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Lee “Scratch” Perry & King Tubby – Cloak & Dagger
Title: Lee “Scratch” Perry & King Tubby – Cloak & Dagger
Year/Genre: 1973, Reggae / Dub
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Emerging from Perry’s Black Ark/Upsetter orbit, the album captures Kingston’s early-’70s shift from vocal singles to producer-led studio experiments.
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Frequently cited as one of the first widely circulated dub LPs, it helped introduce non-Jamaican listeners to version culture and heavy, studio-built rhythm science.
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King Tubby’s name on the sleeve reflects the new celebrity status of engineers and mixers in Jamaican music, turning behind-the-board figures into headline artists.
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