Toots_And_The_Maytals-Roots_Reggae_(The_Early_Jamaican_Albums)-6CD-2005-MTD

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Toots And The Maytals - Roots Reggae (The Early Jamaican Albums)

ARTIST.....: Toots And The Maytals
TITLE......: Roots Reggae (The Early Jamaican Albums)
LABEL......: Trojan
URL........: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AP2Z5S

RIP DATE...: Nov-23-2005
STORE DATE.: Oct-25-2005
GENRE......: Reggae
QUALITY....: VBR  /  44.1Hz  /  Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 229,2 MB


Track Listing:

     cd1 - The Sensational Maytals

01 - It's You                                   02:12
02 - Daddy                                      02:46
03 - Never You Change                           02:37
04 - If You Act This Way                        02:31
05 - It's No Use                                02:56
06 - You Make Me Feel the Way I Do              02:26
07 - What's on Your Mind                        02:15
08 - My New Name                                02:23
09 - Fever                                      02:21
10 - She Will Never Let Me Down                 02:11
11 - I Know                                     02:24
12 - Tell Me the Reason                         02:01

     cd2 - Sweet And Dark

01 - Monkey Man                                 03:48
02 - Pressure Drop                              03:01
03 - I Shall Be Free                            04:07
04 - Bla Bla Bla                                02:47
05 - Just Tell Me                               02:44
06 - We Shall Overcome                          03:27
07 - Sweet and Dandy                            03:10
08 - Scare Him                                  02:32
09 - Alidina                                    03:12
10 - I Need Your Love                           03:12
11 - 54 46 That's My Number                     03:25
12 - Oh Yeah                                    03:16

     cd3 - Monkey Man

01 - Peeping Tom [First Version]                02:14
02 - Revival Reggae                             03:08
03 - Give Peace a Chance                        02:57
04 - Gold and Silver                            02:35
05 - Preacher                                   03:27
06 - Bla Bla Bla                                02:46
07 - African Doctor (Aka Doctor Lester)         02:33
08 - Monkey Man                                 03:49
09 - Sun Moon & Star                            03:16
10 - Pressure Drop                              03:01
11 - She's My Scorcher                          02:59
12 - I Shall Be Free                            04:10

     cd4 - Greatest Hits

01 - Walk with Love                             02:35
02 - Teacher Teacher                            02:38
03 - Peeping Tom [2nd Version]                  02:56
04 - One Eye Enos [2nd Version]                 03:03
05 - I Feel Alright                             02:21
06 - 54 46 Was My Number                        03:16
07 - Monkey Girl                                02:49
08 - Gonna Need Somebody                        02:58
09 - I Alone [Toots Solo]                       02:47
10 - Got to Feel It                             02:43

     cd5 - Slatyam Stoot

01 - Louie Louie                                02:40
02 - Pomps and Pride                            03:08
03 - Daddy                                      05:05
04 - If You Act This Way                        03:16
05 - Pressure Drop 72                           02:30
06 - Redemption Song                            03:25
07 - Come Reggae                                03:23
08 - Same Thing                                 03:28
09 - Collie Baby                                03:14
10 - It Was Written Down                        03:06

     cd6 - Roots Reggae

01 - (Take Me Home) Country Roads               03:26
02 - Time Tough                                 04:27
03 - Fever                                      02:30
04 - Revolution                                 03:35
05 - I Can't Believe                            03:32
06 - In the Dark                                02:51
07 - I See You                                  03:18
08 - Love Gonna Walk Out on Me                  03:18
09 - Sailing On                                 03:39
10 - Take a Look in the Mirror                  03:18

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                                                cd1: 29:03 cd2: 38:41 cd3: 36:55 cd4: 28:06 cd5: 33:15 cd6: 33:54
Release Notes:

Although the original incarnation of Toots & the Maytals (Toots
Hibbert, Nathaniel "Jerry" McCarthy, and Raleigh Gordon) parted
ways in 1981, between the years 1964 and 1974 they managed to
assemble one of the most highly charged and distinctive bodies of
work in the history of Jamaican music. Roots Reggae (The Early
Jamaican Albums), released on Trojan Records, covers the period
over six-discs and includes six of the seven Jamaican LPs the
group released before signing with Island Records in 1975. Led by
Toots' Kingston-by-way-of-Memphis lead vocals and the ragged
call-and-response background singing of McCarthy and Gordon, the
trio created gospel-fueled reggae classics like "Bam Bam," "54-46
Was My Number," "Monkey Man," "Sweet and Dandy," "Pomps and
Pride," "Funky Kingston," "In the Dark," "Time Tough," and the
immortal "Pressure Drop," all of which carried the stomp and
wallop of the best and most enduring soul music of the day.
Included here in CD-sized slip cover facsimiles are The
Sensational Maytals, produced by Byron Lee and originally released
in 1965, three LPs produced by Leslie Kong (Sweet and Dandy,
Monkey Man, and The Maytals Greatest Hits), and two LPs produced
by Lyn Warrick, after the group returned to Byron Lee's Dynamic
Sounds Studios following the death of Kong in 1971 (Slatyam Stoot
and Roots Reggae). A seventh Maytals' album, the early ska classic
Never Grow Old, is absent from this set for contractual reasons.
The material is remarkably consistent on these releases, and when
you keep in mind that the 7" single has always been the preferred
medium for Jamaican music, this run of albums is made all the more
amazing. Had Toots & the Maytals never recorded another note, the
music contained in this box set would have still assured them
legendary status, and while they refined things somewhat after
they signed to Island Records in 1975, the heart and soul of their
reputation is based on what you'll hear on these six discs.

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