Tighten Up Riddim – Upsetter, Justice League

Tighten Up Riddim brings together early Lee Scratch Perry work for Upsetter and Justice League, with the set tracing back to 1968 and stretching into later Perry-era versions. The core cut here is The Inspirations’ Tighten Up, while Dillinger and The Upsetters’ Tighten Up Skank and King Scratch and The Upsetters’ Cane River Rock and River Side Rock add the kind of loose, dubby momentum that made these Perry productions so memorable. Perry launched Upsetter Records in 1968, and this collection carries that rough-edged, inventive feel through every version, moving from rocksteady roots into livelier deejay and skank territory.