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With a group as prolific as the Maytals, led by a singer whose career is as long-running as Toots Hibbert's, few compilations will come away unscathed by fans and critics alike, least of all those that purport to be something more than a simple best-of collection. Time Tough: The Anthology is no exception, for even with two discs and 41 tracks the set can only scratch the surface of Toots & the Maytals' canon.
The biggest complaint comes straight off the bat, with a mere five songs dedicated to the ska years. During this era, the Maytals unleashed a flood of fabulous singles, with their last, 1966's "Bam Bam," winning Jamaica's annual Festival Song Competition. Five tracks gives awfully short shrift to this instrumental early period in the band's career. Much to fans' regret, Toots Hibbert's incarceration for drug possession saw the group sidelined during the rocksteady era, but they returned with a ferocity as the reggae era began. Under the aegis of producer Leslie Kong, the trio were unstoppable, sending a deluge of stellar singles into the chart, of which ten of the best are gathered up here. Kong's death in 1971 barely slowed the group's output, while a deal with Island Records saw international release for their crucial Funky Kingston, In the Dark, and Reggae Got Soul albums, whose tracks fill much of the rest of disc one. The first half of disc two follows the group until its demise (they took their final bow together at Reggae Sunsplash in 1982), with the rest of the tracks selectively following Hibbert's solo career down to 1988. Thus, the compilation does provide an adequate overview, but weighted as it is toward the Kong and then the Island years, not necessarily a fair one. Still, most fans will be happy with the results, especially as the compilation includes a clutch of previously unissued songs. It still remains by far the most thorough collection available.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
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Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1963 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Prince Buster, Producer
℗ 1964 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Byron Lee, Composer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Ronnie Nasralla, Composer
℗ 1971 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Byron Lee, Producer, Executive Producer - Neville Hinds, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Warwick Lynn, Producer - Carlton Lee, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1970 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Composer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer - Warwick Lyn, Composer
℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Warwick Lynn, Producer - Dave Bloxham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Warwick Lynn, Producer - Dave Bloxham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bill Danoff, ComposerLyricist - Taffy Nivert, ComposerLyricist - Warrick Lyn, Producer - John Denver, ComposerLyricist - Byron Lee, Producer, Executive Producer - Neville Hinds, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Carlton Lee, Producer
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Neville Hinds, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Warwick Lynn, Producer - Carlton Lee, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Neville Hinds, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - E. Chin, ComposerLyricist - Warwick Lynn, Producer - Carlton Lee, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Warrick Lyn, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Wendy Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots Hibbert, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - J. Boyd, Producer - Lyn Warwick, Producer
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Joe Boyd, Producer - Toots Hibbert, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - J. Boyd, Producer - Warrick Lynn, Producer - Lyn Warwick, Producer
℗ 1976 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Peter Tosh, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Karl Pitterson, Producer - Lyn Warwick, Producer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Karl Pitterson, Producer - Lyn Warwick, Producer
℗ 1979 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Karl Pitterson, Producer - D. Jobson, Producer
℗ 1980 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Karl Pitterson, Producer, Associate Producer - D. Jobson, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1980 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots Hibbert, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots Hibbert, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Zelma Redding, ComposerLyricist - Joe Rock, ComposerLyricist - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Toots Hibbert, MainArtist - JIM DICKINSON, Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jackie Moore, ComposerLyricist - Sly Dunbar, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Toots Hibbert, MainArtist - JIM DICKINSON, Producer - Robbie Shakespeare, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bernard Crawford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alvertis Isbell, ComposerLyricist - Allen Alvoid Jones Jr., ComposerLyricist - Otis Redding, ComposerLyricist - Toots Hibbert, MainArtist - JIM DICKINSON, Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Bogard, ComposerLyricist - Larry Rogers, ComposerLyricist - JIM DICKINSON, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Carl Wells, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Mango
Album review
With a group as prolific as the Maytals, led by a singer whose career is as long-running as Toots Hibbert's, few compilations will come away unscathed by fans and critics alike, least of all those that purport to be something more than a simple best-of collection. Time Tough: The Anthology is no exception, for even with two discs and 41 tracks the set can only scratch the surface of Toots & the Maytals' canon.
The biggest complaint comes straight off the bat, with a mere five songs dedicated to the ska years. During this era, the Maytals unleashed a flood of fabulous singles, with their last, 1966's "Bam Bam," winning Jamaica's annual Festival Song Competition. Five tracks gives awfully short shrift to this instrumental early period in the band's career. Much to fans' regret, Toots Hibbert's incarceration for drug possession saw the group sidelined during the rocksteady era, but they returned with a ferocity as the reggae era began. Under the aegis of producer Leslie Kong, the trio were unstoppable, sending a deluge of stellar singles into the chart, of which ten of the best are gathered up here. Kong's death in 1971 barely slowed the group's output, while a deal with Island Records saw international release for their crucial Funky Kingston, In the Dark, and Reggae Got Soul albums, whose tracks fill much of the rest of disc one. The first half of disc two follows the group until its demise (they took their final bow together at Reggae Sunsplash in 1982), with the rest of the tracks selectively following Hibbert's solo career down to 1988. Thus, the compilation does provide an adequate overview, but weighted as it is toward the Kong and then the Island years, not necessarily a fair one. Still, most fans will be happy with the results, especially as the compilation includes a clutch of previously unissued songs. It still remains by far the most thorough collection available.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
- Total length: 02:33:45
- Main artists: Toots and The Maytals
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
- Genre: Reggae
© 1996 UMG Recordings Inc. ℗ 1996 UMG Recordings Inc.
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