People Funny Boy: The Early Upsetter Singles Limited 10 x 7" Box Set

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Friends People Funny Boy: The Early Upsetter Singles Limited 10 x 7" Box Set

Overview:

In the late spring of 1968, after years spent making his mark within the Jamaican music industry as an artist and jobbing producer, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry unveiled his own Upsetter Records label.

Over the months that immediately followed, his exceptional talent was repeatedly reinforced with the release a series of popular 7” singles, the most successful was his ground-breaking hit, ‘People Funny Boy’.

By the summer of ’68, the recently launched Trojan Records had acquired exclusive rights to Perry’s productions, issuing the best of his work on the company’s flagship label, prior to creating a British version of his Upsetter imprint, early the following year.

This deluxe 7” box set collection gathers faithful reproductions of the first ten 45s that showcased his work in the UK, each pressed on high quality vinyl and presented in specially created card sleeves.

Also featured within this stylishly designed collection is a fold-out poster-sized insert, featuring a detailed essay on Perry by the producer’s official biographer, David Katz.

This instant collector’s item will be comprehensively promoted via a variety of official Trojan platforms, notably Facebook (199,844), Instagram (18,607), Twitter (17,243), Spotify (10,564) and the official website, as well as being showcased in the label’s mailing list and monthly Soho Radio show, with reviews actively solicited from every appropriate publication and website.

Featured Tracks:

SINGLE 1:
Spanish Harlem - Val Bennett
Tighten Up – The Inspirations

SINGLE 2:
Uncle Charley - Mellotones
What A Botheration - Mellotones

SINGLE 3:
None Such (Busted Me Bet) - The Mellotones
Popeye Stranger On The Shore - Val Bennett

SINGLE 4:
Place In The Sun - David Isaacs
Handy-Cap - Upsetter All Stars

SINGLE 5:
Sentence - Danny and Lee
You Crummy - Lee Perry

SINGLE 6:
Honey Love - Bert Walters
Evol Yenoh - Bert Walters

SINGLE 7:
Baby Baby - Val Bennett
Barbara - Val Bennett

SINGLE 8:
Uncle Desmond – Lee Perry
Bronco – Lee Perry

SINGLE 9:
People Funny Boy - Lee (King) Perry
Blowing In The Wind - Burt Walters

SINGLE 10:
What A Botheration - Lee Perry
Stand By Me – Upsetters