More from the magic fingers and ears of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. His Black Ark Studio had a four track tape recorder. Max Romeo said Scratch had another eight tracks running in his head. Black Board Jungle came out in 1973, recorded with The Upsetters, is a contender for first dub album, separating the instruments with drums and bass in the left channel and guitars and horns largely in the right. This song, Khasha Macka (a reworking of Prince Django’s Hot Tip) is a wonderful trip. Check the splashy cymbals and the part at three minutes where he drops everything out to foreground the bass.
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