Funky Kingston Toots And The Maytals Vinyl

Toots and the maytals were always a little rough around the edges until chris blackwell s polished them up for this album.

Funky kingston toots and the maytals vinyl. 20 00 8 bids 2 80 shipping. Funky kingston also launched the unbelievably great pressure drop later covered by the clash. Toots and the maytals are considered legends of ska and reggae music. Toots and the maytals funky kingston vinyl lp w pressure drop country road.

On the original other than the title track it s all a little too polished and yet again let down by. Toots hibbert is a man who can give soul to a john denver song so imagine what happens when he channels otis redding at his most love tortured. Toots and the maytals funky kingston lp colored vinyl pressure drop record. Toots the maytals.

Funky kingston by toots the maytals is reggae before reggae was mainstream let alone popular. Though originally released in 1970 the us wouldn t get to experience pressure drop until 1975 when it was released on the us version of their album funky kingston easily considered one of the strongest albums in toots the maytals catalog not to mention one of the greatest in reggae history. Noting the popularity of funky nassau an american top 20 hit for a funk band from the bahamas called the beginning of the end he suggested to toots that the maytals should make their own claim on musical kinship with the grooviest music issuing out of the states and hence funky kingston was born. Along with bob marley and the wailers toots the maytals are gifted singers players and song writers.

Funky kingston us island roots reggae vinyl lp. The photo version was later used by trojan records. Their sound is a unique original combination of gospel ska soul reggae and rock. 35 00 4 00 shipping.

In 1975 mango released a revised version toots the maytals funky kingston with the original drawn cover but kept from funky kingston 1973 only 3 tracks funky kingston louie louie and pomp and pride and added 6 tracks. Though originally issued in 1970 the us wouldn t get to experience pressure drop until 1975 when it was released on the us version of their album funky kingston easily considered one of the strongest albums in toots the maytals. Toots the maytals funky kingston i don t own the rights to this song. Initially released in 1973 by dragon 2 with 2 different covers one a photo the other one with a drawing.

If sean paul is all you know about reggae tune into the sounds of kingston circa 1973.