Lee Perry – Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Corn Bread (1978)

March 29, 2024

What a thoroughly charming and endearing set of songs. The beautiful, sun-drenched production (as in, it sounds like the tape was left in a Walkman which in turn was left out on a pavement outside the Black Ark studio for two whole days) provides a warm and comforting listen, with Perry’s homely and down to earth lyrics only reiterating this feeling. Truly, this is a pleasure to listen to on almost any occasion, and has to be up there with the very “best” reggae records (only downside is that there seems there is very little in the way of dub on this album – at least in instrumental form, mostly this is a vocal-led affair).