Lee Scratch Perry – Cloak and Dagger Fashion

By 1973 Jamaican producer-and-dubmeister-turned-recording-artist Lee Scratch Perry had established Black Ark, a recording studio of his own that functioned as an effective fertilizer throughout what was Jamaica s most innovative period for sounds and recording techniques. In that year, as Perry and Black Ark entered a period of heavy dub output, Scratch recorded Cloak And Dagger. This early dub outing is a testament to Perry s lo-fi mastery as he utilized his TEAC four-track, Soundcraft board, tape delays, phasers, reverb and any other ambient sounds he could get this hands on as an instrument rather than just to record instruments. One of Perry s crowning achievements reissued here on 180g vinyl LP with the much sought after Rhino UK sleeve.