Peter Tosh - Equal Rights-era demos


Wooooooooord. Ah yes, the mighty Steppin’ Razor himself - Peter Tosh. Demos from his landmark ‘Equal Rights’ album that still gets much rotation on DaddyRich Radio. This one is especially precious to me for it’s presence of ‘Babylon Queendom’, which ranks very high on my all-time Tosh recordings list. Hope you all enjoy as well.



1. 400 years

2. Hammer

3. Jam A Inna Jam Down

4. Vampire

5. Babylon Queendom

6. Can’t Blame the Youth

7. Mark of the Beast

8. Get Up, Stand Up

9.Apartheid

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Some Choice Peter Tosh Selections



I need not elaborate upon my admiration and love for the late, great Mr. Tosh on this blog. Just check the archives, children. I have yet to tire of his voice, music and message after many years and hope I never do. The man UNDERSTOOD (or as Rasta would opine OVERSTOOD) about human nature and sung with such sincerity that it still brings my ears and heart great satisfaction. The choices here are great one's - 'Ultra Rare Tosh' and 'Live In Rome 1981'. Reggae fans know that Peter could bring it live and it is in great evidence here in the Rome show, which rolls out looking like a 'greatest hits live!' package. Just look at the jams on this one - 'Steppin' Razor', 'Mystic Man', 'Babylon Queendom'(A Personal Favorite of Mine) and so many others. Damn, it's reggae at it's finest. The other joint is 'Ultra Rare' which is someone's small rarities collection (that saves DaddyRich the time of creating his own, which I WILL get to someday..) and has some good cuts and hard-to-find versions. Share the music people, spread the love.




Rome 1981


1 -Intro
2 Steppin Razor
3 African
4 Coming In Hot
5 Don't Look Back
6 Rock With Me
7 Mystic Man
8 The Toughest
9 Bushdoctor
10 Rastafari is
11 Get Up Stand Up
12 Burial
13 Babylon Queendom
14 Legalize It


'Ultra Rare Tosh'

1. Babylon Queendom
2. Burial (Original Version)
3. You Can't Blame The Youth (1977 Version)
4. Dem Haffe Get A Beatin'
5. Once Bitten (Version)
6. Well Bred (Version)
7. Well Bred
8. You Can't Blame The Youth
9. You Can't Fool Me Again (Version)


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Peter Tosh - Black Dignity (The Early Recordings1967-1972)



The Mighty Steppin' Razor, y'all - never 'nuff Respect. I may have mentioned once or twice before my love of Peter Tosh. This is only one of the necessary compilations of Tosh's music that we all need for our collections. Another must-have would be 'Honorary Citizen' and a few others I may well share soon with you good people. There was a menace and anger that Peter had that wasn't evident as a back-up singer for Bob Marley but came to it's full fruition as a solo artist. Yet another Rasta prophet in my opinion and it seemed, before he was violently taken from us, that he was finaly coming to terms with a few things about himself and the world he lived in. Missed every bit as much as John Lennon by DaddyRich and played even more on his stereo's. Give a listen and enjoy the kind reggae music and excellent dubbing, courtesy of the master Joe Gibbs (of whom there will more, as well). Peace.





1.: Black Dignity
2.: Steppin' Razor - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
3.: Stop The Train - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
4.: Soon Come - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
5.: Oppressor Man
6.: Burial - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
7.: Dem A Fi Get A Beatin' - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
8.: Downpressor - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
9.: Mark Of The Beast - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
10.: Dog Teeth
11.: Second Hand - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
12.: No Mercy
13.: 400 Years - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
14.: No Sympathy - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
15.: Pound Get A Blow - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
16.: Can't You See - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
17.: Fire Fire - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
18.: Funeral - Tosh, Peter & The Wailers
19.: Once Bitten
20.: Oppressor Man (version) - Trans Am Allstars
21.: Kingston 12 (shuffle version) - Wailers Allstars




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Bob Marley - The Nash & Sims Demos 1968


A great article online that is very informative -

"For those who don't know Sims or Nash:
In late 1967, Bunny was arrested on a charge of Marijuana possession and sent to jail for 14 months. Shortly after, in early 1968, Peter Tosh was also behind bars, being arrested at an anti-Rhodesia demonstration alongside singer/producer Prince Buster.

Bob didn't escape the cells either. One day in 1968, Bob was driving his newly acquired second hand Hillman Minx through Kingston, when he let his passenger, Mortimer Planner, take over at the wheel. Planner didn't have a driving licence, and so when the pair were stopped by the police, both were arrested and spent the night locked up.

It was Mortimer Planner who introduced Bob to Danny Sims, a Jamaican based American who promoted concerts throughout the Caribbean. Sims was also the manager of Johnny Nash, a powerfully voiced Texan singer who had enjoyed several hit singles in the States. Both Sims and Nash were highly impressed with Bob's tunes and convinced him to sign a publishing deal with Sims company, Cayman Music.

The deal with Sims also allowed the Wailers to record freely for other producers, giving them the best of both worlds - for if their records failed to sell, they could always rely on Sims for cash. The Wailers set about recording a series of demo tapes for Sims, remaking versions of 'Put It On', 'Nice Time' and even a version of 'I'm Still Waiting', reworked as 'I'm Still Wailing'.

By now the Wailers consisted of Bob, Peter and Bunny, who had just been released from Richmond Prison Farm. Rita would often add harmonies to the recordings made for Sims, but none of these demos were released at the time. In early Spring 1969, the Wailers approached Leslie Kong, who had produced Bob's first ever recordings, at Beverleys Records and had just produced the first ever Jamaican No.1 hit in Britain with Desmond Dekker's 'Israelites'."

The quality is about what one would expect from demos recorded in 1968 Jamaica, but that don't bother me none. I am a big fan of the early Wailers demos and hopefully a few of you are as well.


01 Soul rebel 3:48
02 Gonna get you 3:12
03 All It Takes 3:51
04 Lonesome feeling 3:39
05 Stay with me 2:29
06 Milk shake and potato chips 2:51
07 Reggae on Broadway 3:11
08 Do the reggae 3:09
09 I'm hurting inside 3:37
10 Oh lord I got to get there 2:43

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Peter Tosh - Legalize It

It was very difficult to pick only one album to start with from the late, great Peter Tosh. Like so many other suburban honkeys I was introduced to reggae in the 1980's listening to Bob Marley. Life altering stuff inded and popular music has rarely been as good or meaningful to me before or since. But Marley was an optimist and it shone through on many of his wonderful songs - whereas Tosh was more of a realist (wouldn't go as far as saying pessimist) and understood the shady nature of most people in general (don't get him started on Chris Blackwell of Island Records...) and flayed them for their shortcomings in song. Much more of these types of songs on my personal fave 'Equal Rights' but for those who haven't had the pleasure of this mans music before - it's good to start at the beginning with 'Legalize It', recorded and released shortlry after leaving the Wailers, beacuse "Jah had more for me to do than be Bob Marley's back-up singer" it is still a powerful album. Luckilly the rumor of any acrimony between him and Marley was all crap so we can truly enjoy the Marley/Tosh penned 'Why Must I Cry?' and not be misled into thinking these old friends were new enemies. I often liken the duo of Peter Tosh and Bob Marley as reggaes Lennon/McCartney not only becasue of talent and legendary status but in their attitudes as men. Marley as the McCartney had great popular sensibilities and was universally loved, if not totally understood. Tosh as the Lennon wrote great songs as well but had more bite and wit. One saw things as 'getting better all the time' and the other as 'it can't get no worse'. Nuff said - listen to the music and enjoy.

http://rapidshare.de/files/32577114/Legalize_It.zip