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If one had to boil Toots & the Maytals' career to a mere dozen songs, most casual fans would come up with something fairly close to the track listing of this compilation. Released by Island in 1984, Reggae Greats succinctly summed up the band's success during the reggae age and beyond. Picking up the Maytals' story with the release of Toots Hibbert from jail and the trio's comeback smash, "54-46 That's My Number," this collection duly proceeds to bounce around through the years. There's a further clutch of classics from the early reggae age, including their Independence Festival song winner "Sweet & Dandy." The trio's longtime producer Leslie Kong died much too soon in 1971, but the Maytals' successes continued with the likes of "Funky Kingston" and "Reggae Got Soul," under the aegis of Dynamic Studios (run by Byron Lee). However, the trio called it a day in 1982, taking their final bow at that summer's Reggae Sunplash festival. The year before, they released their final single, appropriately enough a recut of "Bam Bam," the song that had taken them to victory at the first Independence Festival back in 1966. The new "Bam Bam" featured Wally Badarou on synthesizer, and he would join Sly & Robbie for the recording of two new numbers, "Spiritual Healing" and "Peace, Perfect Peace," by the now solo Hibbert in 1984. Both were cut specifically for this set. Although far from a definitive collection by any means, for its day Reggae Greats was a decent entry into the Maytals reggae world.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
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Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1968 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 & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1969 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 - Warrick Lyn, Producer - The Maytals, MainArtist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer
℗ 1969 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist - Leslie Kong, Producer
℗ 1969 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 - Sly Dunbar, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1983 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 - Sly Dunbar, Producer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Toots Hibbert, Producer - Toots & The Maytals, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Album review
If one had to boil Toots & the Maytals' career to a mere dozen songs, most casual fans would come up with something fairly close to the track listing of this compilation. Released by Island in 1984, Reggae Greats succinctly summed up the band's success during the reggae age and beyond. Picking up the Maytals' story with the release of Toots Hibbert from jail and the trio's comeback smash, "54-46 That's My Number," this collection duly proceeds to bounce around through the years. There's a further clutch of classics from the early reggae age, including their Independence Festival song winner "Sweet & Dandy." The trio's longtime producer Leslie Kong died much too soon in 1971, but the Maytals' successes continued with the likes of "Funky Kingston" and "Reggae Got Soul," under the aegis of Dynamic Studios (run by Byron Lee). However, the trio called it a day in 1982, taking their final bow at that summer's Reggae Sunplash festival. The year before, they released their final single, appropriately enough a recut of "Bam Bam," the song that had taken them to victory at the first Independence Festival back in 1966. The new "Bam Bam" featured Wally Badarou on synthesizer, and he would join Sly & Robbie for the recording of two new numbers, "Spiritual Healing" and "Peace, Perfect Peace," by the now solo Hibbert in 1984. Both were cut specifically for this set. Although far from a definitive collection by any means, for its day Reggae Greats was a decent entry into the Maytals reggae world.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:31
- Main artists: Toots and The Maytals
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
- Genre: World Reggae
© 1984 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1984 UMG Recordings Inc.
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