Lee "Scratch" Perry

The Phil Spector of reggae, genius/madman producer Lee Perry helped invent dub and revolutionize the use of a studio as a musical instrument while at the same making some of the most sumptuous and grooving reggae records of the '70s, classics including Max Romeo's "War Ina Babylon," Junior Murvin's "Police And Thieves," George Faith's "To Be A Lover," and Perry's own "Curly Locks," among many others. A genuine aural collagist, his visionary, bizarre sonic palette combined radical studio effects with literally anything he could imagine, be it sound effects, stream-of-consciousness spoken commentary, or dialogue from American TV shows. Perry is a towering figure, and one whose influence has spread well beyond reggae.

• Augustus Pablo
• Big Youth
• Joe Gibbs/Errol Thompson
• Junior Byles
• Junior Murvin (Reggae)
• King Jammy
• King Tubby/The Observer Allstars/The Aggrovators
• Max Romeo
• Niney The Observer
• Prince Buster
• The Congos
• The Heptones
• The Wailers (Reggae)
• U Roy

• Clancy Eccles
• Delroy Wilson
• James Brown
• John Coltrane/Don Cherry (Jazz)
• Miles Davis
• The Maytals
• The Skatalites

• Adrian Sherwood
• African Head Charge
• Aswad
• Bill Laswell
• Dennis Alcapone
• Dub Syndicate
• English Beat
• Jah Thomas/Scientist
• Mad Professor
• Mikey Dread
• Mutabaruka
• Prince Far I
• Scientist
• Sly & Robbie

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