Toots And The Maytals Funky Kingston Vinyl

A different album with the same cover and title was issued in the united states in 1975 on mango records.

Toots and the maytals funky kingston vinyl.

Island records ilps 9330 format. Vinyl lp reissue of this 1973 album by toots the maytals. 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 from the in the dark album 1974 plus the 1969 single pressure drop. That album peaked at 164 on the billboard 200 and was voted the eleventh best album of 1975 in the annual pazz jop poll.

Toots the maytals. Funky kingston is the name of two albums by jamaican reggae group toots and the maytals. Vinyl lp album reissue country. Toots 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. Reggae funk soul style. Funky kingston by toots the maytals vinyl 32 87 the harder they come lp by various artists vinyl 17 63 legalize it vinyl by peter tosh vinyl 19 99 customers who bought this item also bought. Vinyl lp album reissue country.

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. It was their first album produced by chris blackwell head of island records. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. 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.

Funky kingston by toots the maytals is reggae before reggae was mainstream let alone popular. The better known us version is a compilation of the original funky kingston and their second album in the dark. Get on down get 54056 lp format. Along with bob marley and the wailers toots the maytals are gifted singers players and song writers.

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