Toots & the Maytals: Funky Kingston – VINYL LP

Title: Funky Kingston
Artist: Toots & the Maytals
Label: Island
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 600753130063
Genre: Reggae
Release Date: 2009-02-24
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: 180 GRAM VINYL, REISSUE

Vinyl LP reissue of this 1973 album by Toots & the Maytals. It was their first album produced by Chris Blackwell (head of Island Records). The better known US version is a compilation of the original Funky Kingston and their second album, in the Dark. It is notable for the Maytals’ biggest hit, “Pressure Drop”, as well as unlikely cover songs, such as a Reggae version of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, which replaces the lyrical reference to West Virginia with West Jamaica. 10 tracks. Universal. 2009.

Tracks:
1.1 “Time Tough” (Frederick Hibbert)
1.2 “In the Dark” (Hibbert)
1.3 “Funky Kingston” (Hibbert)
1.4 “Love Is Gonna Let Me Down” (Hibbert)
1.5 “Louie, Louie” (Richard Berry)
1.6 “Pomp and Pride” (Hibbert)
1.7 “Got to Be There” (Hibbert)
1.8 “Country Road” (Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert)
1.9 “Pressure Drop” (Hibbert)
1.10 “Sailing On” (Hibbert)