Africa's Blood (180g LP)

Format: LP  Label: Music On Vinyl  Year: 2021  Media Condition: New  Sleeve/Cover Condition: New   TRACKS:   A1 Dave Barker – Do Your Thing A2 The Upsetters – Dream Land A3 The Upsetters – Long Sentence A4 The Upsetters – Not Guilty A5 The Upsetters – Cool And Easy A6 Addis Ababa Children – Well Dread Version 3 A7 The Upsetters – My Girl B1 The Upsetters – Saw Dust B2 Winston Prince – Place Called Africa Version 3 B3 The Hurricanes – Isn't It Wrong B4 The Upsetters – Go Slow B5 The Upsetters – Bad Luck B6 The Upsetters – Move Me B7 The Upsetters – Surplus The title is portentous, as this LP finds Perry just starting to break away from the broadly appealing, bread-and-butter "boss" or skinhead reggae sound geared toward the dance floor, to a more languid, complex, and afrocentric sound and outlook. At this time Perry was producing groundbreaking LPs with future roots legends Junior Byles and Bob Marley and the Wailers, both of which are generously versioned on the Africa's Blood LP. And Perry was just beginning his tutelage under King Tubby as a raw student of the art of dub (check "Well Dread" for a prime example). The partnership would go on to rapidly produce album after album of foundational, standard-bearing roots and dub reggae. A transitional LP, not the buzziest of Perry's, but an important chapter in his body of work, now in its first-ever 180g audiophile pressing.