Toots & The Maytals
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Atlantic Label Releases Hot on Jamaica Ska Disks
Report by uncredited writer, Billboard, 23 May 1964
NEW YORK — Atlantic Records will soon release several dozen Jamaica Ska disks. ...
Jimmy Cliff and other artists: The Harder They Come Original Soundtrack Recording (Island ILPS 9202)
Review by Martin Hayman, Sounds, 9 September 1972
THIS IS the full soundtrack of the film of the same name. Needless to say, with the present move towards "gentrifying" reggae music it's bound ...
Report by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 30 September 1972
Reggae – in its more commercial form – has won the battle for mass acceptance, and has gone on to influence rock and soul musicians ...
Toots & The Maytals: Funky Kingston (Dragon)
Review by Penny Reel, International Times, 28 June 1973
Jamaican Rock'n'roll ...
The Maytals: From The Roots (Trojan)
Review by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 8 September 1973
IF EVER a group deserved recognition beyond the realms of its chosen music form, then it's the Maytals. ...
The Maytals: From The Roots (Trojan)/I ROY: Presenting... (Trojan)
Review by Charlie Gillett, Let It Rock, November 1973
THIS STUFF IS even harder to understand than Jethro Tull's Passion Play, but nobody's going to stop singing because some dumb reviewer can't work it ...
Roger McGuinn, Roy Harper, Julie Felix, Toots & the Maytals et al: Hyde Park, London
Live Review by Chris Salewicz, New Musical Express, 7 September 1974
Peace and paranoia: The Metropolitan Police Force's Gala Weekend Outing at Hyde Park ...
Toots and the Maytals: In The Dark
Review by Ian MacDonald, New Musical Express, 14 September 1974
This, Toots, was made for dork-ing ...
Fundamental reggae... that's Toots and the Maytals
Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Record Mirror, 14 December 1974
"THE REAL meaning of reggae is that the roots come from the heart — if you don't have love you can't play reggae." Thus spake ...
Why Reggae Won't Be the Next Big Thing
Essay by Wayne Robins, The Village Voice, 16 December 1974
FOR A WHILE it appeared that reggae was Pop Salvation. This was determined by a small number of white music taste makers who'd seen Jimmy ...
Toots' Soulful Reggae — Direct from Jamaica
Profile by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 October 1975
THE FIRST American album by Toots and the Maytals, Funky Kingston (Island 9330) introduces Jamaica's most soulful reggae to this country virtually as well as ...
The Who, Toots & The Maytals: Summit Hockey Arena, Houston TX
Live Review by John Swenson, Sounds, 29 November 1975
THE WHO began the American portion of their world tour in characteristic fashion – opening up Houston's Summit Hockey arena to rock 'n' roll. ...
Toots and Maytals: Caribbean Vikings
Retrospective by Penny Reel, Let It Rock, December 1975
IT IS TWO YEARS since those behind the Maytals previously attempted to promote the group to a rock audience. ...
Jimmy Cliff: Follow My Mind (Island)/Toots And The Maytals: Funky Kingston (Island)
Review by John Morthland, Creem, January 1976
SINCE HE ELECTRIFIED audiences In The Harder They Come, Jimmy Cliff has been his own worst enemy. His songs in that film bristled with passion, ...
Toots & The Maytals: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas
Live Review by Joe Nick Patoski, Phonograph Record, January 1976
DESPITE THIS city's reputation as a comfy little haven for country and progressive-country backwoods folksiness, its music audiences — at least in relation to the ...
The Who, Toots and the Maytals: The Summit, Houston TX
Live Review by Dave Marsh, Rolling Stone, 1 January 1976
The Who: Losing the Spark after a G-G-Generation? ...
Interview by Penny Valentine, Street Life, 21 February 1976
Penny Valentine talks to the man in between, Joe Boyd who has recently produced Toots Hibbert, Maria Muldaur, and the McGarrigles. ...
Toots Hibbert: The Man Who Would Be God
Profile and Interview by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 21 February 1976
Rasta revelations courtesy of FREDERICK "TOOTS" HIBBERT of Toots and The Maytals, who'd rather incarnate here and now than talk about old times with PENNY ...
Toots & the Maytals: Toots Got Soul
Profile and Interview by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 6 March 1976
FIRST BOB Marley and the Wailers. Then, Toots and the Maytals. ...
Toots & the Maytals: Lyceum, London
Live Review by Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 27 March 1976
GOD, I JUST can't take it any more! Where is all this incredible music coming from? It's getting more than flesh and blood can stand, ...
Toots And The Maytals: Reggae Got Soul (Island)***
Review by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 3 April 1976
SAD TO say, there's no track on this album that measures up to the quality of the classic tracks on Toots' last two 'rock-oriented' albums, ...
Review by Jim Green, Trouser Press, September 1980
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Bass Culture (Mango); Blackbeard: I Wah Dub (UK, More Cut); Matumbi: Point of View (EMI America); Sugar Minott: Black Roots (Mango); Toots ...
Toots And The Maytals: Hammersmith Palais, London
Live Review by Penny Reel, New Musical Express, 11 October 1980
Toots Comes Home To Roots ...
Interview by Julie Panebianco, Boston Rock, 20 May 1982
HE SEEMS overwhelmingly tired, huddled in the corner of the dressing room smoking a chillum. He is dressed like a champ: satin boxing shorts and ...
Joe Boyd: "Our own little Motown"
Interview by Mark Cooper, Q, June 1987
In the late '60s, Joe Boyd helped create a peculiarly English form of folk-psychedelia, producing albums for Fairport Convention, The Incredible String Band and Nick ...
Aswad, Toots & The Maytals: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Push, Melody Maker, 19 September 1987
THE HOMECOMING. The hope coming. Aswad are undoubtedly the most prestigious band who could assist in the revival of a genre whose popularity has flagged ...
Toots & The Maytals: Toots In Memphis
Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 23 January 1989
REGGAE GOT SOUL was the title of a 1976 Toots & the Maytals album, and Frederick (Toots) Hibbert decided to re-emphasize the connection when he ...
Guide by Kieron Tyler, Q Classic, 2015
Author's note, 2020: The Harder They Come, conspicuous by its absence from this list, was not included, since it was the subject of a feature ...
Toots And The Maytals: Got To Be Tough
Review by Patrick Clarke, New Musical Express, 25 August 2020
The influential band's first album in more than a decade is rarely subtle, but Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert remains an inspirational force for change ...
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