs.+Roots+Radics+-+the+Final+Battle&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Fes%2Fmaster%2F1534006-Sly-Robbie-Vs-Roots-Radics-The-Final-Battle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dubblog.de/en/sly-robbie-vs-roots-radics-the-dub-battle/">"Sly & Robbie vs. Roots Radics: The Dub Battle"</a>. <i>Dubblog.de</i>. 28 September 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dubblog.de&rft.atitle=Sly+%26+Robbie+vs.+Roots+Radics%3A+The+Dub+Battle&rft.date=2021-09-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdubblog.de%2Fen%2Fsly-robbie-vs-roots-radics-the-dub-battle%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Collingwood, Jeremy (2010) <i>Lee 'Scratch' Perry: Kiss Me Neck – The Scratch Story in Words, Pictures and Records</i>, Cherry Red Books, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-901447-96-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-901447-96-5">978-1-901447-96-5</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKatz,_David2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Katz_(author)" title="David Katz (author)">Katz, David</a> (2000). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/peoplefunnyboy00katz"><i>People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee Scratch Perry</i></a></span>. Payback Press, UK. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86241-854-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-86241-854-2"><bdi>0-86241-854-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=People+Funny+Boy%3A+The+Genius+of+Lee+Scratch+Perry&rft.pub=Payback+Press%2C+UK&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-86241-854-2&rft.au=Katz%2C+David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpeoplefunnyboy00katz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Katz_(author)" title="David Katz (author)">David Katz</a> and Jeremy Collingwood, <i>Give Me Power: A Complete Discography</i>, Trax on Wax</li> <li>Gary Simons, <i>Super Scratch: The Almost Complete Lee Perry Discography</i>, 1999, Secret History Books</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCaesar,_Pogus2010" class="citation book cs1">Caesar, Pogus (2010). <i>Muzik Kinda Sweet</i>. Punch, OOM Gallery Archive, UK. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9566741-0-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9566741-0-4"><bdi>978-0-9566741-0-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Muzik+Kinda+Sweet&rft.pub=Punch%2C+OOM+Gallery+Archive%2C+UK&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-9566741-0-4&rft.au=Caesar%2C+Pogus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALee+%22Scratch%22+Perry" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/The_Upsetters" title="The Upsetters">the Upsetters</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Upsetter" title="The Upsetter">The Upsetter</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_Django" title="Return of Django">Return of Django</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood_(album)" title="Clint Eastwood (album)">Clint Eastwood</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Many_Moods_of_the_Upsetters" title="Many Moods of the Upsetters">Many Moods of the Upsetters</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scratch_the_Upsetter_Again" title="Scratch the Upsetter Again">Scratch the Upsetter Again</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Rides_Again" title="Eastwood Rides Again">Eastwood Rides Again</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a 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the Voodoo Out of Reggae">Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_E.T." title="Jamaican E.T.">Jamaican E.T.</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panic_in_Babylon" title="Panic in Babylon">Panic in Babylon</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Repentance_(Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry_album)" title="Repentance (Lee "Scratch" Perry album)">Repentance</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Orbserver_in_the_Star_House" title="The Orbserver in the Star House">The Orbserver in the Star House</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Tales_from_the_Orbservatory" title="More Tales from the Orbservatory">More Tales from the Orbservatory</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Perry_(album)" title="King Perry (album)">King Perry</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spaceship_to_Mars_(album)" title="Spaceship to Mars (album)">Spaceship to Mars</a></i> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/DIP_Presents_the_Upsetter" title="DIP Presents the Upsetter">DIP Presents the Upsetter</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reggae_Greats:_Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry" title="Reggae Greats: Lee "Scratch" Perry">Reggae Greats: Lee "Scratch" Perry</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arkology_(album)" title="Arkology (album)">Arkology</a></i> (1997)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_for_Cover_(Lee_Perry_song)" title="Run for Cover (Lee Perry song)">Run for Cover</a>" (1967)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Return_of_Django_(instrumental)" title="Return of Django (instrumental)">Return of Django</a>" 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