Very Best Of (2000)
| Artist: Toots & The Maytals |
List Price:
$12.98
(Save 26%)
Today
$9.50
+ $2.98 SHIPPING
EARN 10 RAKUTEN SUPER POINTSWhat's this?
| Format: | CD |
Condition:
Brand New
In Stock:
5 New
from
$9.50
Share
Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Broadway Jungle ~ Toots & The Maytals
2. Bam Bam - (original single version) ~ Toots & The Maytals
3. 54-46 Was My Number ~ Toots & The Maytals
4. Do The Reggay ~ Toots & The Maytals
5. Pressure Drop ~ Toots & The Maytals
6. 54-46 That's My Number ~ Toots & The Maytals
7. Sweet & Dandy ~ Toots & The Maytals
8. Monkey Man ~ Toots & The Maytals
9. Pomp & Pride ~ Toots & The Maytals
10. In The Dark ~ Toots & The Maytals
11. Funky Kingston ~ Toots & The Maytals
12. Time Tough ~ Toots & The Maytals
13. Reggae Got Soul ~ Toots & The Maytals
14. Never You Change ~ Toots & The Maytals
15. Living In The Ghetto ~ Toots & The Maytals
16. Never Get Weary ~ Toots & The Maytals
17. Dreams To Remember, (I've Got) ~ Toots & The Maytals
18. Spiritual Healing ~ Toots & The Maytals
19. Peace, Perfect Peace ~ Toots & The Maytals
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
|
 |
Toots & The Maytals: Frederick "Toots" Hibbert (vocals); Raleigh Gordon, Jerry Mathias (background vocals). |
|
Additional personnel includes: Ernest Ranglin, Jerome "Jah Jerry" Hinds (guitar); Lester Sterling (alto saxophone); Roland Alphonso (tenor saxophone); Baba Brooks (trumpet); Don Drummond (trombone); Jackie Mittoo, Harold Butler (piano); Steve Winwood (organ); Wally Badarou (keyboards); Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Mason, Robbie Shakespeare (bass); Lloyd Nibbs, Paul Douglas, Sly Dunbar (drums); Densil Laing (percussion). |
|
Producers include: Warrick Lynn, Chris Blackwell, Byron Lee, Prince Buster, Leslie Kong. |
|
Compilation producer: Dana G. Smart. |
|
Includes liner notes by Dana G. Smart. |
|
Recording information: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Dynamic SOunds Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Federal Studios, Kingston, Jamaica; Harry J Studio. |
|
For those who don't want or can't afford to plonk out for the Toots & the Maytals' Time Tough: The Anthology, The Very Best Of provides the perfect solution, distilling down that two-CD, 41-track set to a single 19-song disc. There are a few subtle differences, however; for starters this set boasts two different versions of the band's reggae smash "54-46, That's My Number," as well as the original ska version of their Jamaican Song Festival winner "Bam Bam," unlike the anthology, which included only a later remodel. However, the "Never You Change" found on this set is not the trio's original ska hit, but a reggae-fied remake. The rest of the album pulls directly from the anthology, with the disc divided almost evenly between the trio and a solo Hibbert's pre- and post-Island career. Thus, for those who prefer the Maytals' ska and/or reggae hits, this is not the collection for you, as there are much better compilations of those periods. But for fans looking for a larger overview of both the band and Hibbert himself, this is an excellent place to start. ~ Jo-Ann Greene |
Musical Guests | |
|
Steve Winwood |
|
Robbie Shakespeare |
|
Sly Dunbar |
Artist Overview
Some folks say that Frederic "Toots" Hibbert may have been the first to coin the word reggae (one of his early-'60s hits was called "Do The Reggay"). Whether he deserves that credit is open to debate, but there's no question that he's one of the most electrifying performers in the history of Jamaican music, and one of the genre's greatest singers. If Bob Marley and the Wailers took '60s vocal groups like the Impressions and the Temptations as their original inspiration, Hibbert looked more to the Southern soul of Otis Redding or Sam and Dave, although his musical vision is also unusually wide-ranging-- he famously covered both "Louie, Louie" and John Denver's "Country Roads," effectively making them his own.
Artist Influences
Booker T. Jones | Clyde McPhatter | Fats Domino | Jackie Wilson | James Brown | Joe Higgs | John Holt (Vocals) | Laurel Aitken | Marvin Gaye | Otis Redding | Rufus Thomas | The Isley Brothers | The Meters | The Paragons (Reggae) | The Skatalites
Booker T. Jones | Clyde McPhatter | Fats Domino | Jackie Wilson | James Brown | Joe Higgs | John Holt (Vocals) | Laurel Aitken | Marvin Gaye | Otis Redding | Rufus Thomas | The Isley Brothers | The Meters | The Paragons (Reggae) | The Skatalites
Artist Contemporaries
Alton Ellis | Augustus Pablo | Barrington Levy | Bob Andy | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | Dennis Brown | Desmond Dekker | Dr. Alimantado | Jimmy Cliff | Junior Murvin (Reggae) | King Tubby | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Matumbi | Peter Tosh | The Congos | The Ethiopians | The Heptones | The Meditations | The Melodians | The Skatalites
Alton Ellis | Augustus Pablo | Barrington Levy | Bob Andy | Bob Marley | Bob Marley & the Wailers | Dennis Brown | Desmond Dekker | Dr. Alimantado | Jimmy Cliff | Junior Murvin (Reggae) | King Tubby | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Matumbi | Peter Tosh | The Congos | The Ethiopians | The Heptones | The Meditations | The Melodians | The Skatalites
Artist Followers
Aswad | Black Uhuru | Finley Quaye | Gregory Isaacs | Judy Mowatt | Mutabaruka | Sly & Robbie | Steel Pulse | Sugar Minott | The Police | U-Roy | UB40 | Ziggy Marley
Aswad | Black Uhuru | Finley Quaye | Gregory Isaacs | Judy Mowatt | Mutabaruka | Sly & Robbie | Steel Pulse | Sugar Minott | The Police | U-Roy | UB40 | Ziggy Marley
Compilation Appearances
|
Ska Bonanza: Studio One Ska Years (Bonus Tracks) |
|
Goin Home:tribute To Fats Domingo |
|
Island 50 Reggae |
|
Occupy This Album |
|
Reggae Golden Jubilee:origins Of Jama |
|
Reggae Playground |
|
Trap Music Box |
Technical Info
|
Release Date : 04/25/2000 |
|
Original Release Date : 2000 |
|
Catalog ID : AA3145423452 |
|
Label : Island (Label) |
|
Number of Discs : 1 |
|
Studio/Live : Studio |
|
Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
|
SPAR Code : n/a |
|
UPC : 00731454234528 |
