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The RC INTERVIEW: Lee "Scratch" Perry

Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, 2004

LET NO ONE tell you otherwise. An hour with reggae maverick Lee "Scratch" Perry is a wondrous thing. His "madness", however stage-managed, is there, almost like an old music-hall huckster bringing forth his tricks, dazzling with his variety of potions, clanking his jewellery; Brother Lee’s travelling show.

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