Original Release Date: 02 July 2012. Label: Metropolis Group. Total Length: 37:03. Living reggae heroes Toots and the Maytals unveil their first ever acoustic album this summer through Metropolis Recordings, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Jamaican Independence Day. Grammy® award-winning Toots Hibbert was the first to use the word 'reggae' on tape in his 1968 classic, 'Do The Reggay', and over the last six decades has defined and redefined the sound. With his latest release, 'Unplugged on Strawberry Hill', the legend continues. This is Toots and the Maytals' first ever recorded acoustic set, performed at Island Records founder Chris Blackwell's property overlooking Kingston. The album includes a bonus DVD documentary ('Reggae Got Soul'), featuring rare live footage from Toots unforgettable performance at Rockpalast in 1981, and special liner notes contributed by Grace Jones. The album was recorded at sunset with the Blue Mountains providing the stunning backdrop. The gorgeous, sun-kissed acoustic session depicts a soulful and intimate side to revered classics like 'Funky Kingston', 'Pressure Drop' and '54-46'. The loose rhythms and Toots' trademark vocal make 'Unplugged on Strawberry Hill' the perfect soundtrack for the summer. All tracks recorded live and unplugged at Strawberry Hill, Jamaica.

1. Time Tough
2. Bam Bam
3. Pressure Drop
4. True Love Is Hard To Find
5. Celia
6. Reggae Got Soul
7. Monkey Man
8. Funky Kingston
9. Sweet And Dandy
10. I'll Never Grow Old
11. Do The Reggae
12. 54-46

1. Pressure Drop
2. Get Up Stand Up
3. Louie Louie
4. Time Tough
5. My Love Is So Strong
6. Intro Country Roads (Gospel)
7. Country Roads
8. Toots Rock Reggae
9. Monkey Man
10. 54-46 That's My Number

Original Release Date: January 1, 1973. Label: Island Records. Copyright: Mango. Total Length: 38:16. Toots & the Maytals' first LP for Chris Blackwell was originally released in the early '70s, and it includes solid sides like "Pomp and Pride," a whacked-out restructuring of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie," and the wonderful title track, "Funky Kingston." Blackwell reissued a bulked-up version of Funky Kingston in the mid-'70s on his Mango subsidiary, adding in the immortal "Pressure Drop," the brilliant "Time Tough," and a reimagining of John Denver's "Country Roads" (simply called "Country Road"), to make a much better and stronger set.

1. Time Tough
2. In The Dark
3. Funky Kingston
4. Love Is Gonna Get Me Down
5. Louie Louie
6. Pomp And Pride
7. Got To Be There
8. Country Road
9. Pressure Drop
10. Sailin' On

Original Release Date: August 15, 2012. Label: D&F Music. Total Length: 19:39.

01. Dum Dum (3:26)
02. Chim Cherry (3:42)
03. On the Sidewalk (3:22)
04. These Chains (2:51)
05. Three Little Birds (2:52)
06. You’re Insane (3:29)

Release Date: 28.08.2020. Label: BMG Rights Management. Total Length: 39:27. First album in ten years from reggae pioneers Toots and the Maytals. 'Got to Be Tough' follows on from 2010's 'Flip and Twist' and features Sly Dunbar on drums, Zak Starkey on guitar and Cyril Neville on percussion. The album also includes a cover of the Bob Marley track 'Three Little Birds' featuring his son Ziggy Marley. https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-d...n-august-2020/ https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-d...n-august-2020/ https://www.orcasound.com/2020/06/13...t-to-be-tough/

1. Drop Off Head
2. Just Brutal
3. Got To Be Tough
4. Freedom Train
5. Warning Warning
6. Good Thing That You Call
7. Stand Accused
8. Three Little Birds (feat. Ziggy Marley)
9. Having a Party
10. Struggle