original Jamaican reggae 12" 45 produced by Lee Perry, released in Holland 1980: Lee 'Scratch'
Perry "Bafflin' Smoke Signal" / Lee 'Scratch' Perry "Captive" (Black Art
records) Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Bafflin' Smoke Signal 12" version
plus Captive
This fantastic foot long forty-five is one of Scratch's last recordings before the demise of the Black Ark in
Washington Gardens, Kingston Jamaica. It is an ORIGINAL pressing &
has NEVER BEEN PLAYED. Cover is also mint with no corner bends, disc
imprints nor seam splits. Same artwork on front & back covers.
On a mint condition foot long Black Art single recorded at the Black Ark in Kingston, Jamaica. Inserted inside a spectacular Magnetic Mirror Master Mix full color sleeve.
See
& hear my Lee Perry interviews (including extended sound segments
from my 1997 & 1982 interviews with Scratch) plus my original liner
notes for the LEE PERRY REGGAE GREATS compilation on Mango Records at midnightdread.com for more from The Upsetter.
This
is Scratch's original extended mix since it has no fade. It's Perry's
infamous take on how the Vatican signaled they had chosen Pope John Paul
II by sending different shades of smoke over Vatican City. The
flipside, "Captive", another crucial Scratch production &
performance, is Lee's lament that everyone's basically just a prisoner
inside the walls of the Babylon system. This version of "Baffling Smoke
Signal" is 6:22 long while "Captive" times in at 7:55.
From The BEAT magazine review by Chuck Foster: "Bafflin'
Smoke Signal from the often baffling Lee Perry, with all the
controversy swirling around the Catholic Church and its apparent army of
pedophile priests and with Pope John Paul II floating a retirement plan
and nodding on the throne as if he can't wait for the smoke to rise
again. The gem 12" is a hilarious musical documentary and one of Perry's
earlier multi-tracked vocals (a style he perfected in later years). It
explores in detail the strange goings-on when, as the current Pope was
picked, the white smoke belching from the Vatican that was to have
signaled his selection turned black." This super clean first ever and only twelve inch pressing is from Amsterdam.
Spine on cover reads: LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY MAGNETIC MIRROR MASTER MIX
Matrix #s: TSLP 0002 - A1 / TSLP 0002 - B2
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