Super Ape is a dub studio album produced and engineered by Lee "Scratch" Perry, credited to his studio band The Upsetters.
Super Ape | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | August 1976 (1976-08) | |||
Recorded | Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
Genre | Dub | |||
Length | 37:37 | |||
Label | Island, Upsetter | |||
Producer | Lee Perry | |||
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Jamaican album cover
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InJamaica, the album was released under the name Scratch the Super Ape in July 1976 on Perry's own Upsetter label. The Jamaican version had a different track order than the international version that was released in August the same year on Island Records.
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.[1]
Super Ape was reissued on November 29, 2013 as Record Store Day Black Friday double vinyl release with three extra tracks: "Rastaman Shuffle", "Magic Touch" and "Corn Fish Dub". Side 4 featured an etching of the Super Ape album cover art.
All tracks composed by Lee "Scratch" Perry