Africa's Blood Arena Rock and African-inspired horn arrangements

and African-inspired horn arrangements

the first UK release in any format except as a B-side)

The band would eventually travel to Los Angeles and score a recording contract

this record sounds like a 1970's action movie

to record in his Richmond

Africa's Blood Arena Rock and African-inspired horn arrangementsUpon release in 1971, Africa's Blood was the first record Lee Scratch Perry released under his own name, although his band The Upsetters do appear on most of the tracks. If any album serves as a good peak into what was happening in Jamaican music in the early 70s, Africa's Blood is the way to go. There's an undeniable influence from American contemporary R&B, but still Perry's signature dub and reggae fusion shines through.