Peter Tosh - The Essential Peter Tosh: The Columbia Years

Artist:

Tosh, Peter

UPC:

696998902329

See Also:

Wailers (The)

Description:

Personnel: Peter Tosh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Al Anderson, Donald Kinsey, Karl Pitterson, Abdul Wali (guitar); Dirty Harry (tenor saxophone); Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Harold Butler (Clavinet); Earl "Wire" Lindo (keyboards, background vocals); Tyrone Downie, Skully (keyboards); Robbie Shakespeare (bass, background vocals); Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bass); Carlton Barrett, Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar (drums); Skully (percussion); Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Bunny Wailer (background vocals).
Producers: Peter Tosh, Jerry Rappaport.
Compilation producer: Jerry Rappaport.
Recorded in 1976. Includes liner notes by Liz Reilly.
This is part of the "Essential Collection" series.
Personnel: Peter Tosh (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Donald Kinsey, Al Yasha Anderson, Abdul Wali, Karl Pitterson (guitar); Robbie Shakespeare (harp, background vocals); Ras Lee (harp); Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Harold Butler (Clavinet); Skully (keyboards, percussion); Tyrone Downie, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson (keyboards); Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Carlton "Carly" Barrett (drums); Judy Mowatt, Rita Marley, Bunny Wailer (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Thom Cadley.
Liner Note Author: Tom Terrell.
Recording information: Aguarius, Kingston, Jamaica (05/1976-12/1976); Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica (05/1976-12/1976); Joe Gibbs, Kingston, Jamaica (05/1976-12/1976); Randy`s Studio 17, Kingston, Jamaica (05/1976-12/1976); Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA (05/1976-12/1976); Treasure Isle, Kingston, Jamaica (05/1976-12/1976).
Photographers: Pieter Maz?l; Tony Mottram; Peter Simon.
The Peter Tosh entry in Sony`s The Essential series of best-ofs is a reasonable selection from Tosh`s limited catalog of Columbia Records recordings, which includes only two studio albums, Legalize It (1976) and Equal Rights (1977), plus a belatedly released concert album, Live & Dangerous Boston 1976 (2001). In 1999, Columbia/Legacy released Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh, which included material from both the Columbia studio albums and Tosh`s subsequent tenure on the Rolling Stones and EMI America labels (1978-1987), making that collection more comprehensive than this one. However, The Essential does contain "Why Must I Cry," an excellent song co-written by Bob Marley that is not found on Scrolls of the Prophet, as well as a live version of the Wailers classic "400 Years" also missing from the earlier disc. ~ William Ruhlmann

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Stepping Razor
2. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)
3. African
4. Legalize It
5. Why Must I Cry
6. Equal Rights
7. 400 Years - (live)
8. Burial
9. Get Up, Stand Up
10. Ketchy Shuby
11. Downpressor Man
12. Brand New Second Hand
13. What`cha Gonna Do? - (live)

Album Information

Release Date:

06/10/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Reggae

Subgenre:

Roots Reggae

Label:

Sony Music Distribution (USA)

Catalog Number:

89023

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Robbie Shakespeare; Rita Marley; Judy Mowatt; Bunny Wailer; Sly Dunbar

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