Toots And The Maytals Funky Kingston 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.

Toots and the maytals funky kingston vinyl.

It was their first album produced by chris blackwell head of island records. Along with bob marley and the wailers toots the maytals are gifted singers players and song writers. Toots the maytals. Toots the maytals funky kingston i don t own the rights to this song.

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. 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. 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.

Reggae funk soul style. Island records ilps 9330 format. 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 is a brilliant reggae album and suitable for both beginners as for experienced listeners.

Get on down get 54056 lp format. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2013 vinyl release of funky kingston on discogs. Toots the maytals. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1975 vinyl release of funky kingston on discogs.

The better known us version is a compilation of the original funky kingston and their second album in the dark. Vinyl lp reissue of this 1973 album by toots the maytals. 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Vinyl lp album reissue country.

In 2003 the american version was. 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.