Super Ape is a dub

Dub music

Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...

 album produced and engineered by Lee "Scratch" Perry, credited to his studio band The Upsetters

The Upsetters

The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am The Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxsone Dodd....

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In Jamaica

Jamaica

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, 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

Island Records

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The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.

Personnel

• Lee Perry – producer
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• Michael "Mikey Boo" Richards – drums
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• Anthony "Benbow" Creary - drums
• Noel "Skully" Simms
  Noel Simms
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   – percussion
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• Boris Gardiner
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   – bass
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• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
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• Keith Sterling - piano
• Bobby Ellis
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   - horns
• "Dirty" Harry Hall - horns
• Herman Marquis - horns
• Vin Gordon
  Vin Gordon
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   – trombone
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• Egbert Evans - flute
• Prince Jazzbo
  Prince Jazzbo
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   - toasting on "Croaking Lizard"
• Barry Llewellyn
  The Heptones
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   – backing vocals
• Earl Morgan
  The Heptones
  The Heptones are a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio most active in the 1960s and early 1970s. They were one of the more significant trios of that era, and played a major role in the gradual transition between ska and rocksteady with their three-part harmonies.-History:Leroy Sibbles, Earl...
  
   – backing vocals
• Tony Wright – cover art