Toots And The Maytals Funky Kingston Vinyl

Along with bob marley and the wailers toots the maytals are gifted singers players and song writers.

Toots and the maytals funky kingston vinyl.

Funky kingston vinyl lp 12 album 33 rpm toots the maytals format. 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. Funky kingston is the name of two albums by jamaican reggae group toots and the maytals the first was issued in jamaica and the united kingdom in 1972 on dragon records a subsidiary label of island records owned by chris blackwell. Exclusive discount for prime members.

Funky kingston by toots the maytals is reggae before reggae was mainstream let alone popular. Funky kingston also launched the unbelievably great pressure drop later covered by the clash. In fact the title track was blackwell s idea. The photo version was later used by trojan records.

Toots and the maytals funky kingston is a brilliant reggae album and suitable for both beginners as for experienced listeners the album was released twice and with so much success that it charted in the billboard 200 and eventually made it to the rolling stone s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 4 5 out of 5 stars 60 ratings. A different album with the same cover and title was issued in the united states in 1975 on mango records that album peaked at 164 on the billboard 200 and was. Toots the maytals funky kingston i don t own the rights to this song.

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. Stream funky kingston by toots the maytals and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited.