At a glance
- Artist
- The Upsetters
- Released
- July 1976
- Label
- Island
- Catalogue number
- ILPS 9417
- Format
- 12″ Vinyl
- Tracks
- 10, 38:33
In the issue
70s Dub Reggae
For the obsessed · 1968-1980
Perry's 1976 Black Ark masterpiece pushed the studio-as-instrument idea to its limit: dense, hallucinatory production built on a four-track machine, where tape hiss became texture and unlikely sounds, desk-tapping, rattling chains, birdsong, sat right alongside Boris Gardiner's bass and the drumming of Mikey "Boo" Richards and Anthony "Benbow" Creary. It stands as the clearest evidence of what Perry meant when he treated the mixing board itself as a musical voice.
Listen
Find a copy
The original 12″ vinyl: Island ILPS 9417, 1976.
Track list
- A1Zion's Blood3:59
- A2Croaking Lizard3:29
- A3Black Vest4:43
- A4Underground2:59
- A5Curly Dub4:15
- B1Dread Lion4:33
- B2Three in One3:41
- B3Patience3:52
- B4Dub Along3:13
- B5Super Ape3:50
The label
Island
Kingston, Jamaica · founded 1959 · Chris Blackwell · 70s Dub Reggae
Founded in Jamaica and based in London from 1962, Island released The Upsetters' Super Ape in 1976 and licensed other Black Ark productions, including Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon and Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves.