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.
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The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection, Vol. 3
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The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection, Vol. 3 Review
by Rick Anderson
Track Listing - Disc 1
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Dave Barker / The Upsetters | 02:42 | Amazon | ||||
2 | The Untouchables | 02:47 | Amazon | ||||
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The Upsetters | 02:48 | Amazon | |||
4 | The Upsetters | 03:00 | Amazon | ||||
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Teddy & The Upsetters / The Upsetters | 03:05 | Amazon | |||
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Val Bennett / The Upsetters | 02:02 | Amazon | |||
7 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 03:35 | Amazon | ||||
8 | The Upsetters | 02:55 | Amazon | ||||
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The Untouchables | 03:06 | Amazon | |||
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The Upsetters | 03:02 | Amazon | |||
11 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 02:36 | Amazon | ||||
12 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 02:43 | Amazon | ||||
13 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 04:00 | Amazon | ||||
14 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 03:39 | Amazon | ||||
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The Hurricanes | 03:03 | Amazon | |||
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The Upsetters | 03:02 | Amazon | |||
17 | Charlie Ace / Dave Barker | 04:17 | Amazon | ||||
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Charlie Ace | 03:10 | Amazon | |||
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The Upsetters | 03:00 | Amazon | |||
20 | U-Roy / The Upsetters | 02:57 | Amazon | ||||
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Little Roy | 02:11 | Amazon | |||
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Dave Barker | 04:25 | Amazon | |||
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Dave Barker / The Upsetters | 02:58 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Dave Barker / Bunny Livingston | 03:26 | Amazon | ||||
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The Upsetters | 02:54 | Amazon | |||
3 | The Upsetters | 03:24 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Junior Byles | 02:41 | Amazon | ||||
5 | Stranger Cole | 02:51 | Amazon | ||||
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The Upsetters | 02:52 | Amazon | |||
7 | Glen Adams / The Upsetters | 03:27 | Amazon | ||||
8 | Glen Adams / The Upsetters | 03:29 | Amazon | ||||
9 | Carl Dawkins / The Wailers | 02:53 | Amazon | ||||
10 | The Upsetters | 02:59 | Amazon | ||||
11 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | 03:31 | Amazon | ||||
12 | The Upsetters | 02:47 | Amazon | ||||
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The Upsetters | 03:19 | Amazon | |||
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David Isaacs | 02:56 | Amazon | |||
15 | Bunny Livingston | 02:44 | Amazon | ||||
16 | The Upsetters | 02:37 | Amazon | ||||
17 | Dennis Alcapone | 03:01 | Amazon | ||||
18 | Dennis Alcapone | 03:00 | Amazon | ||||
19 | Hortense Ellis | 03:30 | Amazon | ||||
20 | The Upsetters | 03:29 | Amazon | ||||
21 | Hortense Ellis | 03:15 | Amazon | ||||
22 | U-Roy | 03:07 | Amazon | ||||
23 | The Stingers | 03:16 | Amazon | ||||
24 | The 3rd & 4th Generation | 02:17 | Amazon |