Funky kingston also launched the unbelievably great pressure drop later covered by the clash.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Initially released in 1973 by dragon 2 with 2 different covers one a photo the other one with a drawing.
Along with bob marley and the wailers toots the maytals are gifted singers players and song writers.
Noting the popularity of funky nassau an american top 20 hit for a funk band from the bahamas called the beginning of the end he suggested to toots that the maytals should make their own claim on musical kinship with the grooviest music issuing out of the states and hence funky kingston was born.
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.
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.
Toots the maytals funky kingston i don t own the rights to this song.
In fact the title track was blackwell s idea.
Funky kingston by toots the maytals is reggae before reggae was mainstream let alone popular.
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