Lee Scratch Perry visits On the Wire

 

 

In memory of our old friend Lee here's the second half of a three hour On the Wire programme broadcast live on a Sunday afternoon on 16th December 1984.
 

It was Scratch's first visit to On the Wire. Also present was our late friend and super Scratch fan Roger Eagle who brought with him some rare Upsetter 45s to impress Lee. Scratch flipped though the stack and using a biro ticked the labels of the tunes he remembered (!) and approved of.
 

On the Wire will be presenting a more considered tribute to Lee "Scratch" Perry, one of the twentieth century's greatest record producers, in the near future.

Thanks to Jethro Engineer No.2 for archiving the show and also to Michael Hodgson and Patrick Dokter for safely transferring the audio from the original quarter inch tape source.
Steve Barker

steve.barker@bbc.co.uk

Playlist - 28th August 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt.1 (China intro) – Leghorn
Bob Andy - The Ghetto Stays in the Mind (12 Inch Mix) - Doctor Bird (Lots of Love & I)
Desmond Young - Warning - Pressure Sounds (Keep the Pressure Down)
FeMeTime AllStars - Mother Liza Version - Fe-Me-Time
FeMeTime AllStars - Cinderella Version - Fe-Me-Time
FeMeTime Allstars - Dub Is My Desire - Fe-Me-Time
Bullwackies AllStars - Skin tight – Aries
Tafari AllStars - Free For All – Tafari
Tafari AllStars - All For Free – Tafari
Lloyd Hemmings - Work to do – JamWax
Lloyd Hemmings - Work to do version – JamWax
Prince Buster - Let's Go To The Dance - Rock A Shacka (Let's Go to the Dance)
Prince Buster - Rock & Shake - Rock A Shacka (Let's Go to the Dance)

King Tubby - Dub Correction (Straight to NTS Head)
Harder dub – Justice
Inspiring Dub - Live and Love
Shackles & Chains Version - Freedom Sounds
Straight to JoeJoe's Head - Jackpot
Watergate Rock - Black & White
Baby rocking dub - Total Sounds
Deliverance Dub - Grove Music
Dreadlocks dub - Total Sounds
Fire fire version – Prophets
Historian's dub - Corn-Fed Productions
Moses was a Dreadlocks – Grounation
No Parole – Moodisc
Rasta Train dub – Klik
Righteous dub - Addis Ababa
Waiting Dub - Fay Music

Breeze - Get back - Heartbeat (Woman Talk)
Ibrahim Hesnawi - Tendme - Habibi Funk (An Eclectic Selection of Music from the Arab World Pt2)
Mungo's Hi Fi - NHS 24 Dub - Scotch Bonnet (Antidote)
Vibronics meets Indica Dubs - Jah Is Here ft Shiva - Indica Dubs (Highest Principles of Dub)
Bukkha, Fada Jep & JahWind All-Stars - Bun Di Horns - Moonshine Recordings (In Roots Vol1)
Rhythm & Sound - Jah Rule (UK Funky refix - Grievous Angel)

Playlist - 21st August 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt.1 (China intro) – Leghorn
Gävle-Stockholm Dub (Slim Vic & Pro424) - Pablo Tobo - Lamour Records (Ingenmansland)
Burkina Azza - Haiketoo - Social Joy Records (Wari Bo)
Henri Guedon - Can'naval Nou - Outre National Records (Karma)
Hocine-Chao - Tselouni - Outre National Records (Ouechemsa)
Betamax Vs Clive Bell - Super-Visions - Byrd Out
Leon Duncan - Nintendo dub - Hakuna Kulala (Fuck a Rosetta Stone for my Brain Waves)
Machinefabriek - Music for a Measurable Existence [single edit] - Geist Im Kino
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Chapter 7 - Modern Recordings (Dissent)
Directions - Echoes (Radio Edit 1) - Temporary Residence (s/t)
Dylan Henner - Harrisburg - RVNG Intl (Spirituals)
Ben Chasny - Water Dragon - Drag City (The Intimate Landscape)
Sam Prekop - A Cloud To The Back - Thrill Jockey (S/T)
Henry Kawahara - Dance 2 (Relaxed) - EM Records (Cybernetic Defiance & Organism)
Marco Shuttle - Acrobat - Incienso (Cobalt Desert Oasis)
Francesco Cavaliere & Tomoko Sauvage - Twin Emerald Dolphins - Marionette (Viridescens)
Caterina Barbieri - Knot of spirit feat Lyra Pramuk - Light Years
Porest - Tumoré - Discrepant (Cancer in the Soft Breeze)
Grouper - Unclean mind - Kranky (Shade)
Anna Vincent - Naxos - Ultimate Blends (Under the Glass)
Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - News About Heaven - Thrill Jockey  (Lost Futures)
Russell Potter - Blue Wind Boy - Tompkins Square (A Stone's Throw)
Joe McPhee - Cosmic Love - Corbett&Dempsey

 

Playlist - 14th August 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt.1 (China intro edit) - Leghorn
The Winstons - Amen Bother - Metromedia Records
Don Cherry - Butterfly friend - Barclay (Homeboy)
David Ornette Cherry - Ancestors Are Calling - Spiritmuse Records (Organic Nation Listening Club)
Jana Rush – Moanin’ – Warp
Farhot - Yak Sher - kabulfire.bandcamp.com (Kabul Fire Vol. 2)
Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - Keep Your Mind Free – International Anthem (Now)

Andy - Dyke & The Blazers Special
(Intro) Funky Bull *
It's Your Thing **
Let's Do It Together **
You Are My Sunshine **
Funky Bull *
Stuff *
Black Boy **
Moon *
Bring It On Back **
Runaway People *
The Wobble *
Funky Walk *
Let A Woman Be A Woman & Let A Man Be A Man *
So Sharp *
Booga Jivin' **
Sisters & My Brothers *
Funky Broadway Time **
Funky Broadway *
Broadway Combination *
Shotgun Slim *
We Got More Soul *
Triple Funk **
All Tracks * Original Sound
All Tracks ** BGP

Dos Santos - City of Mirrors - International Anthem
Thiago Franca - Vem Desacatar feat. Lucas Santtana - Mais Um Discos (A Espetacular Charanga do Franca)

Fenny
Eye Q - Please the nation - Now~Again Reserve (Please the nation)
Eboni Band - I love all - We are busy bodies (Eboni Band)
Acid Coco - Hoy Comp Siempre - El Palmas Music
Monsieur Doumani – Tiritichtas – Glitterbeat (Pissourin)

Louis Wasson et L ́Orchestre Kandem Irenée - Song Of Love - Analog Africa (Cameroon Garage Funk)
Kondi Band - It's God's World (So Don't Do Bad) feat. Sweatson Klank – Strut

Pete – Nu & Recent mix
Jazz Defenders - The Big Man - DJ Lubi Promo
Netwerk - Why You Wanna Do That To Me - Salsoul
Secret Night Gang - Captured - Brownswood Recordings
The Fantastics! - Better Than Dead - BBE Music
Dezaray Dawn, Kai Alice - The Real Deal - Makin Moves Records
Quintin Copper & Nas Mellow - Paradise (Sonar Kollektiv
Matte & Omich, Ela - Roots - Matte & Omich Music
United Soul - Expansions - Loftsoul Recordings
Ian Friday - Expansions - Loftsoul Recordings
DJ Pope, Kenny Wesley - Listen Love - Funk Hut Recordings

Zulu - Candela Nueva - Vampisoul (S/T)
El Dragon Criollo - Mientras Unos Mueren - El Palmas
Nat Birchall - Ancient Africa - Ancient Archive of Sound (Ancient Africa)

Playlist - 7th August 2021

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar No.1 (China intro)
Jason Sharp - Everything Is Waiting For You – Constellation (The Turning Centre of a Still World)
BJ Nilsen - Short circuit of the conscious thought - Editions Mego (Irreal)
Demdike Stare - Drum Machines Side B – DDS
Driftmachine - Memories Of The Lakeside – Umor Rex (Spume & Recollection)
Ricciarda Belgiojoso and Walter Prati – Rainbow - Metrica
Porter Ricks - Port Gentil – Mille Plateaux (Biokinetics)
Giovanni Di Domenico - Kyu-u-ri - Black Sweat (Musica Per Insiemi)
Lucy Railton & Kit Downes - Down to the Plains – SN Variations (Subaerial)
Lawrence English - A Mirror Holds The Sky (Radio Edit) – ROOM40