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| Artist: Toots And The Maytals
Label: Metro
Category: Music
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 5390
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 698458101228
EAN: 0698458101228
ASIN: B00004RIMS
Release Date: March 13, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 54-46 Was My Number | | • | Dr. Lester | | • | One Eyed Enos | | • | Alidina | | • | Pressure Drop | | • | Sweet and Dandy | | • | Bam Bam | | • | Night and Day | | • | Monkey Man | | • | Monkey Girl | | • | Peeping Tom | | • | Gold and Silver | | • | Sun, Moon and Star | | • | She's My Scorcher | | • | Pee Pee Cluck Cluck | | • | Do the Reggay | | • | If You Act This Way | | • | It Must Be True Love | | • | Time Tough | | • | Funky Kingston |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
The young Frederick "Toots" Hibberts honed his vocal skills in the church. No surprise then that the music he recorded with The Maytals is largely gospel-tinged and very effectively backed up by the fervent, energetic rhythms of ska, the sound of the era in which much of it was recorded. Concentrating on their most productive period (between 1966 when Toots was released from jail on a cannabis charge and 1974), this collection features most of the group's biggest hits, many of which were successful in the UK as well as back home. It's a pure joy to listen to classics such as "54-46 That's My Number" (famously sampled by the Rebel MC in later years), "Pressure Drop" (covered by The Clash), "Bam Bam" (which won them the Jamaican Festival Song Competition), "Monkey Man" (a much covered hit that went down a storm in the UK) and "Do The Reggay", allegedly the record that coined the name, albeit with a different spelling. There is more than a dash of reggae and roots vibes sprinkled throughout these tracks and Toots's voice shines through the often heavy riddims with a beautiful, soulful clarity that cannot be denied. --Paul Sullivan
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| Customer Reviews:
Simply brilliant, not a bad song on it! August 30, 2008
Red Kremlin (Scotland)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm not one for writing reviews but seeing as no-one has bothered to write a review for this Toots & The Maytals CD, I thought I may as well be the first.
If your knowledge of reggae goes as far as Bob Marley, and that's it, then you seriously need to broaden your tastes, and as a starter I highly recommend Toots. This CD covers The Maytals career from 1966 to 1974 and all the hits are here - Monkey Man (later covered by The Specials), their brilliant debut single Bam Bam, 54-46 That's My Number and probably their most famous song Pressure Drop (later covered by The Clash).
There's 20 songs on this album and I can honestly say there simply isn't a bad song on here, this album played through from start to finish sounds fantastic.
Do yourself a favour and buy this album, if you like your reggae/ska then I promise you this album will not disappoint you.
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