DIP Presents the Upsetter

DIP Presents the Upsetter
Studio album by Lee Perry
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Reggae
Label	DIP
Producer	Lee Perry
Lee Perry chronology
Double Seven (1974) DIP Presents the Upsetter (1975) Musical Bones (1975)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

DIP Presents the Upsetter is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Lee Perry (also known as "the Upsetter"), released in 1975. ^{[1] [2]} It was Perry's first album for the Dip record label, based in Brockley, southeast London. ^[3] Three of the twelve tracks are performed by Perry's house band the Upsetters, two by the Gaylads, another two by Sam Carty, and the rest by King Burnett, the Gladiators, Leo Graham, the Silvertones and Linval Spencer. ^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Enter the Dragon" – The Upsetters
2. "I Don't Mind" – Sam Carty
3. "Cane River Rock" – The Upsetters
4. "I Man Free" – King Burnett
5. "Jamaican Theme" – The Upsetters
6. "Time" – The Gladiators

Side two

1. "Jump It" – Leo Graham
2. "Live Is a Flower" – Sam Carty
3. "Have Some Fun" – The Gaylads
4. "Nature Man" – The Gaylads
5. "Dub a Pum Pum" – The Silvertones
6. "Fu Kung Man" – Linval Spencer (aka Linval Thompson)

References

1. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 491–493. ISBN   978-0-19-531373-4.
2. Thompson, Dave (2002). Reggae & Caribbean Music. Backbeat Books. p. 213. ISBN   0-87930-655-6.
3. Katz, David (2009) [2000]. People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry. Omnibus Press. Chapter 8. Enter the Dragon: Black Ark Album Abstractions. ISBN   978-0-85712-034-2.
4. Katz 2009. Appendix: Selected Original Albums Discography.