After making an explosive start to his career as an independent record producer with his groundbreaking hit, 'People Funny Boy', Lee 'Scratch' Perry further cemented his reputation as one of Jamaica's most creative music makers with singles issued on his Upsetter label peppering the local charts throughout the remainder of 1968 and well into the next year. By this time, the UK's leading Jamaican music specialists, Trojan Records were releasing his work in Britian, where both Jamaican ex-pats and the rapidly growing number of 'skinhead' reggae fans were drawn to his often-quirky instrumental recordings, performed by The Hippy Boys, a tight 4-piece combo that Perry credited rebranded as The Upsetters on his releases.'Soulful I' picks up where the previous Doctor Bird collection, 'People Funny Boy', left off by collecting Perry's Jamaican 7" singles from 1969 through to early 1970, while also featuring rarities from the period that remained all but forgotten in the Trojan archives until earlier this century. Along with the companion volume, 'Clint Eastwood & The Many Moods Of The Upsetter', this 2CD set not only provides a captivating insight into the development of reggae music and arguably it's most accomplished creator during a fascinating period in the early development of reggae music and arguably it's most accomplished creator, but also provides a hugely enjoyable listening experience.

Track List

1. Hard To Handle - Carl Dawkins
2. Night Doctor - The Upsetters
3. To Love Somebody - Busty Brown
4. Man From M.I.5 - The Upsetters
5. Soulful I - The Upsetters
6. Babam Bam - The Ravers
7. Kiddy-O - The Silvertones
8. Thunder Ball (take 2) - The Upsetters
9. Big Noise (take 1) - The Upsetters
10. Crash It (take 5) - The Upsetters
11. Endlessly - The Silvertones
12. What's Wrong With You - David Isaacs
13. Tidal Wave - The Upsetters
14. He'll Have To Go - David Isaacs
15. Since You Are Gone - David Isaacs
16. I Can't See Myself Cry About You - Busty Brown
17. Cold Sweat - The Upsetters
18. The Vampire - The Upsetters
19. Drugs and Poison - The Upsetters
20. Till I Can’t Take It Anymore (take 4) - Pat Satchmo
21. Goosey (take 2) - Gladstone Anderson ; The Upsetters
22. Check Him Out (take 1) - The Bleechers
23. Sign Of The Times (take 2) - The Upsetters
24. Prove It (take 1) - The Upsetters
25. X-Ray Vision (take 4) - Glen Adams ; The Upsetters
26. Caught You Red Handed (take 1) - The West Indians
27. Thunder Ball (take 1) - The Upsetters
28. Big Noise (take 3) - The Upsetters
29. Goosey (take 3) - Gladstone Anderson ; The Upsetters
30. Sign Of The Times (take 7) - The Upsetters
31. Prove It (take 1) - The Upsetters
32. Never Get Away (take 2) - The West Indians
33. One Little Lie - Dave Barker ; The Upsetters
34. Slow Motion (take 1) - The Upsetters
35. Summer Come - The Upsetters
36. Love Me Baby (take 2) - The Upsetters
37. Bab Thool - The Upsetters
38. Take A Sip - The Upsetters
39. T’ank You - The Upsetters
40. Bab Theef - The Upsetters
41. The Dentist (take 1) - The Upsetters
42. Soul Walk - The Upsetters
43. One Punch - The Upsetters
44. Wax It - The Upsetters
45. Let’s Not Fight It - The Upsetters
46. Hurry Up - The Versatiles
47. Django Shoots Again - Val Bennett ; The Upsetters
48. Sit Back - The Upsetters
49. Toothache - The Upsetters
50. No Sin (take 6) - The Upsetters
51. Slow Motion (take 2) - The Upsetters
52. Love Me Baby Version (take 1) - The Upsetters
53. The Dentist (take 2) - The Upsetters
54. Sign Of The Times (take 1) - The Upsetters