Album Info Hide Show Artist: Lee Perry Album: Rainford Released: UK, 2019 Tracklist: A1 Cricket On The Moon 4:35 A2 Run Evil Spirit 4:23 A3 Let It Rain 3:44 A4 House Of Angels 3:55 A5 Makumba Rock 5:28 B1 African Starship 4:06 B2 Kill Them Dreams Money Worshippers 4:44 B3 Children Of The Light 4:19 B4 Autobiography Of The Upsetter 7:16 Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. 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If you change your mind you have 30 days to return your record but you must cover the cost of returning it to the store. You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Rainford finds Lee Scratch Perry looking straight into the mirror and smiling at what he sees. The title nods to his birth name, Rainford Hugh Perry. In 2019 he teamed back up with Adrian Sherwood and On-U Sound for a record that feels both intimate and cosmic, like someone paging through a scrapbook while the controls of the spaceship blink in the corner. Sherwood has been one of Perrys most simpatico collaborators for decades, and that chemistry shows. The production is crisp and heavy, full of spring reverb, tape grit, and the sly stereo games that make you lean closer to the speakers. Makumba Rock is the obvious gateway, a single that thumps along on a loping bassline while Perry toasts and chants with that mischievous storyteller tone. Its playful, but theres muscle in the groove and detail in the arrangement. African Starship stretches out into a dub voyage, with synth ripples and vapor trails of melodica and percussion swirling around his voice. You get the sense of a veteran navigator enjoying the long view, dropping aphorisms and jokes that double as life lessons. The albums mood is reflective without turning elegiac, which feels right for a figure who treated the studio like a living organism and never stopped poking at its circuits. Sherwood keeps the palette lean, trusting in bottom-end pressure and space to do the work. That helps Perrys late-period voice, which sits higher and lighter than in his Black Ark days, to cut through clearly. The result is a record that carries the warmth of old Kingston dub sessions and the precision of a modern UK control room. On good speakers or a solid pair of headphones you can trace the delay trails, follow a hi-hat splash from left to right, and feel the subs move air in the room. The Rainford vinyl in particular brings out that physicality. Drop the needle and the bass arrives like a friendly tide, rolling in and out with patience. Context matters with this one. Perry released countless projects over the years, some scattershot, some essential. Rainford sits in that latter camp. It plays like a late-career self-portrait, concise and focused, with enough hooks to pull in anyone who knows him only through the old Bob Marley and the Wailers lore or the legend of the Black Ark. There is history encoded in the records textures, yet it never feels like museum music. Sherwoods mix choices keep the songs alive, teasing little instrumental cameos, then muting them at just the right moment. That tension between revelation and restraint keeps you listening for the next flicker of magic. One of the joys here is how Perry turns phrases into talismans. Hell circle an image, tweak a syllable, laugh, and the rhythm section answers back. Its theater and ritual. There are flashes of autobiography, nods to spiritual warfare, and plenty of sly humor. If you want a compare-and-contrast exercise, cue up Heavy Rain, the 2019 dub companion Sherwood built from these sessions. Hearing how the songs dissolve into pure texture is a reminder of the architecture inside Rainford, and the Brian Eno guest spot on Here Come the Warm Dreads underlines just how far Perrys influence reaches. For anyone who likes to actually feel dub rather than just study it, this is a record to own, not just stream. Lee Perry albums on vinyl reward the ritual, and Rainford is no exception. If youre crate-digging in a Melbourne record store, or browsing vinyl records Australia wide, keep an eye out. The pressing is sturdy, the noise floor stays low, and the low end breathes. It sits nicely next to other Lee Perry vinyl from the On-U era, and it makes a persuasive case for buying recent work alongside the seventies classics. If you need to buy Lee Perry records online, this is the one I nudge people toward when they want something modern that still has the deep roots feel. Rainford proves that Perrys spark hadnt dimmed. Its compact, witty, and tuned to a frequency that rewards repeat listens. Put it on a quiet night, let the echoes build a room inside your room, and youll hear a master who never stopped experimenting, still finding fresh colors in the delay trails. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review