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Peter Tosh just wasn't as lovable as Bob Marley, if indeed Tosh ever even set out to be. Tall, with a baritone voice, a lion's heart, and a passion for justice, Tosh suffered no fools (politically or otherwise), and his gruff manner insisted more than it ever cajoled. He wasn't the songwriter that Marley was, and he didn't have the patience to let love and tolerance change the state of affairs in Jamaica, or the world, choosing instead to demand that change, insist on it, and he named names, and his murder in 1987 no doubt had a lot to do with his outspoken anger at the blatant injustices in his homeland. Tosh was a bad boy because he spoke up and he spoke out, and he refused to be cuddly or marketed any other way -- he was a rebel with a cause. Sony reissued his two best post-Wailers solo albums, 1976's Legalize It and 1977's Equal Rights in 2011, complete with bonus tracks, demos, outtakes, and dub mixes, and this six-disc set from EMI finishes the story, collecting Tosh's final five studio albums, 1978's Bush Doctor, 1979's Mystic Man, 1981's Wanted Dread and Alive, 1983's Mama Africa, the concert album Captured Live from 1984, and 1987's No Nuclear War, along with a disc of alternate takes and rarities, and a final disc that captures a previously unreleased BBC concert from 1983. In truth, it's a mixed bag (Tosh was always at his best in front of a crowd and his work in studios never came close to capturing his true, brave, and ever restless musical soul), but it captures the final years of a very special and admirable artist in one sweep. Start with Legalize It and Equal Rights, though. Better yet, start with the Wailers' pre-Island Records Jamaican releases, then circle forward and check out this set. There was only one Peter Tosh, just like there was only one Bob Marley. Throw in Bunny Wailer, also a singular artist, and it's easy to see why the Wailers were more than the sum of the group's parts -- they shared the same heart.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Ronald White, Writer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Writer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Vocals, Produced by, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer, Produced by
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - The Glimmer Twins, Producer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Robert Shakespeare, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1978, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DISC 2
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoffrey Chung, Mixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Word, Sound & Power, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - Gwen Guthrie, Performance, FeaturedArtist, Second Vocals - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production - Fred Harris, Composer - Ella Mitchell, Composer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production - Jean Watt, Composer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Michael Riley, Engineer - James Nichols, Engineer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Noel Hern, Engineer - Herbie Miller, Production - Theresa Del Pozzo, Production
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1981, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DISC 3
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Chuck Berry, Composer - Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - John Benítez, Mixer, Remixer - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - D Kinsey, Composer - R Kinsey, Composer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Chris Kimsey, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1983, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DISC 4
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Nick Webb, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Nigel Reeve, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Marlene Tosh, Producer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1987, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Bob Marley, Composer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Chuck Berry, Composer - DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
DENNIS THOMPSON, Mixer - Peter Tosh, Composer, MainArtist - Michael C Collins, Producer - Will Gosling, Mixer
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1984, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
Peter Tosh just wasn't as lovable as Bob Marley, if indeed Tosh ever even set out to be. Tall, with a baritone voice, a lion's heart, and a passion for justice, Tosh suffered no fools (politically or otherwise), and his gruff manner insisted more than it ever cajoled. He wasn't the songwriter that Marley was, and he didn't have the patience to let love and tolerance change the state of affairs in Jamaica, or the world, choosing instead to demand that change, insist on it, and he named names, and his murder in 1987 no doubt had a lot to do with his outspoken anger at the blatant injustices in his homeland. Tosh was a bad boy because he spoke up and he spoke out, and he refused to be cuddly or marketed any other way -- he was a rebel with a cause. Sony reissued his two best post-Wailers solo albums, 1976's Legalize It and 1977's Equal Rights in 2011, complete with bonus tracks, demos, outtakes, and dub mixes, and this six-disc set from EMI finishes the story, collecting Tosh's final five studio albums, 1978's Bush Doctor, 1979's Mystic Man, 1981's Wanted Dread and Alive, 1983's Mama Africa, the concert album Captured Live from 1984, and 1987's No Nuclear War, along with a disc of alternate takes and rarities, and a final disc that captures a previously unreleased BBC concert from 1983. In truth, it's a mixed bag (Tosh was always at his best in front of a crowd and his work in studios never came close to capturing his true, brave, and ever restless musical soul), but it captures the final years of a very special and admirable artist in one sweep. Start with Legalize It and Equal Rights, though. Better yet, start with the Wailers' pre-Island Records Jamaican releases, then circle forward and check out this set. There was only one Peter Tosh, just like there was only one Bob Marley. Throw in Bunny Wailer, also a singular artist, and it's easy to see why the Wailers were more than the sum of the group's parts -- they shared the same heart.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 6 disc(s) - 75 track(s)
- Total length: 06:28:29
- Main artists: Peter Tosh
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: World Reggae
© 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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