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Lee "Scratch" Perry :: Super Ape Returns To Conquer

ROIR • released 2017-09-11

Returning to the seminal “Super Ape” album after four decades, Perry proves he’s adept at new technologies as well as old techniques.

Returning to the seminal “Super Ape” album after four decades, Perry proves he’s adept at new technologies as well as old techniques.
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