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From the Roots was Toots & the Maytals' fourth album, released by Trojan following the group's signing to Island Records in 1973. The record was cobbled together from odds and ends of tracks recorded between 1969 and 1970 for Leslie Kong's Beverley's label, and while it doesn't contain any of the more famous Kong-produced cuts ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), it still exhibits the Maytals' trademark Jamaican version of gospelfervor, led by lead singer Toots Hibbert's barn-burning vocal style. Arguably this album, along with its Kong-produced predecessor, 1970's Monkey Man, contains the best and most explosive tracks in the Maytals' discography, and compilations that reshuffle the two albums in different combinations are common in the record bins.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1969 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
John Lennon, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1970 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - The Maytals, Performance, MainArtist
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Frederick Hibbert, Composer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Toots And The Maytals, Performance
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1971 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
From the Roots was Toots & the Maytals' fourth album, released by Trojan following the group's signing to Island Records in 1973. The record was cobbled together from odds and ends of tracks recorded between 1969 and 1970 for Leslie Kong's Beverley's label, and while it doesn't contain any of the more famous Kong-produced cuts ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), it still exhibits the Maytals' trademark Jamaican version of gospelfervor, led by lead singer Toots Hibbert's barn-burning vocal style. Arguably this album, along with its Kong-produced predecessor, 1970's Monkey Man, contains the best and most explosive tracks in the Maytals' discography, and compilations that reshuffle the two albums in different combinations are common in the record bins.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:45
- Main artists: Toots and The Maytals
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Trojan Records
- Genre: Reggae
© 2003 Trojan Recordings Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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