Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread

Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is a studio album by the Jamaican musician Lee Perry, released in 1978.[2][3] Although Perry had been in the Jamaican music business for a long time by 1978, this album, produced by himself at his Black Ark studio, was the first to consist entirely of songs sung by himself. The album is very experimental.

Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1978
RecordedBlack Ark, Kingston, Jamaica
GenreReggae, Dub reggae
Length37:36
LabelUpsetter
ProducerLee Perry
Lee Perry chronology
Super Ape
(1976)
Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread
(1978)
Return of the Super Ape
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Island Records, that had released earlier Lee Perry productions like Super Ape and War Ina Babylon, rejected the album. This angered Perry and his relationship with the record company got worse.

Track listing edit

Side one edit

  1. "Soul Fire"
  2. "Throw Some Water In"
  3. "Evil Tongues"
  4. "Curly Locks"
  5. "Ghetto Sidewalk"

Side two edit

  1. "Favourite Dish"
  2. "Big Neck Police"
  3. "Free Up the Weed"
  4. "Mr. D.J. Man" AKA "Yu Squeeze Ma Panhandle"
  5. "Roast Fish & Cornbread"

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread Review by Jo-Ann Greene". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (31 Aug 2021). "Lee Perry, an Innovator in Reggae and a Mentor to Marley, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. p. A21.
  3. ^ Gehr, Richard (Nov 1990). "World Beat!". Spin. Vol. 6, no. 8. p. 86.