UPSETTER
RECORDS
Independent label: Upsetter
Records was a Jamaican record label set up by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1968. Perry
also opened the Upsetter Record Shop where he sold the records he
produced. Lee "Scratch" Perry worked for Coxsone Dodd's
Studio One record label and later for Joe Gibbs's Amalgamated Records through
the 1950s and 1960s. Amid personal and financial disagreements, he left, and in
1968 he formed his own label as an outlet for music he produced and his own
recordings. The label was named Upsetter Records, and the house band was The
Upsetters. "The Upsetter" was Perry's nickname after his 1968 single "I Am The
Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd. Upsetter Records signed a distribution deal with the U.K. based
Trojan Records, and had its first success with Perry and The Upsetters' 1969
album Return of Django, which became a hit in the U.K. The label
proceeded to release productions by many major Jamaican performers, including
The Wailers and early sessions of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Upsetter lasted
from 1969 to 1974; it issued around one hundred singles, in a US-300 series,
In 1973, The Wailers left and signed up with Island
Records. Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his brother Carlton (Carlie) Barrett
left The Upsetters and formed the Wailers Band, the backing band of The Wailers,
and later part of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Despite the setback, Perry turned
his fortunes around when, in the same year, he built Black Ark Studios — which
recorded for Upsetter Records and other labels, becoming a center of creativity
in reggae music. Upsetter Records
continued to release records throughout the 1970s, and in 1981, Perry had a
breakdown and burned down Black Ark Studios.(Former Address) Trojan / B&C
Recordings Ltd. 12 Neasden Lane, London NW10, England & 326 Kensall Road,
London W10 5 BL. Distributed By Trojan / B&C Recordings
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Upsetters
Eight for
eight
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300
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Upsetters
Return of
django
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301
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Isaacs David
Good father
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302
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Upsetters
Ten to
twelve
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303
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Brown Busty
What a price
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304
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Isaacs David
I've got
memories
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305
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Winston
Jarrett
Mini
Dress
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306
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Upsetters
Night doctor
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307
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Brown Busty
To love
somebody
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Upsetters
Kiddyo
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Upsetters
A dangerous man from
mi5
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Isaacs David
He'll have to
go
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311
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Ravers
Medical
operation
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312
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Upsetters
Live
injection
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313
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Bleechers
Come into my
parlour
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314
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Upsetters
Cold sweat
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315
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Satchmo Pat
Hello dolly
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316
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Upsetters
Vampire
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317
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Upsetters
Soulful
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318
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Isaacs David
Who to tell
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Jamaican
Shadows
Dirty dozen
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Upsetters
Drugs and
poison
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321
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Dean Nora
Same thing you gave to
daddy
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Gaylads
The same
thing
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Perry Lee
Yakety yak
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324
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Upsetters
Kill them
all
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325
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Upsetters
Bronco
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326
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Toots
Do you like
it
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327
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B.B. James
Consider me
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Heaters
Melting pot
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329
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Mel &
Dave
Spinning
wheel
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330
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Barker Dave
Shocks of
mighty
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331
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Upsetters
Na na hey
hey
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332
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Upsetters
Granny show
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333
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Upsetters
Fire fire
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334
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Upsetters
The pillow
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335
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Upsetters
Self control
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336
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Soulettes
Let it be
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337
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Upsetters
Fresh up
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338
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Reggae Boys
Hurry up
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339
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Marley Bob
My cup
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340
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Upsetters
Blood poison
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341
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Marley Bob
Version of
cup
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342
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Upsetters
Sipreano
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Barker Dave
Some
sympathy
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Untouchables
Same thing all
over
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Upsetters
Bigger joke
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Barker Dave
Sound
underground
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Marley Bob
Duppy
conqueror
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348
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Barker Dave
Upsetting
station
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349
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Untouchables
Knock on
wood
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350
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Never
released
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351
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Upsetters
Heart and
soul
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352
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Upsetters
Illusion
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353
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Marley Bob
Mr brown
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354
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Untouchables
Confusion
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355
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Marley Bob
Kaya
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356
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Marley Bob
Small axe
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357
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Barker Dave
Shocks 71
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358
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Ace Charlie
The creeper
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359
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Never
released
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360
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Upsetters
Copasetic
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361
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Barker Dave
Groove me
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362
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Hurricanes
Got to be
mine
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363
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Barker Dave
What a
confusion
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364
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Upsetters
Earthquake
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365
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Walker Rob
Run up your
mouth
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366
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Adams
Glen
Never had a dream come true
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367
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Marley Bob
Picture on the
wall
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368
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Marley Bob
More axe
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Upsetters
Dark moon
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370
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Marley Bob
Dreamland
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371
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Marley Bob
More axe
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Upsetters
Well
dread
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Saunders
Mahalia
Pieces of my
heart
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374
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Roy Hugh
Earthquake
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375
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Stingers
Give me power
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376
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Alcapone
Dennis
Alpha and
omega
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377
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Wright
Winston
Example
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Sparks Lou
Mighty cloud of joy
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Duffas
Shenley
Bet you don't
know
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380
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Alcapone
Dennis
Wonderman
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381
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King
Iwah
Give me power
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382
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Prince Tallis And The Challis
Who
feels it
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383
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Hinds
Neville
Blackman's
time
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384
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Upsetters
French
connection
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Maxie, Niney & Scratch
Baby lose burning
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386
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Byles Junior
Festival da
da
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387
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Alcapone
Dennis
Master key
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Perry Lee
Back biter
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389
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Germs Wesley
Whiplash
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390
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Lewis Reggie
Natty natty
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Marley Bob
Keep on
moving
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Upsetters
Crummy
people
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Upsetters
Water pump
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Stingers
Preacher man
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Upsetters
Puss sea
hole
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396
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Upsetters
Jungle lion
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Perry Lee
Cow thief
skank
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398
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Graham Leo
News flash
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Isaacs David
Stranger on the
shore
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